Tranquil Journey Inside an Opal | Microscopic 4K | Play-of-Color with Relaxing Synth Music

Описание: Immerse yourself in the tranquil beauty of a precious Mexican opal in this rare microscopic video tour of miniature caverns full of diffracted lightwaves. Bathe in the pastel shafts of light that illuminate the gem's interior. We pan across a 3-millimeter wide frame, revealing the play-of-color phenomenon that makes opals unique among precious gemstones.

The "play of color" in opals is an optical phenomenon caused by light interacting with perfectly round identical silica spheres stacked neatly in the stone. Light waves bouncing between the silica spheres -- each made of several hundred SiO2 molecules -- diffracts and interferes with itself, resulting in shifting colors that evokes an aurora borealis.

The appearance of opals differs in the different regions in which they are found, which notably include Australia, Mexico, Ethiopia, Brazil, and Nevada. Opals form through the repeated deposition and evaporation of mineral-laden water in cracks, crevices and even in fossils in the earth's crust.
They grow quickly compared with other precious gemstones -- a centimeter of opal can grow in 5-6 million years, whereas it could take 25 million years to grow a ruby.

Video was created in collaboration between Wonder Science and gemologist and photomicrographer, Danny Sanchez.

Original synth score by KRON.

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