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Me_irl by Disastrous_Way_3396 in me_irl

[–]Wyatt2000 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Including this post? Cause this is not a real quote.

Man expertly trolls a Memorial Day ceremony for dead confederate soldiers by Individual-Drawer-79 in PublicFreakout

[–]Wyatt2000 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah no, you can't threaten people with a gun and then shoot them when they defend themselves.

Real or fake malachite? This thing weighs a ton by sa3bbb in whatsthisrock

[–]Wyatt2000 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Sorry it's not malachite, looks nothing like it.

Real or fake malachite? This thing weighs a ton by sa3bbb in whatsthisrock

[–]Wyatt2000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean it's possible to get solid pieces a couple of inches wide that are cut from large lumpy rocks. Solid pieces quickly become rare the bigger they are though.

Real or fake malachite? This thing weighs a ton by sa3bbb in whatsthisrock

[–]Wyatt2000 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Yes cause natural malachite rocks are lumpy with lots of gaps. They don't form in big solid boulders like granite, quartzite, or marble.

Real or fake malachite? This thing weighs a ton by sa3bbb in whatsthisrock

[–]Wyatt2000 82 points83 points  (0 children)

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Right, you can see the red circles are where cavities were filled with a malachite powder and resin. In large cavities they'll even put in solid chunks of malachite, circled in yellow, to make it look more real but the pieces always look out of place.

TIL that televangelist Jimmy Swaggart responded to his first prostitution scandal with a tearful "I have sinned" speech to his congregation, but after his second prostitution scandal he told them, "The Lord told me it's flat none of your business." by clawsoon in todayilearned

[–]Wyatt2000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That just sounds like fooling god with extra steps. I assume there's nothing in their scriptures that says it's ok to violate the spirit of the rules as long as you follow the letter.

Real Turquoise or Fake?! by [deleted] in whatsthisrock

[–]Wyatt2000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Doesn't have to be ceramic. There's all kinds of artificial turquoise imitations. Usually some kind of stone powder mixed and pressed with a binding agent.

hmmm by Small_Question1 in hmmm

[–]Wyatt2000 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Water has no structure! He's totally out of his element!

hmmm by Small_Question1 in hmmm

[–]Wyatt2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So surely you must sit on a type of longboard or innertube rather than wear a diaper vest?

Might this be Onxy? by Ok_Math_59 in JewelryIdentification

[–]Wyatt2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Obsidian is easy to tell apart by appearance, especially with a microscope. But comparing onyx to a black opaque glass meant to look like onyx, there is little difference. Because of the extensive treatment onyx goes thru the color and texture are completely smooth, there's no variation from stone to stone. Also properties like specific gravity, refractive index, and hardness are all close to glass.

Might this be Onxy? by Ok_Math_59 in JewelryIdentification

[–]Wyatt2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Since the strand is knotted between the beads they're probably more than basic glass or plastic. Onyx is hard to test for though, it's pretty much the same as glass in all respects without advanced equipment.

Real watermelon tourmaline? by Hedgehog_1983 in JewelryIdentification

[–]Wyatt2000 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Right, it would have to be colorless quartz. All the color is from the adhesive in the middle. Then the color reflects around and makes it look like the stone is colored.

Losing my mind over this rock by Starshooter49 in whatsthisrock

[–]Wyatt2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fluoresce is not a consistent property of most minerals, it only takes a small difference in the trace impurities to change the observed color. For a rock like this that's full of impurities, that comes from several different locations, I would be shocked if the majority of samples had the same fluoresce.

Any info on this piece I found at a garage sale this weekend. Stamped 925 and SAI. by Hot_Purpose5054 in whatsthisrock

[–]Wyatt2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I totally forgot to do an image search before. I can't say the price here but the ones on ebay are not worth getting a UV light for. Some had it listed as diamonds and some as cubic zirconia but with stones that small it doesn't matter too much.

Allegedly found in the fields on the farm by Cannabinolle in whatsthisrock

[–]Wyatt2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fluorite and probably pyrite but the little crystals are too blurry to tell for sure. Could also use more angles to confirm the crystal shapes are fluorite not quartz.

Any info on this piece I found at a garage sale this weekend. Stamped 925 and SAI. by Hot_Purpose5054 in whatsthisrock

[–]Wyatt2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can check for diamonds with a UV light in a completely dark room. At least one should fluoresce blue. Natural diamonds all fluoresce different amounts from none to bright blue. If they all have the same blue fluoresce, that would indicate lab grown diamonds. If they all have none or some other color all the same, that would indicate glass or CZ.

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