He made a video called "Block and block_display animations" that explains how he makes these. Also the video "What's the difference between minerals and rocks?" has a very cool animation
I'm surprised this works so fluently. There have to be millions of display entities there, how does it not lagg like hell? Or does he just have a much better graphics card than me?
@@wildforestferret865 ye i think i did. I just need MORE. Glad he's remaking the timescale, the one you linked doesnt look as incredibly cool as the bit he showed in this video
Craziest Minecraft video I ever seen. Love it so much. Local news / Media just says the same shit we all learned in 9th grade geography; about "Why India/Nepal have earthquakes???" and "Why does California get wildfires???"
In my personal opinion. The measure of a good teacher isn't the amount of information they know or the amount of information they can impart to others. The true measure of a good teacher is how much they can get someone interested in a certain topic. And you, my friend, are an AMAZING teacher. Before this video I almost had zero interest in geology besides the occasionally "Look at this cool rock I found." I originally had played this video just so I could have some background noise playing and because it had Minecraft in it. But I literally had to stop myself from doing something else because I ended up becoming really interested in what you had to say. You could argue it was because of the medium you were showcasing the information and maybe that has something to do with it but I truly think you have some real talent in imparting information in a creative and strangely personal way. You honestly came out of nowhere in my RUclips feed and I really hope to keep seeing you there. Really top notch work you're doing :)
I had some geology classes during my first few biology years and I truly hated them back in the days, yet this video was somehow quite interesting to me.
@@gneissname I work with heritage steam, came across your talks about minerals I'd love to hear you talk about your nuclear background and the types of stuff that goes into uranium extraction and what other minerals have radioactivity inside of them, i do know that coal has some
I'd say we're in the silicon age, not because of microchips, but because our world is made of concrete and glass, which is mostly composed of silicon dioxide
We're in the information age. Our society is set apart by the unprecedented flow of information, not our use of concrete. When people look back, our time will be remembered as the start of complete reliance on computers and globalization.
Well, if you're talking about elemental iron, then it's literally as old as the stars. It's the last stage in the sequence of fusion that occurs within them before they burn out and die. Dirt on the other hand is a bunch of different compounds, many of which are organic.
Been playing Minecraft for roughly 10 years now. To say this is one of the best and most interesting videos I’ve ever seen is an understatement. Don’t even get me started on those effects, HOW DID YOU DO THATTTTT!
You make probably the highest quality educational geology content I’ve ever seen. Using Minecraft as a means to show and explain these things is absolutely genius. Great way to get kids to pay attention and keep them interested. Hell, I’m in my 20’s and I’m entertained and intrigued
Interestingly, in the modding world steel is 'traditionally' depicted as darker iron. Presumably because of some combination of it being made by adding something black to it, the process of smelting often making items darker, and the fact that there's a lot more room darker than iron in the color space than there is lighter.
Even the extra realistic TerraFirmaCraft falls to that trap, but that's mainly due to cast iron using the vanilla iron ingot for compatibility. Wrought iron is a dark, sorta brown color, and steel is dark and grey. Except for black, red, and blue steel, which are colored exactly as the name implies.
There are actually super rare formations of pure mettalic non-ore iron, metorites! Ancient people's actually managed to cold forge some of them into tools long before we could ever truly forge it.
"And now it begins," said Ser Arthur Dayne, the Sword of the Morning. He unsheathed Dawn and held it with both hands. The blade was pale as milkglass, alive with light."
There are also a few examples of true earth-formed metallic iron. There is a major source of it in Greenland that was used extensively by native Inuit for metal tools.
Even as a mod developer im incredibly impressed by the visual effects here! I aspire to make content as interesting as yours, even though i have no interest in geology i feel like i could watch this for hours.
This video quality was insane. I’ve never seen such clean explanations but also informative at the same time with insane visuals to match… bro I hope you blow up you deserve all the love
I have spent thousands of hours playing minecraft and 17 minutes in, i have forgotten that this is a video about minecraft. What an insanely good perspective for teaching, thanks man.
I want a pet stromatolite one day, that would be so awesome sauce. Having a small, murky, sediment filled wave pool in my house full of weird rocks... the dream
As a geologist and Minecraft fan, I've always felt that the veins/deposits should have been handled differently. -Iron deposits could have been added in banded iron formations as wide thin flat deposits made of layers of alternating iron ore and chert (added as a rock harder to mine than normal stone). They could be limited to spawning in a few biomes to encourage exploration. -Gold could be found in smaller veins, made from quartz and gilded quartz (dropping gold nuggets, and a nice color contrast to gilded blackstone). -Copper deposits should be VMS style, scattered through a funnel shaped deposit, maybe with a few gilded quartz veins and higher rates of other ores spawning around the outside of it. -Coal deposits could be large shallow layers that spawn under swamps. -Kimberlite pipes would also be a nice addition. Large conical structures of deepslate with a tuff ring at at the surface, extending all the way from the surface to the diamond level. The entire structure would have the same ore spawning mechanics as if it was all at y=-63. This means it isn't overpowered for late game, but finding one could give you a chance to find early diamonds at surface level. The game that did it best was Eco. Their deposits were incredible, very accurate to real life, so mines actually tended to resemble real life mines.
you might be interested in the game vintage story, its a minecraft type game with a bit more thought put into the ways that veins generate in accordance to the types and layers of stone that surround them
Holdon, from my (albeit limited) knowledge as an ecologist, why would coal seams be under currently existing swamps, when the locations of swamps way back in the carboniferous would be in different places?
