Uploaded April 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Why are gems and minerals so special? The Teen Advocates for Science Communication (from the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco) flipped "All of the Lights" by Kanye West into "All of the -ites" in this science music video to let you know.

Shot and edited by Elliott Bastien Morin & Natalia Lopatina
Lyrics by Tom McFadden & the TASC Force
Special thanks to Neal Ramus and Leah Kalish

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