SciShow: How 5 Rocks Get Their Glow

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Content of the Lesson: If you find a glowing rock, it probably doesn't mean you're the chosen one. If it's one of these five phenomena, it's quantum mechanics, not narrative significance. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Bd_Tmprd, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Lehel Kovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, Katie Marie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://geology.com/minerals/fluorite.shtml https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/techniques/fluorescence/fluorescenceintro.html https://www.chemistryviews.org/details/education/10468955/What_are_Fluorescence_and_Phosphorescence.html https://archive.org/details/phosphorus0000somm/page/29 https://www.compoundchem.com/2014/10/14/glowsticks/ https://www.minerals.net/resource/property/fluorescence_phosphoresence.aspx https://geology.com/articles/fluorescent-minerals/ https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00060 https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry_Textbook_Maps/Map%3A_Physical_Chemistry_for_the_Biosciences_(Chang)/14%3A_Spectroscopy/14.7%3A_Fluorescence_and_Phosphorescence https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/science-questions/question388.htm https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/triboluminescence-materials-properties-and-applications https://geology.com/minerals/triboluminescence/ https://www.tribonet.org/wiki/triboluminescence/ https://www.thoughtco.com/quartz-triboluminescence-607591 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451929418300238 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780124095472120967 https://www.ipses.com/eng/In-depth-analysis/Thermoluminescence http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/thermo.htm https://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/1.4938256 https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.3670332 https://books.google.com/books?id=PaVnCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA156&lpg=PA156&dq=blue+diamond+electroluminescent&source=bl&ots=cATfFopMOY&sig=ACfU3U0hj81ScWJ3SEzbRY6RXVCxS8HNqw https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-09/what-makes-luminous-watch-dials-glow-a-brief-history-of-shine https://azchemistry.com/why-does-actinium-glow-in-the-dark https://geology.com/diamond/colored-diamonds/ http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/252/black_body_radiation.html https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.331773 https://www.osti.gov/etdeweb/servlets/purl/208758 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0925963594903069 https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.3670332 https://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/1.4938256 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1143/JJAP.39.L604/pdf Image Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hope_Diamond#/media/File:The_Hope_Diamond_-_SIA.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pink_diamonds#/media/File:Pink_Diamonds.gif https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Golden_Eye_Diamond#/media/File:Golden_Eye_Diamond_USM.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/dob-rough-diamond-formed-by-volcanic-heat-and-pressure-inside-earth-gm1162830173-319104449 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FluoriteUV.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fluorite-154626.jpg Robert M. Lavinsky https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fluorite-154625.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Willemite-Calcite-225254.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calcite-Maroc-UV.jpg Didier Descouens https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DecroisancePhospho.ogv https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fluorite,_var._Chlorophane.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tribo.ogv Zátonyi Sándor, (ifj.) Fizped https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thermolumine.png Mauswiesel https://aip.scitation.org/doi/figure/10.1063/1.4938256 Lagomarsino et al. https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/white-refined-sugar-powder-and-cubes-gm1159615363-317122510 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Actinium_sample_(31481701837).png


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