It’s no secret that people like pretty stuff, or that we like to make our worlds as pretty as possible. And for centuries, tons of people have used the mineral in this month’s Rocks Box to paint the towns blue, so let’s talk about some of the science and some bonus archaeology around azurite in art.
Hosted by: Stefan Chin (he/him)
———-
Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going!
https://www.patreon.com/scishow
Or support us directly: https://complexly.com/support
Join our SciShow email list to get the latest news and highlights:
https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email
———-
Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Odditeas , Garrett Galloway, DrakoEsper , Kenny Wilson, J. Copen, Friso, Lyndsay Brown, Jeremy Mattern, Jaap Westera, Rizwan Kassim, Harrison Mills, Christoph Schwanke, Jeffrey Mckishen, Eric Jensen, Chris Mackey, Adam Brainard, Ash, You too can be a nice person, Piya Shedden, charles george, Alex Hackman, Kevin Knupp, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow
———-
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://docs.google.com/document/d/114jkKQfrVUDU6pY-ByLnz00lmS5OJEXjaOs9KbpZ5Is/pub
Watch Now
