Gabriela Farfan, the Smithsonian’s curator of gems and minerals, answers the internet’s burning questions about gemstones. Are all minerals crystals? How are diamonds cut? How do geodes form? Is the Hope Diamond actually cursed? This rock and mineral expert answers all these questions and more.
Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: Ben Finkel
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: Gabriela Farfan
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Brandon White
Production Manager: D. Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Casting Producer: Nick Sawyer
Camera Operator: Randy Feldman
Sound Mixer: David Campbell
Production Assistant: Brittany Barbour
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Additional Editor: Paul Tael
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
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17:06 yeah right
The most successfully marketed uselessness in history
Sapphires are blue and add ice damage.
Rubies are red and add fire damage.
Emeralds are green and add poison damage.
4:40 Hon hon hon.
I’m tryna crack like a billionaire fracking for oil
People are arguing whether ice is a rock. What’s the answer?
you know shes jewish
I don’t know if it’s just me, but the vocal fry turns what would be an interesting video into something completely unbearable to listen to.
I wanna see her minerals up close✨
I disagree with Iron Purite being considered fools gold. I dont think anyone looks at pyrite and says “iS tHaT GoLd” Chalcopyrite on the other hand… definitely looks closer to gold. 2 different things!
Hackmanite is really cool.. didn’t know that stone exists. I kinda want to get a ring with it now..
What about the Curley and Larry scales?
Opal comment is based on misinformation. Please note, only Ethiopian opals are porous and can absorb water. Australian crystal opals are different.
Can we get a check on these statements? I understood that the Mohs scale was subjective, not logarithmic.
1:18 wait, corundum is real…
I honestly thought it was just in the elder scrolls.
Glad they asked about blood diamonds given how much she completely avoided talking about the levels of exploitation in mining minerals in a few of the questions that should have had that covered