How do crystals work? - Graham Baird

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I thought this video was going to talk about the properties of crystals on a spiritual level

The explanation in this video is totally crystal clear.

Thank you, TedEd! As a Geology student who almost failed his Mineralogy lecture, this video is far more understandable than my 80-year-old, 500-page thick secondhand Mineralogy textbook.

One of the rarest voices that teaches you at a slow pace so you can understand what's actually going on. I could keep up with every element that you mentioned. Thanks Graham & Franz! 💙

The best voice is again back. By the way animations are amazing.

This video should be called "How do crystals form" not how do they work

I'm a mineral collector,mainly those that fluoresce under ultraviolet. Crystals are utterly fascinating in that you are essentially looking at their atomic structure blown up to a visible scale. The physics of fluorescence just renders them utterly,endlessly fascinating to me.

Crystals such as quartz are piezoelectric, which means they actually do have 'energy' and can produce it when struck.

I'm gonna fail my Calculus III exam tomorrow but hey, I understand crystals. Edit: why tf are there so many likes, the exam was ok.

Thanks Ted-Ed for giving me my weekly learning fix

Me, at a rock show: “We’ve been over this. My wallet’s light this month. I can’t afford any more-“ My crow brain: “JuSt TaKe! ThE sHiNiEs! MoRe! TaKe sHiNiEs!”

I'm mineralogiest and finally I can show people right animation when I'm explaining how this works! Thanks!

I thought quartz was only found in the nether

There are some young, hot igneous rocks in a hot-spot near you!

“How do crystals work” At this day and age even crystals are better than me at finding a job 😔

When I was a young teenager about fourteen years old this was in 1966 (I am 67 now) I saw a piece of quartz crystal in a local gem store. I wanted it so much that my chest ached when I looked at it through the store window. I saved up my allowance until I had enough money to purchase it. I really loved that Crystal and kept it all these years. I collected other stones over the years but that original one was always the centerpiece of my collection. I had a room in the basement where I had an altar where I kept all my stones. Well, my wife at one point decided that she was going to clean out our basement, I and hurt to say this but she threw away all my stones including the original crystal I had purchased as a young boy. (She's not a bad person just an organization and clean freak, sometimes she goes into cleaning frenzies and throws away anything in her path. My mother was like that also and threw away all my 1960 baseball cards while I was serving in the military). Anyway, I would like to know why I still yearn for that particular piece of quartz crystal I actually feel a pain in my heart when I think of it. Any feedback would be much appreciated. Thank you Vito.

Wow, really nice 3D animation on this one. Super educational video.

Your Cube Diamond is evolving... Congratulations! Your Cube Diamond has evolved into Octahedron Diamond! Want to give it a nickname?

Quartz crystals resonate at a specific frequency, depending on size, given an applied voltage. That is why they are used in timing devices or circuits.