Scientists Are Arguing About Why This Rock Shimmers
Iridescent hematite, aka turgite, is rust with a great makeup artist. This beautiful mineral shines in all the colors of the rainbow. And scientists are completely split as to why. This month, SciShow Rocks Box subscribers will receive their very own sample to ponder over. Check out the SciShow Rocks Box https://complexly.store/rocks Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them) ---------- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going! / scishow Or support us directly: https://complexly.com/support Join our SciShow email list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: J.V. Rosenbalm, Jaap Westera, Jeffrey Mckishen, David Johnston, Gizmo, Friso, Wesus, Jeremy Mattern, Alan Wong, Matt Curls, Bethany Matthews, Blood Doctor Kelly, Spilmann Reed, Lyndsay Brown, Toyas Dhake, Kaitlyn O'Callaghan, Garrett Galloway, kickinwasabi, Martin Osorio, DrakoEsper , Eric Jensen, Cye Stoner, Chris Curry, Jp Lynch, Chris Peters, Alex Hackman, Piya Shedden, Joseph Ruf, Jason A Saslow, Kevin Knupp, Kevin Bealer, Chris Mackey, Steve Gums, Adam Brainard ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: / scishow Instagram: / thescishow Facebook: / scishow Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/scishow.bsky... #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/...
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