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Thank you. I was hoping for a segment on Alexandrite .

Hope diamond on its way to bankrupt the US government!

The difference is in the Pokémon you get.

I'm 100% sure this mineral support is stoned.
Given her expertise, I'm sure this expert realized my puns are a gem :P
Now, I'm hungry, I have a good bioapatite :P

Are you tap dancing behind that table?
Sit still!

Wow. I admire the cogent and clear explanations. This was wonderful, encore.
Edit to add, that's a MUMPING big diamond !
What more famous diamond . . . is answered by the name Cullinan I . Ask any Indian, of whom there are three, to every American.

This was hands down the best one of these videos Wired has ever done. She was fantastic holy cow someone give this lady her own show.

Her knowledge and enthusiasm is first rate

Easy to listen to 👏

Thank you for that wonderful information about opals! I never knew that my sister and my mom both loved Opal’s my mom especially the fire opals. but I don’t think they knew about the water so I might Send your link. Cool! Who knew ? 🤷🏼‍♀️😊👍🌷

I have opal and it is stored in oil should I do something with that?

Rubies are red, emeralds are green and sapphires are blue. That’s it. No need for video

Impurities is basically the only difference.

Ah yes, the Kimberly Process that is not corrupt at all. I mean, when the "Committee on Rules and Procedures" is chaired by the Russian Federation and vice-chaired by the People's Republic of China, how could it possibly be corrupt?

Gold is an element

This was great, thanks

Only 9000 mineral species? 🤯

Red, green, and blue.

I guess she was unable to sign out the hope diamond for this video

She definitely shared some pearls of wisdom in this video.

So.... pearls are oyster pimples? 😂😂😂

This is a whole lot of info I wanted to know but didn’t know I didn’t know

I think you are the True gym . Absolutely beautiful .

Ironically the United States now owns the Hope Diamond and we are now 33 trillion dollars in debt and heading towards bankruptcy. The curse continues.

A very eloquent lady with some great explanations.

That moment when you feel so stupid becuse someone talkabaut minerals and only one things that is your head is cave man style

Shiny rock
Must have

Every time I see “Safety First…” I always finish it with “Winger!” IYKYK

HEY! You mined that illegally. Let me just take that and put it in my museum thank you very much.

She is amazing (!)

She doesn't sound natural talking on camera. She puts a . after each word. Probably not used to public speaking.

Haven't started the video yet...God I hope her name is Marie...

Chuck Norris has a Moh rating of 11....

The difference between Ruby, sapphire, and emerald are as follows:
Ruby: you'll get Groudon
Sapphire: you'll get Kyogre
Emerald: you'll get a slightly different story and get access to Rayquaza early on

My guess is the chemical makeup is different

She sounds like a wizard 😲

She's adorable.

Breaking bad

This is a Beautiful video showing us the beauty of nature. Meneral crystals are like an artist who organizes elements to form wonders of amazing geometric shapes.

She is ridiculously good at this.

When you have a really dumb question that you’re too scared to ask in class, the first thing you do is ask how to use a library and where you might find one. Today they can be found in almost anyone’s pocket.
Another foolproof method is to raise your hand and say that some people like Little Johnny don’t even know the difference between rocks and minerals. Little Johnny will either tell the class what the difference is or be stuck holding the bag.
A little known secret is that in almost every textbook related to that subject matter which your class is hopefully about or why would you be asking a rock question in Spanish class, there’ll be indexes and glossaries and tables of contents.
I knew many students, that despite being shown their magical powers of discovery, never once afterward acknowledged that they knew they existed.
In truth, you really don’t even need any of those, just a dictionary, which every student should have within arms reach at all times in some format or other.

18 minute vid and 3 fooking adds

the box art legendary

She should have a TED talk about the scams of Diamond industry.

Dude the gemstone section of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History is LIT

Obsidian is still used for specialized surgical instruments

Ruby is for Groudon, Sapphire is Kyogre and Emerald is for Rayquaza