{"id":1020,"date":"2020-07-01T18:32:14","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T18:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/?page_id=1020"},"modified":"2020-08-25T14:06:44","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T14:06:44","slug":"emeralds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/ch10\/emeralds\/","title":{"rendered":"More to explore about emeralds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The friends arrive at the gates of the Emerald City but do you know what an emerald is or how it was formed?<\/p>\n<p>Explore these websites and videos to find out more about emeralds and other precious gemstones.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Explore Amazing Rocks and Minerals! | Caitie&#039;s Classroom Field Trip | Science &amp; Colors For Kids\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nEJXaWRptQo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/kidscbc2\/the-feed\/gems-crystals-and-semi-precious-stones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How a diamond is formed, plus other cool rock facts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikids.com\/birthstones.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Birthstones <\/a>are the gems that represent the month of your birth. The idea of birthstones goes way back to the 1st century but a formal list was created in the early 20th century.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.burkemuseum.org\/collections-and-research\/geology-and-paleontology\/minerals\/science-and-legends-birthstones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The science and legends of birthstones<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">Challenge yourself!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Try this <a href=\"https:\/\/kids.nationalgeographic.com\/games\/personality-quizzes\/which-gemstone-are-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">personality quiz<\/a> to find out what gemstone suits your personality. Is it the same as your birthstone?\u00a0 These quizzes are just for fun, but do you think it was right?<\/p>\n<p>You can also look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Help with Challenges<\/a> page to come up with your own gemstone challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The friends arrive at the gates of the Emerald City but do you know what an emerald is or how it was formed? Explore these websites and videos to find out more about emeralds and other precious gemstones. How a diamond is formed, plus other cool rock facts Birthstones are the gems that represent the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/ch10\/emeralds\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">More to explore about emeralds<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":0,"parent":24,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1020","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1020"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1033,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1020\/revisions\/1033"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}