I'm getting really sick of the "the optimal place to get this resource is in this biome!" design philosophy. It really just isn't very fun gameplay, I don't think. Exploration can be encouraged in ways that don't involve making it a hassle to get all the materials we want without playing an idle game. And, the more we make the world segmented and add more rules to generation, the less chance it has to shine in interesting and unexpected ways. I appreciate that you want things to be more realistic, but Minecraft is a video game and realism shouldn't come at the cost of the game experience.
This video was so incredible. Everything about it was perfect. I loved researching all the stuff you talked about and learning more! You connected my passions of history, logistics, astronomy, natural science (including geology of course) engineering, and Minecraft! This video impressed me at every turn. Your use of diagrams was so impressive and helpful. Loved this so much.
Random question - have you ever considered doing a video on the geology of TerraFirmaCraft? It's a mod that overhauls a lot of vanilla world generation, and includes a bunch of new types of rock, ore, and geological formations I think you'd be interested in.
i was just thinking the same thing, specifically when gneiss was talking about the different types of iron ore. been sinking dozens of hours into that mod lately and while it's certainly not a 1-1 with real life, there's most certainly more thought put into the believably of the world generation that i absolutely adore
You've very quickly became one of my favourite minecraft content creators and do and exceptional job of presenting geology in an interesting and engaging manner. Thank you.
First video essay I've ever actually finished. Thank you for making the visuals so intriguing and interactive! I look foreword to your next videos with anxious intrigue.
The algorithm gifts me greatness once again. stopping 2 minutes in to remark on the insane production quality and creativity and how you've so effectively merged information into the world you're describing. Fucking awesome man that's a sub for sure
0:31 You forgot about Iron Stars. Hypothetical stars at the end of the universe where all elements below Iron has fused into Iron, and all elements above Iron have decayed into Iron. That makes Iron extra eternal.... unless cosmic inflation or something else effectively destroys the universe before hand. :)
how does that work? when a star that runs on fusion begins making iron, unless it's a supermassive star, that's basically the death bell. that's how our sun will die.
@@TheAruruu Supposedly it works because over long enough time scales, all matter within stars regardless of fusion will slowly transmute into Iron. Not in like billions or trillions of years, but in FAR longer time scales.
Iron stars would be barely above absolute zero so the term star is a bit misleading. It would also require protons to not decay which would undermine a lot of our theories in quantum mechanics.
@@TheAruruu iron has the highest binding energy per nucleon, it's essentially atomic absolute zero. the same way over unimaginable periods of time the universe will cool to absolute zero, over similarly unimaginable periods even lead will decay into iron, because iron is the most stable atom.
I cannot even begin to express how insanely well made this video is. I've always been interested in Minecraft and somewhat interested in Geology, and this video has been an absolute delight to watch. You're an amazing teacher and convey topics in such thought provoking and curiousity inducing ways. Definitely reignited my interest for Geology(specifically the geological history of the Earth, time to dive into another rabbit hole). This is peak RUclips, it doesn't get much better than this.
Just finished my first year of University, and I'm pursuing Geology! Partially because of your videos, and how you transform concepts to become digestible and exciting. I wanted to let you know this is such an excellent tool for education and I can tell you first-hand how helpful some of your videos were whilst I was in a Mineral/Rock ID quiz. You might know/have been to my University too! Just a guess, since you've mentioned the Flinders Ranges in a previous video. Much love and appreciation all the way from Australia xxx
@@gneissname, if you ever come to Brazil, I think you'd find my state quite interesting, it's name is Minas Gerais, which can be literally translated to "General Mines". It is one of the main producers of iron here, as well as many other minerals including about 3/4 of the world's niobium.
This video was great, but it also reminded me of how, in highschool, I wanted to own an ingot of all of the cheap metals/metalloids (iron, silicon, tin, etc). I didn't have any real reason, I just thought it'd be a cool conversation piece to have them sitting around.
@@gneissname Good luck on the radioactive ones. Heard americium is easy to get at the hardware store, though. Cashier won't even bat an eye. ;-) (Smoke detectors for those that don't get it.)
I’ve been playing Minecraft for over a decade, and started my geology studies a year ago. I love the way you combine both in this video, the in-game visual effects are ridiculously good, and the subject is super interesting. This is one of the best videos I’ve watched in weeks, I hope to see more in the future !
i studied geology for a while in university, i never understood how stromatolites worked and how they contributed to the banded iron deposites until now, you're amazing
Vintage Story (minecraft inspired game, focusing on progression through the ages) offers potentially what most watching this video seek: realistic-ish geology and geography with regional stone types and ores
@@spookydooky4085 Tyron, maker of Vintage Story, did take inspiration off TerraFirmaCraft, though he is not a developer of the mod. Although he did was a programmer in the Hytale team. Gosh, how I wish for more geological realism mods in Minecraft.
