The World's Largest Emerald Shouldn't Exist

Subscribe to the SciShow Rocks Box to receive your own Emerald here! https://complexly.info/rocksbox We know gemstones are beautiful and highly desirable. But there's one specific gem that's been fought over for decades, and it even has a restraining order filed on it. This is the story of the Bahia emerald, its unlikely legal battle, and the strange geology that lets it exist in the first place. Hosted by: Reid Reimers (he/him) Correction: 0:51 Bahia is generally pronounced without the h and we get that wrong several times throughout the video. Sorry about that! ---------- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going! https://www.patreon.com/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: Shaji John, Timos Gies, Jon Coffman, Anita, Anne Herrington, Ashley Moquin, yeyette, David Johnston, Cye Stoner, Jp Lynch, Bethany Matthews, Chris Curry, J.V. Rosenbalm, Blood Doctor Kelly, Toyas Dhake, Reed Spilmann, Garrett Galloway, Friso, Lyndsay Brown, Jeremy Mattern, Jaap Westera, Matt Curls, Eric Jensen, Chris Mackey, Adam Brainard, Piya Shedden, Steve Gums, Alex Hackman, Kevin Knupp, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Joseph Ruf, Jason A Saslow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/scishow.bsky.social #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRS4RxwXVj-4QdpBtVDGbJOs93KEePdpTklZWUi4Bbt-t3h4x8A0PRGe3HC_aMyWoffA1i0UM09TZqN/pub