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Mineralogist Answers Gemstone Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED
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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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@annbacerra

4 months ago

The casting producer doesn't get enough credit. I don't think I've seen a person on this series I wouldn't want to listen to for hours.

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@jopo7996

4 months ago

We should feel privileged that she is sharing so much knowledge, and not take it for granite.

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@jupiterwilkymay5161

4 months ago

Gabriella is a real gem. 😊

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@geniicube9585

4 months ago

This is what the internet was supposed to bring us. Thank you

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@_MohamedZain

4 months ago

Thank you to whoever came up with the idea of Tech Support, i learned so much over these past few years, and thank you to all the experts as well, you inspire us.

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@AlexaVonSuess

4 months ago

Even as a gemologist, I had a blast watching this. She does a great job at breaking down complex ideas into digestible pieces of info.

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@ImJustSlade

4 months ago

Jesus Christ Marie, they're not rocks, they're minerals !

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@ntibinotes

4 months ago

south african geologist here and i am geeking! gold and pyrite can also be differentiated using the streak test: gold has a yellow streak while pyrite normally has a black streak

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@lovely.and.lacquered

4 months ago

I would watch 10 more episodes of her talking about gems! They are so pretty to look at, but learning more of the science behind how they are formed was really interesting!

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@ZHL242

4 months ago

Yo this lady enunciates

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@gilmour6754

4 months ago

Love these episodes where the expert is in a field I'd never think to care about, but is so knowledgeable and passionate that I'm loving it.

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@beckerderbacker4976

4 months ago

Who else was obsessed with minerals as a kid? I had books on them and several minerals I had bought at stores. On occasion I would take a pickax to rocks I found, though I usually just found quartz.

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@zammyr6807

4 months ago

Having studied Geology, this is the first time I don't feel stupid watching these videos.

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@burningrabbit7278

4 months ago

Me: "Eh, I don't think I have time to dedicate to a tv series right now." Also me: "Twenty minutes of an expert talking about gemstones? Sign me up!"

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@handlefornate

4 months ago

I'm glad that she touched on blood diamonds ethics, i think an even better mineral ethics opportunity would be when discussing the minerals of our smartphones and electric vehicles and how the western colonialism in the global south relies on destabilizing the regions where we get all these minerals (especially like Sudan and Congo in Africa) and the humanitarian crisis of these areas!

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@alexksader_zp8554

4 months ago

She is just majestic! The energy, the positivity! And she brought all the things she's talking about - ruby? here's ruby! diamonds? here are the diamonds! pure gold? Here! Wow!

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@demeter-the-great

4 months ago

It’s all crystal clear. She really rocks! Let’s not take a gem like her for granite, she’s a real diamond in the rough. Schist happens, but we have to be gneiss.

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@pippa3150

4 months ago

You can tell she really loves what she does. I loved geology in college. I studied it quite a bit. But I still learned a lot today!

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@Ajaykrishna97_

4 months ago

We need a 10 episode season of her explaining minerals to us "immediately"

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@Mercure250

4 months ago

2:17 I did not expect to hear that name here. Mount Saint-Hilaire is an old, eroded mountain (it looks more like a big hill now) in the Montérégie region of the province of Québec, Canada. It contains many minerals and there is indeed a mine located there. There is also a town at its base, called Mont-Saint-Hilaire, in which I used to live, hence why it felt a bit surreal for me to hear the name in this video.

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