I'm an electronics engineer, and you sir, tricked me into watching a lecture on a topic that isn't even remotely close to my field of study while maintaining my attention. Bravo
Loved the geological time scale! If you ever want to expand on it I would suggest checking out the Prehistoric Nature mod. It is curruntly only for 1.12.2, and it has hundreds of scientifically accurate biomes, blocks, plants and mobs that can be found in custom dimensions
I love the way you teach these things. Geology has never been a field I've seen as accessible, but the way you break down the history and science behind it all has helped me develop a great beginner's appreciation in how amazing minerals are.
I cant believe this content is free. Everything from the history, to the colour world analysis, to the gameplay considerations, to actually making a block of real iron, is insane. Your work is so appreciated by the community and we cant wait to see more!
This guy is insanely good at getting me interested in things i don't think i would ever be interested in outside of school. You've got some real skill.
As a fellow geologist about to finish up their degree and going to be starting my masters in the next year, I love how you've integrated your knowledge into a game we all love and can connect with. You've really nailed getting information across to people in way they'll understand and want to learn!!
Returning viewer from when you first blew up... It warms my heart knowing youre almost at 100k already. I didn't think your production could get this crazy hahaha, love it!
@X4Alpha4X , I just checked, the biggest artificial diamond ever was 1/60 of the biggest natural one. And the biggest natural one, if it was a cube, would be about 5,6cm in height.
@@thomasfplm yea seems all the industrial use ones that are super cheap, like $1.50/ carat are all super small meant as abrasives. the ones grown for size and aesthetic start around $700/carat.
I am just speechless from how engaging and educational this video was. Imagine if teachers used creative formats like this one for their students, you really mastered your craft no pun intended.
Your videos are awesome, thank you for making them. I'm a Geology major in University and this both helps me learn and fills out my knowledge while also being very interesting, a pleasure to view and listen to, and also being very well made. Good luck with your career, learning, and with hopefully making more videos to share.
@gneissname I'm glad to hear it. I also really like seeing your physical samples and making those cubes near the end was a good idea, they came out great
I really hope you see this comment. I got recommended the video randomly earlier today and just got the chance to watch it. I was blown away how well you display and explain all this! Great work, and the way the minecraft world is set up is amazing!
This is actually so amazing, I was already super impressed in just the first minute and it just going and being a fantastic explanation! So much more depth than I thought clicking on it!
I'm probably one of many comments already that recognize how fantastic your content is. The amazing ~material~ you're covering, is so enriching. The models and sequences you've built to help explain and convey the info are incredibly impressive. Well done. I'm subscribed and look forward to the next video!
25:45 looks like the All Spark from Transformers. And that's a compliment. I love this. Also, when you mentioned "I wanna do all ore blocks" I paused instantly and asked myself "how you gonna find so much diamond to make a diamond block? it's already rare as is, especially if you wanna go for 100% pure diamond" only to unpause and be met with "that's a future Gneiss problem". I love this entire series of "Geologist talks Minecraft" (which is what I named it in my head).
It is truly a blessing, that Earth happens to have an abundance of one of the toughest and easily workable materials, also those animations in the video are very good, never knew you could do that in Minecraft.
this is GREAT, I just finished my AP Environmental class and I am super excited to see such dedicated geo nerds with such a great understanding of tech and most importantly, that they exposition knowledge in such an entertaining and captivating manner. holy
I think that was the amount of currently economically viable iron ore. In the future, better tech will make it viable to mine ore with a lower iron content. And then we'll mine asteroids.
(2:38) I would guess the peak of 232 with the equal taper on both sides is the same as how 2d6 peaks at 7 with the equal taper. It's very likely the sum of two random() calls and an offset, which gives a more complex distribution for a still fairly minimal cost (important when you consider how many times this routine is run during worldgen)
I was not expecting the extremely high-quality content in this video. I thought I would learn a few small things about iron generation in Minecraft and you have given me more geology knowledge than my early education. So glad I found your account.
I think you'd really like playing a modpack like TerraFirmaGreg, which aims to be as "realistic" as possible in Minecraft, it adds physics to the blocks, cave-ins if you don't mine correctly/add supports, certain types of ores only spawn in certain type of rocks and etc, I find it to be really interesting to see what the developers come up with to make it more real-esque, there are some videos that explain more about the modpack if you are interested.
Greg vein shapes still kinda needs some work to be realistic though. They got three shapes now: blob, layers, noodle. Now if those also conform to rock layers... that'd be perfect
use of displays are well done, anyone who is in a trade or scientific profession that can explain thier trade in a fun and informative way for us curious ones has my instant vote. well done.
Never thought I would be learning abiut geology through a presentation in Minecraft with graphs and models made from blocks and block displays. Loved it, than you!
You somehow made Minecraft educative without the education edition. And you made me sit through a 30 min geology class without losing attention. You're a great Minecraft content creator and a great educator.
