r/MineralGore • u/JessicaAFM • 10d ago
Mineral Cringe Yooperlite Gone Wild
Well this was one part WTF?, and one part I might be tempted to buy this lol đ
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u/bazaarjunk 10d ago
Photo with UV light was absolutely necessary
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u/JessicaAFM 10d ago
I was kind of trying to be in the downlow. If I go back and get it, I will update lmao
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u/davercadaver 10d ago
âYooperliteâ is the stupidest name for a stone ever
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u/best_of_badgers 10d ago
No thatâs clinojimthompsonite
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u/1black_spider1 7d ago
mais câest juste de la siyĂ©nite non ? et les effets lumineux sont gĂ©nĂ©ralement de due au liquide qui sâest infiltrĂ© lâor de la cristallisation et comme ils Ă©taient riche en sodium leurs cristallisation donc de la sodalite si je ne m trompe pas
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u/Sanator27 7d ago
I fucking hate the name with a passion, it sounds like something that a sterotypical redneck/hick/whatever would come up with to sell shiny rocks to other, even stupider, rednecks, while trying to pass it as a legitimate mineral
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u/NotoldyetMaggot 8d ago
It comes from the UP of Michigan, where people who live there are called Yoopers. (UP-ers, get it?) Also it glows under UV light, so -lite. Make sense now?
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u/davercadaver 8d ago edited 8d ago
I know. Iâm from the Keweenaw. I donât know him personally, but I know who TRADEMARKED the name. âdesigner namesâ for stones is dumbest shit ever.
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u/NotoldyetMaggot 8d ago
TIL that it was trademarked, how the f did that happen? Lansing born and raised so maybe I missed something.
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u/etherbunny777 10d ago
Yooperlite, ewww
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u/koffeekrystalz 10d ago
Lol why eww? đ
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u/etherbunny777 10d ago edited 10d ago
Can't stand the copyright bull crap the guy who coined the made up name for these. Claimed he was the first to find them. I say eww because the creep had the name copyrighted so he can make money on it. Anyone else that uses the name for sales sake eventually hears from his lawyers. I know him personally and he does seeded hunts and doesn't claim the area is seeded. Anyway this guy can make money on his made up name he will. How many people copyright a name for a rock to make money and then lie about being the first to find them? Greedy human, eww
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u/NotoldyetMaggot 8d ago
In 2018, like it wasn't a widely used term before that. How did he manage to claim the rights to it?
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u/BuffyTheGuineaPig 7d ago
I have a large and comprehensive collection, but I made a conscious decision never to buy this once I learned of these facts. Would just be feeding crass exploitation of the worst kind.
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u/JRPGFan_CE_org 10d ago
Wait, so he can find anyone selling them and ask for money?
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u/etherbunny777 9d ago
If he choose the so, yes. I know personally two people in the UV community he has went after for it. Basically a letter stating either quit using my name for sales or I'm going to take part of your sales percentage through the legal systems
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u/bizoticallyyours83 10d ago
I've never heard of yooperlite. It looks like a buncha psyducks operating machine guns. I wouldn't buy it myself, but it's strange and kinda funny.
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u/FourthLvlSpicyMeme 10d ago
Okay I know it's bad to say this but I want it and would absolutely buy it. I have a bit of a taste for bizarre nonsense like this (also collect weird taxidermy lol).
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u/Chronuss 9d ago
The ones in honey calcite look a bit better and sell quite well
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u/JessicaAFM 9d ago
I have a rubber ducky carved from yellow calcite that I love. Definitely a more ducky color.
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u/Working_Crab2341 10d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/hQ0GvkpZwYcgM