The Gem Room
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...
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Today we're gonna go into the gem room with Lance Grandewho is the distinguished... curator...I forgot the name.Distinguished service curator. - Distinguished service curator.And like my position, there's only one!Well, I'm also the curator of gems by default. - Oh, right.Which is the connection there. - Yeah, and which is what we're going to go look at today.You know gems- they're beautiful in themselves, but they also show human artistrywith the designers' work and all the jewelry,but they show natural beauty, too, just with the crystal form. - Yeah.I mean some of these I liked even better in their native form than after they've been cut.And, you know, since we are a natural history museum, it's an imp...
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Today we're gonna go into the gem room with Lance Grandewho is the distinguished... curator...I forgot the name.Distinguished service curator. - Distinguished service curator.And like my position, there's only one!Well, I'm also the curator of gems by default. - Oh, right.Which is the connection there. - Yeah, and which is what we're going to go look at today.You know gems- they're beautiful in themselves, but they also show human artistrywith the designers' work and all the jewelry,but they show natural beauty, too, just with the crystal form. - Yeah.I mean some of these I liked even better in their native form than after they've been cut.And, you know, since we are a natural history museum, it's an imp...
