The Gem Room

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The Gem Room with tags the field museum, chicago field museum, science, biology (field of study), biology, education, museums, animals, history, natural history, field museum of natural history (museum), culture, documentary, the brain scoop, brain scoop, emily graslie, michael aranda, hank green, specimens, species, chicago (city/town/village), museum (building function), geology, mineralogy, gems, gemstones, gemology

Wherein we open the vaults and unveil some of the shinier secrets from the Museum's geology collection! To see more beautiful gems and jades, come visit the Grainger Hall of Gems at The Field Museum, or read:Gems and Gemstones: Timeless Natural Beauty of the Mineral World, by Lance Grande: http://bit.ly/1dr59GMLost World of Fossil Lake: Snapshots from Deep Time, by Lance Grande http://bit.ly/172OkB2Big thanks to Lance Grande for his assistance in making this video possible. :) Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thebrainscoopThe Brain Scoop is written and hosted by:Emily Graslie Created By: Hank Green Directed, Edited, Animated, and Scored by:Michael Aranda .Filmed on Location and Supported by: The Field Museum in Chicago, IL(http://www.fieldmuseum.org)Rosa McGuire, Martina afusov, Tony Chu, Seth Bergenholtz, and Kelleen Browning deserve a round of applause for translating this episode.