I really enjoyed the video. I took some geology courses in highschool/college and it was interesting seeing these ideas explained through minecraft. I'm not sure if this was the intention behind your videos, but I think this is an excellent way to communicate ideas to younger audiences in a way that is visually appealing and engaging.
This was really really interesting. At some point I forgot that this was about Minecraft and was just interested in hearing more about the Earth's past and how much Iron we use yearly. I definitely gotta check out more of your stuff this was a great learning experience.
This is the future of documentarys for the young generations something to grab the peoples attention with amazingly bridged to interesting and educational content really well made! Amazing Video
Those block display effects got my mind blown what?????
Ikr, they keep getting cooler and cooler every video
He made a video called "Block and block_display animations" that explains how he makes these.
Also the video "What's the difference between minerals and rocks?" has a very cool animation
been waiting for gneiss to get noticed!! his skills are unmatched
First time?
I'm surprised this works so fluently. There have to be millions of display entities there, how does it not lagg like hell? Or does he just have a much better graphics card than me?
i love that a large chunk of this video is just a guy showing off his cool rock collection. 10/10 content rocks rock.
a large "chunk" eh?
They're minerals, Marie
-Hank
@@Makarov_312 you beat me to it.
21:00 I legit forgot it was a video about minecraft iron. I crave more extreme ancient history dives, it was SO cool.
Have you watched his geological timescale video? This one ruclips.net/video/B9F2D-nUdKE/видео.htmlsi=vnovZddgiIzUdFi8
@@wildforestferret865 great video
@@wildforestferret865 ye i think i did. I just need MORE.
Glad he's remaking the timescale, the one you linked doesnt look as incredibly cool as the bit he showed in this video
I came expecting bits of worldgen history and trivia, but what I got was so much better.
time waste tangent
I can't believe content with this level of quality is completely free.
And it should stay that way because I don’t have money 💀
@@Billy_plays2017 Aren't we all 💀
Craziest Minecraft video I ever seen. Love it so much. Local news / Media just says the same shit we all learned in 9th grade geography; about "Why India/Nepal have earthquakes???" and "Why does California get wildfires???"
In my personal opinion. The measure of a good teacher isn't the amount of information they know or the amount of information they can impart to others. The true measure of a good teacher is how much they can get someone interested in a certain topic. And you, my friend, are an AMAZING teacher.
Before this video I almost had zero interest in geology besides the occasionally "Look at this cool rock I found."
I originally had played this video just so I could have some background noise playing and because it had Minecraft in it. But I literally had to stop myself from doing something else because I ended up becoming really interested in what you had to say. You could argue it was because of the medium you were showcasing the information and maybe that has something to do with it but I truly think you have some real talent in imparting information in a creative and strangely personal way.
You honestly came out of nowhere in my RUclips feed and I really hope to keep seeing you there. Really top notch work you're doing :)
I really appreciate the comment, thank you.
I had some geology classes during my first few biology years and I truly hated them back in the days, yet this video was somehow quite interesting to me.
@@gneissname I work with heritage steam, came across your talks about minerals I'd love to hear you talk about your nuclear background and the types of stuff that goes into uranium extraction and what other minerals have radioactivity inside of them, i do know that coal has some
This is something I can attest to. You are so impressive, Gneiss.
You too, huh? XD
I'd say we're in the silicon age, not because of microchips, but because our world is made of concrete and glass, which is mostly composed of silicon dioxide
yeah for sure, I was thinking of saying that too but the insane amount of iron we use is just ridiculous.
So, we're in the Quartz Age, then?
this is a very cool observation i haven't seen before!
We're in the information age. Our society is set apart by the unprecedented flow of information, not our use of concrete. When people look back, our time will be remembered as the start of complete reliance on computers and globalization.
What if ages are contained within other ages instead of ending when others start? The silicon age is contained in the iron age.
I love learning about real life rocks through the medium of virtual rocks
me too.
Using real life rocks we tricked into thinking with the power of lightning!
Turns out it's rocks all the way down
Huh, I never knew how old iron is until now. Kinda funny we use the phrase "older than dirt" when iron is literally older than dirt.
dirt is... very young really on that scale.
Well, if you're talking about elemental iron, then it's literally as old as the stars. It's the last stage in the sequence of fusion that occurs within them before they burn out and die.
Dirt on the other hand is a bunch of different compounds, many of which are organic.
"Older than dirt, older than iron." Has a nice mythical ring to it.
We say 'older than hunger' to refer to something ancient.
Mountains and rivers are also pretty young when compared to ores I guess
Been playing Minecraft for roughly 10 years now. To say this is one of the best and most interesting videos I’ve ever seen is an understatement. Don’t even get me started on those effects, HOW DID YOU DO THATTTTT!
