Rock and Mineral videos

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Giant Crystal Cave [BBC]: Mind bendingly HUGE gypsum crystals in a cave in Mexico. Wow! Great views of these crystals courtesy of the BBC. Footage ends at 9:10
7 mins 10 sec

Identifying Minerals [Earth Rocks!]: A really good intro to minerals by Katryn Wiese of City College of San Francisco. Thorough, with great visuals. Pretty long at 16 minutes though.
16 mins 4 secs

Granite [Yosemite Natural Notes]: Well done pro-shot video focused on the granite in Yosemite.
7 mins

Rocks Overview [CVshorey]: Colorado School of Mines Professor Christian Shorey has put together these fantastic teaching videos as part of his Earth Explorations series. Don't let the basic production or monotone-ish voice over fool you, these videos are very thorough and packed with great visuals. A great teaching and learning resource.
7 min 45 sec

Igneous Rocks Overview [CVshorey]: A good look at the basics of igneous rocks, with many great visuals.
10 min 50 sec

While the above video is good for college and even down to the high school level, Shorey's videos in this series get very heavy and high level. Three of his higher level igneous videos are:
Intrusive Igneous Rocks (9 mins)
Extrusive Igneous Rocks (7 mins)
Large Scale Igneous Features (10 mins)

Sedimentary Rocks Overview [CVshorey]: A nice intro to sed rocks, including a quick overview of weathering & erosion.
11 min 17 sec

These 6 additional videos have Shorey diving deep into sub-topics of sedimentary rocks:
Chemical Sed. Rocks (10 mins)
Clastic Sedimentary Rocks (10 mins)
Primary Sed. Structures Pt. 1 (7 mins)
Primary Sed. Structures Pt. 2 (8 mins)
Secondary Sed. Structures (9 mins)
Depositional Environments (14 mins)

Metamorphic Rocks Overview [CVshorey]: Another well-put together video by Professor C. Shorey.
11 min 17 sec

While the above video is good for college and down to the high school level, Shorey's videos in this series get very heavy and go into great depth. Six of his high level metamorphic rock videos are below:
Pressure and Temperature (9 mins)
Metamorphic Chemistry 1 (12 mins)
Metamorphic Chemistry 2 (13 mins)
Non-foliated Metamorphics (9 mins) Foliated Metamorphics (14 mins)
Metamorphic Thermodynamics (10 mins)

Columnar Basalt [hugefloods]: Really good video explaining columnar basalt in Washington State. Some great shots of the columns themselves.
2 1/2 mins

And here's very cool drone footage of the same columnar basalt in Washington.

Volcanoes Around the World [hugefloods] Very good overview of the volcano types with quality images and real world footage. I love this guy from hugefloods.
4 mins

Grilling Steak Over Lava: A fun test by lava researchers at Syracuse U. Good to show students how crazy hot lava really is..
1 min

Underwater lava flow: Pro-shot from Discovery Channel. Well done.
2 mins

Pillow Lava Formation [Lava Ocean Tours]: Underwater lava flow footage is not easy to come by. While the quality of this is not very good, there are many good shots of the pillow lava forming. My students always dig it.
3 min 24 sec

Bowen's Reaction Series [William Stafford] A good explanation of a fairly involved process.
6 min 47 sec

One more:

Dr. Christian Shorey's Bowen's R.S. video is also good and delves a bit into the atomic structure side of things,

How to Do the Mineral Scratch Test with Glass & Fingernail [Gazdonian Productions]: Shows what I've learned are the best ways to have students test mineral hardness in class.
3 min 55 sec

Precipitation of Mineral From a Liquid: Ocean Water [Gazdonian Productions] Students have a heck of a time understanding the process of precipitation. Seeing it happen in this video is helpful. Not the best audio quality.
9 min 11 sec

Hawaii Lava Flows: Lava dripping into the ocean in Hawaii is a truly awesome sight.
1 1/2 mins

Volcanoes/Lava flow Compilation: Artfully shot video is a great introduction to igneous rocks/volcanism.
2 1/2 min

"Winter in Hell": Great visuals of Icelandic eruptions and lava flows. Volcano/lava footage starts at 4:20
8 mins

Mining & Quarrying

Overview of Wyoming Coal Mining [PBS]: This very well done video shows the basics of strip mining in the Powder River Basin. It does a great job showing the truly MASSIVE scale of these operations. Wow!
6 min 43 sec

For more info on coal trains: Trainfanatics.com

Splitting a 26,000 lb Granite Block with a 2 lb Hammer [Joe Dorr]: This age-old method of splitting rock is pretty amazing. The video has a simple folksy vibe to it, but is well made.
6 min 48 sec

Here's a similar video, but this time it's a block of marble being split. This one is a bit more thorough and to the point, with no speaking: Split Marble Block

How Diamonds are Cut - How It's Made: Interesting look at the complicated process of cutting gem quality diamonds.
4 min 45 sec

"ll Capo” (The Chief): A Striking Look at Marble Quarrying in the Italian Alps [NOWNESS]: Extremely satisfying look at marble quarrying in Italy. Stunning cinematic shots in this arty short film.
2 min 53 sec

Slate Quarry, England 1962: The professionally done video has a satisfying old-time feel to it. Cool explosion at 1:17. I particularly like the guy hand splitting the slate at 2:10
3 mins

Splitting Slate [shawnfwatson]: Never would you think that a guy splitting slate with a hammer and a chisel could be so satifyingly watchable. The instinctive attraction people have to this video is pretty amazing. A student favorite! [the "action" starts around the 40 sec mark]
3 min 14 sec

Here's another video showing slate being split by hand.

Barre, VT Granite Quarry Tour [Gazdonian Productions]: The highlight is definitely the granite bowling lane.
3 min 47 sec

Serpentine Stone Quarry Tour, Vermont [Gazdonian Productions]: Quick tour of the Vermont Verde Quarry.
4 min 43 sec

Pool Table Slate Mining [kdmunroe]: Interesting to see the origin of Brunswick pool table slate (even though these corporate-made videos are pretty soul-less). I don't like that they referred to slate a sedimentary rock.
8 min 39 sec

Drone Footage of Abandoned Granite Quarry, Graniteville VT [Jeremy Gilchrist]: Mesmerizing perspective of this dramatic old quarry.
1 min 40 sec

Classroom Basics / Lecture Notes

Rock Lecture Notes (High School Level) [GazdonianProductions]: When a collegue of mine was out for an extended period, I filmed my typical rock lectures to be shown to her students. The 9 videos in this playlist add up to about 90 minutes, so it's not short but my goal was to replicate the classroom experience and not just plow through the basic facts.
90 mins

Identifying Igneous Rocks (Introductory College Level) [Earth Rocks!] A well done video by Katryn Wiese from City College of San Francisco. Can be used at the high school level as well. Very good explanantions, with quality visuals. A bit long though.
20 min 17 sec

Identifying Sedimentary Rocks (Introductory College Level) [Earth Rocks!] Very comprehensive. College level but can be used at the high school level. 15 min

Identifying Metamorphic Rocks (Introductory College Level) [Earth Rocks!] Made by Katryn Wiese of City College of San Francisco. Very comprehensive. Can be used at the high school level.
14 min 17 sec

Rock Identification Review (for NY Earth Sci. Regents) [Gazdonian Productions]: It's always been difficult for students to study rock ID outside of the classroom, so this visual review is a step right direction.
6 min 25 sec

Mineral Identification Review (for NY Earth Sci. Regents) [Gazdonian Productions]: Visual review of the basics of mineral identification.
7 min 21 sec

The 2nd String a bit more obscure or on the fringe of the topic. But still cool.