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6 Gems and Minerals Much Rarer (and Cooler) Than Diamonds
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6 Gems and Minerals Much Rarer (and Cooler) Than Diamonds
  • Published_at:2019-04-07
  • Category:Education
  • Channel:SciShow
  • tags: SciShow science Hank Green education learn rocks gems geology minerals diamond hazenite fingerite crystal red diamonds tanzanite blue zoisite pleochroic bridgmanite Ichnusaite fumaroles sublimate vanadium rare
  • description: Skillshare is offering SciShow viewers two months of unlimited access to Skillshare for free! Try it here: https://skl.sh/scishow-14 No offense to that rock you may have on your finger, but these gems and minerals are so hard to find, they put most diamonds to shame. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Bill & Katie Scholl, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Andrew Finley Brenan, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/msa/ammin/article/101/6/1245/40610/on-the-nature-and-significance-of-rarity-in https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35569659 https://io9.gizmodo.com/10-gemstones-much-rarer-than-diamond-5902212?IR=T https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2015/11/02/12-most-expensive-gemstones-world/#7fed84151538 https://4cs.gia.edu/en-us/blog/red-diamonds-rarest/ http://nhminsci.blogspot.com/2013/01/color-in-diamonds.html https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/E6B018F89BC1A23C2857F82A5298F65D/S1431927612013542a.pdf/div-class-title-cathodoluminescence-of-natural-plastically-deformed-pink-diamonds-div.pdf https://www.gia.edu/gems-gemology/winter-2014-pink-to-red-diamonds-30th-argyle-diamond-tender https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/23/fashion/tanzanite-buying-the-rare-gem-at-its-source.html http://www.tanzanitefoundation.com/ https://www.britannica.com/science/zoisite https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gssa/sajg/article/117/1/15/141435/origin-of-tanzanite-and-associated-gemstone https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-rare-minerals-20160213-story.html https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/98120.php http://www.webmineral.com/data/Hazenite.shtml#.XHCwIyN94y4 https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/msa/ammin/article/96/4/675/45328/hazenite-knamg2-po4-2-14h2o-a-new-biologically https://www.mindat.org/min-45998.html https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ammin/article-lookup/99/10/2089 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-environment-minerals-idUSKCN0VL2HU http://science.sciencemag.org/content/346/6213/1100 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/346/6213/1100.full.pdf http://science.sciencemag.org/content/346/6213/1057 https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-rare-minerals-20160213-story.html https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35569659 http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM70/AM70_193.pdf https://www.britannica.com/science/fumarole Images https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DeYoung_Red_Diamond_on_display.jpg#/media/File:DeYoung_Red_Diamond_on_display.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2mm_diamond_drill_bits_macro.jpg#/media/File:2mm_diamond_drill_bits_macro.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hope_Diamond_closeup.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carbon_lattice_diamond.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A195,_Argyle_Diamond_Mine,_Western_Australia,_from_plane,_2007.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zo%C3%AFsite_(Tanzanite).jpg#/media/File:Zo%C3%AFsite_(Tanzanite).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lyngbya_majuscula.jpg#/media/File:Lyngbya_majuscula.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/beautiful-view-of-castelsardo-village-in-sardinia-italy-gm636214012-112736133 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tenham_Meteorite.JPG#/media/File:Tenham_Meteorite.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tenham_meteorite,_slice_72_grams.jpg#/media/File:Tenham_meteorite,_slice_72_grams.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tenham_meteorite,_metal_flaking.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_Izalco_Volcano.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Namafjall_-_Fumarole_2.jpg https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/108422.php?from=318428 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Molybdenum.jpg
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