SciShow
The Gems That Solved a Himalayan Mystery
January babies, rejoice! This month's SciShow Rocks Box video is the story of garnets, and how these fabulous gemstones help us solve geological mysteries, from the Italian Alps to the Himalayas.
SciShow
The Island Made Of Gemstones
Zabargad Island in the Red Sea is so crusted with peridot that it's fair to say the place is literally made of it.
SciShow
How Do Oysters Make Pearls?
Quick Questions gives you the low-down on how oysters turn a tiny bit of gunk into a lovely, valuable pearl. ----------
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The most colorful gemstones on Earth | Jeff Dekofsky
In November 1986, Australian miners climbed Lunatic Hill and bored 20 meters into the Earth. They were rewarded with a fist-sized, record breaking gemstone, which they named the Hailey's Comet opal. Thanks to a characteristic called...
TED-Ed
Can you solve Dongle's Difficult Dilemma? | Dennis E. Shasha
According to legend, three galactic terraformers shaped your planet into a paradise. When their work was done, they left the source of their power behind: three golden hexagons, hidden in dungeons full of traps and monsters. If one...
SciShow
6 Gems and Minerals Much Rarer (and Cooler) Than Diamonds
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.
Curated Video
ChatGPT for Creatives - Commerce and Trade
In this video, we will talk about the importance of creating a currency system for our worldbuilding, the importance of creating a currency system that fits with the culture and values of the world we are creating, and choosing one that...
Curated Video
Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - Refractive Material with PBR Transparency
The lesson will teach us how to make use of transparency to give volume to our gems. You will learn how to set a PBR transparent material with refractive values to highlight the shape of an asset.
Curated Video
Mastering Order of Operations: Solving Expressions with Ease
Do you need to learn how to use order of operations to solve or simplify expressions? In this video, I will review the order of operations, and guide you through solving 7 different expressions that have positive and negative numbers in...
Curated Video
Organizing Data
In this video, students learn to collect and organize data using tables and charts. We use tally marks as a counting strategy by creating groups of five. Yo ho yo ho, a pirate's life for me!
Curated Video
Specific IELTS Vocabulary for Jewelry Questions
Today you’ll learn useful IELTS vocabulary for questions about jewelry.
Physics Girl
What is the MAGIC RUSSIAN DIAMOND?
In the early 2000s, physicist found a diamond they’d been searching for. Find out what it was used for.
Bridgeman Arts
1950s: Hands use amber to pick up feathers from table
1950s: Hands use amber to pick up feathers from table. Man in period costume stands before scientific tools. Hands rub amber with wool. Hands rub glass rod with silk cloth.
Bridgeman Arts
1950s: Glass rod attracts suspended amber
1950s: Glass rod attracts suspended amber. Hands rub glass rod with silk cloth. Glass rods repel one another. Wind and rain batter trees. Lightning bolt. Kite flies in stormy sky.
Bloomberg
The CEO Hoping to Turn Diamonds into Gold
Aug.08 -- In this week’s “Commodity-In-Chief” on “Bloomberg Commodities Edge”, Alix Steel talks with Diamond Standard founder and CEO, Cormac Kinney. The company aims to create a standardized diamond commodity, transacted on blockchain....
Curated Video
Burma - Precious stones
(Duration: 4 minutes 41 seconds)
MUSIC: 'Crystal Vision' by Mo Foster; track 5, Crystal Vision
The troubled and often secretive state of Myanmar, known to most
of the world as Burma, has attracted international criticism in
recent years...
Bloomberg
Rio Tinto Wants Diamond Buyers to Think Pink
Oct. 5 -- Patrick Coppens, head of diamond sales at Rio Tinto, discusses the rarity of Argyle pink diamonds offered in its Chroma Collection. He speaks with Bloomberg's Matt Miller on "Bloomberg Markets."
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Pilgrims bring boom times for Iraqi gem traders
Every time Mohammed al Ghoraifi visits Najaf he returns with another precious stone on his finger
Curated Video
9029B
13.7.90 (Dur: 6mins 58secs/Engl sot: 18secs)
RR MUSIC: "Back Porch Blues" by Fletcher/Jones/Kelly/McGuiness/
Townsend.
STORY: In February 1926, a small diamond was found at a
...
Curated Video
RR7048B SOUTH AFRICA: THE LAST DIAMOND RUSH?
1. Map, zoom in to Johannesburg.
2. GV Swartrand farm.
3. Diggers rush to stake claims.
4. Crowd around loudspeaker, man calls out names
5. diggers run off.
6. Various shots staking claims, digging in.
7. Interview Big Piet...
Bloomberg
Botswana Working on Finer Details of De Beers Deal
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi says his country will strike a new diamond-sales deal with De Beers. The government says it wants to adjust terms of the joint venture. He spoke to Bloomberg's Jennifer Zabasajja.
Bridgeman Arts
Africa: Congo mines, 1960s
1960s: AFRICA: men work wheel. Congo diamond mines. Tin from Nigeria. Copper and Uranium from the Congo. Boys on beach watch boat on water.
Bridgeman Arts
Africa: Congo Mines, 1960s
1960s: AFRICA: man puts gold bar on pile. Mines in Congo. Industrial diamonds from Congo region. Diamonds from South Africa. Diamond mine buildings
PBS
Treasures of the Earth | When Did Plate Tectonics Begin?
Scientists know Earth's plates are constantly moving. One big question scientists have is, "When did they start moving?" PBS 6-8 Story of Earth series presents the research of one scientist trying to answer this question. Viewers learn...