Fluorescence isn't just a cool effect that turns your white T-shirt neon purple under a black light. Its discovery opened our eyes to a whole new field of science and engineering. And it's all thanks to a crystal called fluorite....

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.

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/>

Quick Questions gives you the low-down on how oysters turn a tiny bit of gunk into a lovely, valuable pearl. ----------

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...

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...

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.

Find out how diamonds are formed within igneous rock.
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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...

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.

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...

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!

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

In the early 2000s, physicist found a diamond they’d been searching for. Find out what it was used for.