This month's Rocks Box is the perfect combo of beauty and brains. Sodalite is a gorgeous blue mineral that has a superpower - its tiny pores can trap all kinds of molecules, making it the perfect sieve for everything from industrial...

There's a few minerals that exhibit something called piezoelectricity and pyroelectricity, which mean that either heat or pressure can turn them electric. Here's a demo from the SciShow Rocks Box where you can see this for yourself - all...

Zabargad Island in the Red Sea is so crusted with peridot that it's fair to say the place is literally made of it. <br/>

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...

You may think oysters taste kind of gross, but did you know that some of them hide rare gemstones?

The formation of solid crystals from a solution, or a cooling liquid or gas.
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A Twig Science
Glossary Film.
Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions....

Discover the specific conditions needed for the formation of emeralds, rubies and sapphires; and how there is now potential to 'grow' them in laboratories. Earth Science - Geology - Learning Points. Emeralds are made from beryllium....

This lesson will see us finishing jewel props for our Dungeon Prop.

Gemfields, the world's largest producer of green stones, has discovered a giant, green emerald in Zambia.

Today you’ll learn useful IELTS vocabulary for questions about jewelry.

Explore how gemstones get their colors. We learn that gemstones absorb and reflect certain light waves based on their chemical structures, resulting in different colors. Some gemstones are self-colored, while others are colored by...

Ahead of his visit to Canada next week, King Charles was gifted a new ceremonial key to Canada House in London. It was designed by Ts'msyen artist Morgan Asoyuf, who took the opportunity to elevate an important story from West Coast...

Can wearing gemstones truly change your life and destiny? In this insightful discussion, Sadhguru answers a thought-provoking question about the influence of inanimate objects on human lives. Do gemstones hold mystical power, or is it...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will travel to Hiroshima, Japan, to join the Group of Seven leaders in person, according to people familiar with the matter. Stephen Engle reports on Bloomberg Television.

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.

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.

Feb.22 -- Nimesh Patel, De Beers chief financial officer, discusses diamond market fundamentals and what gaining South African permits means for the company. He speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance."

Black diamonds, also known as carbonado, are extremely rare, and are found naturally on Earth only in Brazil and Central Africa.

A medieval gold ring which has gone on display after being found by a metal detectorist is likely to have been a 15th-century love token, an expert has said.



The artefact, which is currently being shown at the...

Shenzhen - 26 February 2013

AP Television
News
1. Close of a sapphire and diamond necklace on display (60,300 US
dollars)
2. Close of sapphire rings...

CLEAN : Worlds largest cut aquamarine

CLEAN : Pink Star diamond auctioned for record

Mindi-Kandashi, Kenya

1. Pan of land
scape
2. Various of elephants i
n the area
3. Miners walking into
Tsavorite mine
4. Various of miners working inside...

VOICED : Pakistans gemstone industry hit hard by unrest