You make probably the highest quality educational geology content I’ve ever seen. Using Minecraft as a means to show and explain these things is absolutely genius. Great way to get kids to pay attention and keep them interested. Hell, I’m in my 20’s and I’m entertained and intrigued
Interestingly, in the modding world steel is 'traditionally' depicted as darker iron. Presumably because of some combination of it being made by adding something black to it, the process of smelting often making items darker, and the fact that there's a lot more room darker than iron in the color space than there is lighter.
huh, that's interesting.
the Create mod does something different, calling it "Industrial Iron" perhaps invoking wrought iron or mild steel
also, any lighter and it just looks like silver. silver is usually depicted as a lighter and/or bluer iron ingot.
@@manitoba-op4jx I think its also intresting to look at cobalt and plumbum materials in mods, which are blue and purple usually
Even the extra realistic TerraFirmaCraft falls to that trap, but that's mainly due to cast iron using the vanilla iron ingot for compatibility. Wrought iron is a dark, sorta brown color, and steel is dark and grey. Except for black, red, and blue steel, which are colored exactly as the name implies.
There are actually super rare formations of pure mettalic non-ore iron, metorites! Ancient people's actually managed to cold forge some of them into tools long before we could ever truly forge it.
ahaha gottem
And its possible that’s where the notion of alien/heavenly materials stronger than anything manmade got started
"And now it begins," said Ser Arthur Dayne, the Sword of the Morning. He unsheathed Dawn and held it with both hands. The blade was pale as milkglass, alive with light."
No wonder ancient people believed in gifts from the heavens
There are also a few examples of true earth-formed metallic iron. There is a major source of it in Greenland that was used extensively by native Inuit for metal tools.
Even as a mod developer im incredibly impressed by the visual effects here! I aspire to make content as interesting as yours, even though i have no interest in geology i feel like i could watch this for hours.
What mods have you developed?
@@JustLostTheGamethey run the terrarium modding group which has made mods like ad astra, chipped, tempad, spirit, handcrafted and others
@@Jamiscus Oh he made Athena, that's awesome
Thanks for the resources ✌️
howdy hey adrian, Corn Day whatever
Soup day 2 or something
This video quality was insane. I’ve never seen such clean explanations but also informative at the same time with insane visuals to match… bro I hope you blow up you deserve all the love
I have spent thousands of hours playing minecraft and 17 minutes in, i have forgotten that this is a video about minecraft. What an insanely good perspective for teaching, thanks man.
STROMATOLLITES MENTIONED!!!! ALL MY HOMIES LOVE MICROPALEONTOLOGY
Hell yeah!! I was so excited I love learning about how microbes shaped our world :D
I want a pet stromatolite one day, that would be so awesome sauce. Having a small, murky, sediment filled wave pool in my house full of weird rocks... the dream
Hopefully we can set up some biochambers to cultivate the bacteria into industrial amounts of iron and copper.
Yeah!!!!!
Funnily enough I actually found out about them from a pretty Minecraft-adjacent game in the form of Factorio!
13:51 ah yes the old fell into my car trick, second only to the how did this rock get stuck in my shoe method of sampling
As a geologist and Minecraft fan, I've always felt that the veins/deposits should have been handled differently.
-Iron deposits could have been added in banded iron formations as wide thin flat deposits made of layers of alternating iron ore and chert (added as a rock harder to mine than normal stone). They could be limited to spawning in a few biomes to encourage exploration.
-Gold could be found in smaller veins, made from quartz and gilded quartz (dropping gold nuggets, and a nice color contrast to gilded blackstone).
-Copper deposits should be VMS style, scattered through a funnel shaped deposit, maybe with a few gilded quartz veins and higher rates of other ores spawning around the outside of it.
-Coal deposits could be large shallow layers that spawn under swamps.
-Kimberlite pipes would also be a nice addition. Large conical structures of deepslate with a tuff ring at at the surface, extending all the way from the surface to the diamond level. The entire structure would have the same ore spawning mechanics as if it was all at y=-63. This means it isn't overpowered for late game, but finding one could give you a chance to find early diamonds at surface level.
The game that did it best was Eco. Their deposits were incredible, very accurate to real life, so mines actually tended to resemble real life mines.
you might be interested in the game vintage story, its a minecraft type game with a bit more thought put into the ways that veins generate in accordance to the types and layers of stone that surround them
Holdon, from my (albeit limited) knowledge as an ecologist, why would coal seams be under currently existing swamps, when the locations of swamps way back in the carboniferous would be in different places?
@@hamzamotara4304because the Minecraft world doesn't change over time
@CombineWatermelon by that same logic, coal shouldn't exist at all, since trees don't decay and die naturally.
I'm getting really sick of the "the optimal place to get this resource is in this biome!" design philosophy. It really just isn't very fun gameplay, I don't think. Exploration can be encouraged in ways that don't involve making it a hassle to get all the materials we want without playing an idle game. And, the more we make the world segmented and add more rules to generation, the less chance it has to shine in interesting and unexpected ways. I appreciate that you want things to be more realistic, but Minecraft is a video game and realism shouldn't come at the cost of the game experience.
This video was so incredible. Everything about it was perfect. I loved researching all the stuff you talked about and learning more! You connected my passions of history, logistics, astronomy, natural science (including geology of course) engineering, and Minecraft! This video impressed me at every turn. Your use of diagrams was so impressive and helpful. Loved this so much.
man, this channel is gneiss. the content rocks!
