How garnets can be used to isolate the conditions under which mountains form

January babies, rejoice! This month's SciShow Rocks Box video is the story of garnets, and how these fabulous gemstones help us solve geological mysteries, from the Italian Alps to the Himalayas. Hosted by: Stefan Chin ---------- 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: Adam Brainard, Alex Hackman, Ash, Benjamin Carleski, Bryan Cloer, charles george, Chris Mackey, Chris Peters, Christoph Schwanke, Christopher R Boucher, DrakoEsper, Eric Jensen, Friso, Garrett Galloway, Harrison Mills, J. Copen, Jaap Westera, Jason A Saslow, Jeffrey Mckishen, Jeremy Mattern, Kenny Wilson, Kevin Bealer, Kevin Knupp, Lyndsay Brown, Matt Curls, Michelle Dove, Piya Shedden, Rizwan Kassim, Sam Lutfi ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016787812800186 https://people.earth.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Ague/masters_ague_cmp05_full.pdf https://doi.org/10.2113/107.3.431 https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/msa/ammin/article-abstract/98/4/785/45880/Nomenclature-of-the-garnet-supergroup?redirectedFrom=fulltext https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.9.6.447 https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.9.6.427 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987118301403 https://doi.org/10.1130/G35524.1 Image Sources https://www.gettyimages.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pectoral_and_Necklace_of_Sithathoryunet_with_the_Name_of_Senwosret_II_MET_16.1.3_front.jpg#/media/File:Pectoral_and_Necklace_of_Sithathoryunet_with_the_Name_of_Senwosret_II_MET_16.1.3_front.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GrossularShades.jpg#/media/File:GrossularShades.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glen_Clunie_below_Strone_Baddoch_-_geograph.org.uk_-_726014.jpg#/media/File:Glen_Clunie_below_Strone_Baddoch_-_geograph.org.uk_-_726014.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Scotland_metamorphic_zones_EN.svg#/media/File:Scotland_metamorphic_zones_EN.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Almandine.jpeg#/media/File:Almandine.jpeg https://iu.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/1476/2023/08/image16-3.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suevite,_Glass,_Coesite._Otting,_N%C3%B6rdlinger_Ries,_Germany-8904.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coesiteimage.jpg#/media/File:Coesiteimage.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gneissic_garnetiferous_blueschist_(Tillotson-Haystack_Slice;_near_Hazens_Notch,_Orleans_County,_Vermont,_USA)_2.jpg https://iu.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/1476/2023/08/image16-3.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Himalayas_and_allied_ranges_NASA_Landsat_showing_the_eight_thousanders,_annotated_with_major_rivers.jpg#/media/File:Himalayas_and_allied_ranges_NASA_Landsat_showing_the_eight_thousanders,_annotated_with_major_rivers.jpg