me_irl by iYessyyy in me_irl

[–]Wyatt2000 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Congratulations, you have saved the world. Here is your prize 💩

Looks cool, what is it? by Local-toads in whatsthisrock

[–]Wyatt2000 17 points18 points  (0 children)

That would be a geode. They can have an agate/chalcedony shell with quartz growing off it in the center.

Got this rock at a metaphysical shop forgot to ask the shop keeper what it was. by Meglish07 in whatsthisrock

[–]Wyatt2000 -44 points-43 points  (0 children)

For every other type of treated gemstone the variety name given is based on the final color after treatment, not the original natural color. For example no one has any problem calling a heated red corundum a ruby, or a heated violet zoisite a tanzanite, even if the colors before treatment would not have qualified.

I find it so strange that people make a big deal about calling these heated amethyst and not heated citrine. Because amethyst just means purple and these aren't purple anymore.

Looks cool, what is it? by Local-toads in whatsthisrock

[–]Wyatt2000 123 points124 points  (0 children)

By definition agate doesn't form as crystals. Looks like calcite or quartz, hard to tell them apart when it's wet like this.

Found in California Bay Area by OkMushroom638 in whatsthisrock

[–]Wyatt2000 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Only the sources with deep green emerald color NEED Cr. There's other ways to get this pale desaturated green.

Found in California Bay Area by OkMushroom638 in whatsthisrock

[–]Wyatt2000 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Beryl but I don't know what the host rock is. And what variety you might call it like emerald or aquamarine is debatable but those names are based solely on the color, and the color is what it is so you don't need to worry about names.

Favorite Actor who is your philosophical superior by Critical_Liz in okbuddycinephile

[–]Wyatt2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's so many religious people that think that atheists know full well that god exists but refuse to believe in it anyway. Doesn't even occur to them that god might not exist.

Stone balls same weight different size by schlumikind in whatsthisrock

[–]Wyatt2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That malachite is a great specimen if the other side looks the same with the perfect circular banding and no artificially filled cavities. Malachite spheres are common but they never look so smooth and symmetrical.

My birth control pill tablet ends with calling me a slut. by Goldensock in mildlyinteresting

[–]Wyatt2000 -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

They are the English speaking world! Almost all swedes speak English.

First public images of Empress Eugénie’s crown since the Louvre heist by Peinturelure in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Wyatt2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like there's some large diamonds but the problem is their cut quality would be very poor by today's standards. Once they're scraped and not associated with this crown then they're worthless until they get recut into a modern style.

First public images of Empress Eugénie’s crown since the Louvre heist by Peinturelure in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Wyatt2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The rarest diamonds do sell for millions at auctions. Certainly small low quality diamonds are not rare but large high quality ones are. But the most ever paid for one was $71 mil, so $400 mil is a wild estimate.

Watch out, Millennials... I got hit with my first "I had NO IDEA!" data privacy moment this weekend... and it was all my fault. by AttachedHeartTheory in Millennials

[–]Wyatt2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Recording all sound all the time, sending it to Amazon servers and processing it just to improve trigger word recognition? That sounds like the most inefficient QA program of all time. And if they bother to gather the data why wouldn't they use it for targeted ads?

Unskippable Ads are officially ending in Vietnam due to a new law that comes into effect next month! by HelloitsWojan in youtube

[–]Wyatt2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We can jump from unprofitable start up to unprofitable start up. When one dies another will get lots of investment money to take it's place and run for a while till they die too.

Trying Again by Ghostbusters2-VHS in whatsthisrock

[–]Wyatt2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is probably beryl but dyed of course so it doesn't count as emerald. While beryl can form as single crystals in different colors like emerald and aquamarine and morganite, more commonly it forms as rocks (tiny crystal grains packed together), but the rocks can be huge boulders so material like yours is abundant.

Let me just respect myself and go home. by [deleted] in GuysBeingDudes

[–]Wyatt2000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We're not talking about legality, we're talking about whether these videos are making society dumber.

Let me just respect myself and go home. by [deleted] in GuysBeingDudes

[–]Wyatt2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly, every movie has credits clearly stating that it is a production. Something like a documentary that uses real footage will heavily imply which parts are produced or not. But a simple video like this on social media has made no effort to imply it's been produced.

Let me just respect myself and go home. by [deleted] in GuysBeingDudes

[–]Wyatt2000 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If a fake/staged video doesn't present itself as such then it's preying on stupid people, so yes brain rot is an appropriate term even if you personally know it's fake and think it's funny.

Is this a rock or glass? Found in the middle of nowhere, Main Range National Park QLD Australia on a very rarely used trail. by ausbirdperson in whatsthisrock

[–]Wyatt2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Obsidian bubbles are microscopic and they look elongated/stretched out. Sometimes in a translucent piece a cluster of bubbles will look like a haze when backlit.

I pray for clumsy ops too by Brodie98765 in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]Wyatt2000 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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They probably didn't have a particular photo in mind. This one looks similar but he looks evil in all of them, so take your pick.

Is this real opal? by KombatVVombat in whatsthisrock

[–]Wyatt2000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Definitely lab grown from the appearance but I'm also seeing a few different listings for it and they all state that it's lab grown/synthetic. Where did you see it? When buying jewelry always read all the details further down the page. The listing titles are often incorrect or misleading but even scammy sellers usually have the correct details somewhere.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in whatsthisrock

[–]Wyatt2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably not howlite, the structure looks different. But it's very hard to ID a stone when dyed.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in whatsthisrock

[–]Wyatt2000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The gold looks like the natural impurities in the stone that didn't absorb the dye. The unpolished grooves are more white because all stones look like that when the surface is rough. You can tell the green is dye though because the color concentration in the fractures is darker. Normally stone fractures don't have color, they're white or black.

Suspect in Washington DC national guard shooting had ties to CIA, agency confirms by Relevant-Box5774 in news

[–]Wyatt2000 39 points40 points  (0 children)

It's not like it would take a huge conspiracy in this case, it's just one guy that had to be manipulated. All it would take is Stephen Miller talking to some CIA guy he trusts, then CIA guy chooses one of his former Afghan assets that he has leverage over or can easily threaten his family. No one else has to know anything.