I see what you did there :)
we must not take it for granite
He definitely cuts out all the schist and gets to the point. I can't find any faults here!
Random question - have you ever considered doing a video on the geology of TerraFirmaCraft? It's a mod that overhauls a lot of vanilla world generation, and includes a bunch of new types of rock, ore, and geological formations I think you'd be interested in.
i was just thinking the same thing, specifically when gneiss was talking about the different types of iron ore. been sinking dozens of hours into that mod lately and while it's certainly not a 1-1 with real life, there's most certainly more thought put into the believably of the world generation that i absolutely adore
yes, I think he has mentioned and considered it
yes, this and vintage story are ones that i need to try.
@@gneissname god i would love a video like that. those mod packs hold a deep place in my heart
and gregtech!
When the mountain started raising up I was so impressed. You're videos are always so good!
Hey I know you
@@ModerationLabs I have no Idea who you are
i know it's not a hard thing to do with automation and such, but it's still a very cool yet simple effect
Impressive
Your*
You've very quickly became one of my favourite minecraft content creators and do and exceptional job of presenting geology in an interesting and engaging manner. Thank you.
Thanks!
First video essay I've ever actually finished. Thank you for making the visuals so intriguing and interactive! I look foreword to your next videos with anxious intrigue.
The algorithm gifts me greatness once again.
stopping 2 minutes in to remark on the insane production quality and creativity and how you've so effectively merged information into the world you're describing. Fucking awesome man that's a sub for sure
26:43 You could have just asked me to turn my pfp back to normal for that NOOO 😭
The one actual cameo I get and I’m just a slab of butter
put da butter on the labs. butter labs.
Moderate your butter labs please
Moderators! Butter this man
Butter, moderation style. 10:38
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0:31 You forgot about Iron Stars. Hypothetical stars at the end of the universe where all elements below Iron has fused into Iron, and all elements above Iron have decayed into Iron. That makes Iron extra eternal.... unless cosmic inflation or something else effectively destroys the universe before hand. :)
how does that work? when a star that runs on fusion begins making iron, unless it's a supermassive star, that's basically the death bell. that's how our sun will die.
@@TheAruruu Supposedly it works because over long enough time scales, all matter within stars regardless of fusion will slowly transmute into Iron. Not in like billions or trillions of years, but in FAR longer time scales.
@@eclipseslayer98 that doesn't make any sense though... most radioisotopes will decay into lead, not iron.
Iron stars would be barely above absolute zero so the term star is a bit misleading. It would also require protons to not decay which would undermine a lot of our theories in quantum mechanics.
@@TheAruruu iron has the highest binding energy per nucleon, it's essentially atomic absolute zero. the same way over unimaginable periods of time the universe will cool to absolute zero, over similarly unimaginable periods even lead will decay into iron, because iron is the most stable atom.
0:44 "..we entered iron age little bit over 3000 years ago and we never left it.." Tell that to all the microplastics in my blood stream.
And !! Nearly everything has iron in it . Even your blood has iron 😂😊
I cannot even begin to express how insanely well made this video is. I've always been interested in Minecraft and somewhat interested in Geology, and this video has been an absolute delight to watch.
You're an amazing teacher and convey topics in such thought provoking and curiousity inducing ways. Definitely reignited my interest for Geology(specifically the geological history of the Earth, time to dive into another rabbit hole).
This is peak RUclips, it doesn't get much better than this.
1:39 How did Minecraft not crash!?
Just finished my first year of University, and I'm pursuing Geology! Partially because of your videos, and how you transform concepts to become digestible and exciting. I wanted to let you know this is such an excellent tool for education and I can tell you first-hand how helpful some of your videos were whilst I was in a Mineral/Rock ID quiz.
You might know/have been to my University too! Just a guess, since you've mentioned the Flinders Ranges in a previous video.
Much love and appreciation all the way from Australia xxx
Great to hear,. I've walked through the geology department of university of Adelaide. I'll be working in the Flinders next summer again too.
@@gneissname, if you ever come to Brazil, I think you'd find my state quite interesting, it's name is Minas Gerais, which can be literally translated to "General Mines".
It is one of the main producers of iron here, as well as many other minerals including about 3/4 of the world's niobium.
11:32 this makes so much sense, that’s why minecraft iron ore and raw iron is pinkish. It’s not pure iron yet
This video was great, but it also reminded me of how, in highschool, I wanted to own an ingot of all of the cheap metals/metalloids (iron, silicon, tin, etc).
I didn't have any real reason, I just thought it'd be a cool conversation piece to have them sitting around.
I have been thinking of doing one of those periodic table tables and see how many elements i can collect.
@@gneissname btw in 2002 an ig nobel prize was awarded to a Wolfram Research member for making an actual table out of periodic table elements
Once you start an element collection it is hard to stop.
needless to say i am hopelessly dependent on the ingot
@@gneissname Good luck on the radioactive ones. Heard americium is easy to get at the hardware store, though. Cashier won't even bat an eye. ;-)
(Smoke detectors for those that don't get it.)
I’ve been playing Minecraft for over a decade, and started my geology studies a year ago. I love the way you combine both in this video, the in-game visual effects are ridiculously good, and the subject is super interesting. This is one of the best videos I’ve watched in weeks, I hope to see more in the future !
i studied geology for a while in university, i never understood how stromatolites worked and how they contributed to the banded iron deposites until now, you're amazing
Vintage Story (minecraft inspired game, focusing on progression through the ages) offers potentially what most watching this video seek: realistic-ish geology and geography with regional stone types and ores
A minecraft mod called terrafirmacraft adds very similar features as well.
Ah yes, the copper nightmare
@@Bartekkru100that is funny because tfirma is actually made by the vintage story devs
@@spookydooky4085
No, it isn't, although vintage story started out as a Minecraft mod inspired by tfc.
@@spookydooky4085 Tyron, maker of Vintage Story, did take inspiration off TerraFirmaCraft, though he is not a developer of the mod. Although he did was a programmer in the Hytale team.
Gosh, how I wish for more geological realism mods in Minecraft.
12:41 it’s interesting because we have Lodestones in Minecraft already, and they interact with compasses!
I'm an electronics engineer, and you sir, tricked me into watching a lecture on a topic that isn't even remotely close to my field of study while maintaining my attention. Bravo
I am amazed when i find highly technical people playing around with Minecraft as well as people of all ages.
RUclips algorithm NEEDS to push this content more. I am so impressed and thrilled.
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Loved the geological time scale! If you ever want to expand on it I would suggest checking out the Prehistoric Nature mod. It is curruntly only for 1.12.2, and it has hundreds of scientifically accurate biomes, blocks, plants and mobs that can be found in custom dimensions
I love the way you teach these things. Geology has never been a field I've seen as accessible, but the way you break down the history and science behind it all has helped me develop a great beginner's appreciation in how amazing minerals are.
I cant believe this content is free. Everything from the history, to the colour world analysis, to the gameplay considerations, to actually making a block of real iron, is insane. Your work is so appreciated by the community and we cant wait to see more!
2:30 Okay stop right there. Just appreciate the work and effort put into these commandblocks. Okay continue
Bro... I've only watched 2 minutes and you went from my "Watch Later" playlist to my "Hall of Fame" playlist. Subscribed!!
Thanks, I know the competition for time is tough.
what an absolute treat to see pop up in my subscriptions right as I sat down with my lunch~
Oooh, same. What are you having for lunch?
For me it’s almost midnight yall enjoy ur food😂😂
@@NothingEverFeelsRight i saw this pop up at night while i was eating apple slices
@@PWNDON holy crap im eating an apple right now too
@@juandeeg6928 what the fuck I just finished one myself
Ok the whole timeline and origin of iron explanation was absolutely amazing! I cannot wait to see this world used more in future videos!
Thanks, I'm excited! I have a lot of ideas for it
This guy is insanely good at getting me interested in things i don't think i would ever be interested in outside of school. You've got some real skill.
As a fellow geologist about to finish up their degree and going to be starting my masters in the next year, I love how you've integrated your knowledge into a game we all love and can connect with. You've really nailed getting information across to people in way they'll understand and want to learn!!
This channel deserves more subs
I like how the comment of me saying to like and subscribe got hidden by RUclips
Returning viewer from when you first blew up... It warms my heart knowing youre almost at 100k already. I didn't think your production could get this crazy hahaha, love it!
Update I finished the video and I want a cube
26:19 ... or the different gold blocks: 3 different ores, 1 raw gold and the gold block. That'll be expensive.
Still not as much as a block of diamond of that size. 😂
@@thomasfplm assuming he cant just acquire some lab grown stuff
@@X4Alpha4X, I never saw an artificial diamond of that size.
@X4Alpha4X , I just checked, the biggest artificial diamond ever was 1/60 of the biggest natural one.
And the biggest natural one, if it was a cube, would be about 5,6cm in height.
@@thomasfplm yea seems all the industrial use ones that are super cheap, like $1.50/ carat are all super small meant as abrasives. the ones grown for size and aesthetic start around $700/carat.
I am just speechless from how engaging and educational this video was. Imagine if teachers used creative formats like this one for their students, you really mastered your craft no pun intended.
sad thing is i'll probably make more money than a teacher doing it.
This is the most educational video in Minecraft I've ever seen.
11:48 why is it called a catastrophe? I mean the magnetosphere is pretty necessary for life on Earth
Geologists like to name things dramatically.
@@gneissname Noooo, not the Iron(and all the heavier elements)! XD
Your videos are awesome, thank you for making them.
I'm a Geology major in University and this both helps me learn and fills out my knowledge while also being very interesting, a pleasure to view and listen to, and also being very well made.
Good luck with your career, learning, and with hopefully making more videos to share.
Thanks mate, got a bunch of stuff planned. Enjoy your break.
@gneissname I'm glad to hear it. I also really like seeing your physical samples and making those cubes near the end was a good idea, they came out great
Dude your in game demonstrations are the coolest I've seen so far, fantastic work
I really hope you see this comment.
I got recommended the video randomly earlier today and just got the chance to watch it. I was blown away how well you display and explain all this! Great work, and the way the minecraft world is set up is amazing!
OH MY GOD, the quality of this video exceeds any scale one could use to describe it. THIS is what perfection looks like, job very well done!
This is actually so amazing, I was already super impressed in just the first minute and it just going and being a fantastic explanation! So much more depth than I thought clicking on it!
I'm probably one of many comments already that recognize how fantastic your content is. The amazing ~material~ you're covering, is so enriching. The models and sequences you've built to help explain and convey the info are incredibly impressive. Well done. I'm subscribed and look forward to the next video!
This video slaps. I love all the concrete data.
OMG I love your iron block at the end.
Gneiss must have an award or something for his amazing presentation.
This is one of the best minecraft videos ever made. It is remarkable what an excellent education platform it can be.
13:25, there's a Pillager outpost
This is the best produced educational Minecraft video I've ever seen.
I cannot express how much i enjoyed this video, keep this up and you're gonna be huge
25:45 looks like the All Spark from Transformers. And that's a compliment. I love this.
Also, when you mentioned "I wanna do all ore blocks" I paused instantly and asked myself "how you gonna find so much diamond to make a diamond block? it's already rare as is, especially if you wanna go for 100% pure diamond" only to unpause and be met with "that's a future Gneiss problem".
I love this entire series of "Geologist talks Minecraft" (which is what I named it in my head).
The block displays are minde blowing. I am in awe at how well this was made. Well done!
I was not ready for how high quality this video is. I learned a lot, thanks!
It is truly a blessing, that Earth happens to have an abundance of one of the toughest and easily workable materials, also those animations in the video are very good, never knew you could do that in Minecraft.
i actually have a tiny sample of hadean zircon rocks from australia, it's pretty wild having a little slide full of rocks from the beginning of earth
Gold will *also* be a future-gneiss problem.
time to start a go fund me i guess
@@gneissname since you did steel instead of iron for the iron block you can probably just do pyrite instead of gold
@ close enough
this is GREAT, I just finished my AP Environmental class and I am super excited to see such dedicated geo nerds with such a great understanding of tech and most importantly, that they exposition knowledge in such an entertaining and captivating manner.
holy
This video is a masterclass on how to use a sandbox video game to teach complicated and 3 dimensional concepts. Flawless execution, Sir.
11:19 It's insane to think it's possible that humanity will run out of new iron to dig up within my lifetime
I think that was the amount of currently economically viable iron ore. In the future, better tech will make it viable to mine ore with a lower iron content. And then we'll mine asteroids.
@@MrTomyCJbased and high frontier pilled
13:16 Pillager outpost!
Minecraft 2060
(2:38) I would guess the peak of 232 with the equal taper on both sides is the same as how 2d6 peaks at 7 with the equal taper. It's very likely the sum of two random() calls and an offset, which gives a more complex distribution for a still fairly minimal cost (important when you consider how many times this routine is run during worldgen)
This is legit one of the most well made Minecraft videos I’ve ever seen
I was not expecting the extremely high-quality content in this video. I thought I would learn a few small things about iron generation in Minecraft and you have given me more geology knowledge than my early education. So glad I found your account.
Nice another super niche video from gneiss.
8:46 and because it’s intrusive we could have the intrusive variety of basalt, gabbro.
I think you'd really like playing a modpack like TerraFirmaGreg, which aims to be as "realistic" as possible in Minecraft, it adds physics to the blocks, cave-ins if you don't mine correctly/add supports, certain types of ores only spawn in certain type of rocks and etc, I find it to be really interesting to see what the developers come up with to make it more real-esque, there are some videos that explain more about the modpack if you are interested.
or the other variations like the original TerraFirmaCraft or Auto-TerraFirmaCraft (TFC + Create mod)
Greg vein shapes still kinda needs some work to be realistic though. They got three shapes now: blob, layers, noodle. Now if those also conform to rock layers... that'd be perfect
TerraFirmaGneiss 😮
I love the editing in this video, relying on your strong speaking skills and not cutting all the time makes this very enjoyable
ugh i love stromatolites and microbial mats! they're one of my favorite topics i've learned about in school!
2:45 say that again??
Lowww
My life is fading
babe wake up, a new Gneiss Name video just dropped.
16:43 sometimes I wish I knew Celsius
I did forget to go back and add text on the screen for that in F
1000 C is around 1832 F, and 300 C is around 572 F.
I don’t, murica
I'm amazed that you manage to be extremely informative while also having unbelievably high quality visual effects.
use of displays are well done, anyone who is in a trade or scientific profession that can explain thier trade in a fun and informative way for us curious ones has my instant vote. well done.
Never thought I would be learning abiut geology through a presentation in Minecraft with graphs and models made from blocks and block displays. Loved it, than you!
You somehow made Minecraft educative without the education edition. And you made me sit through a 30 min geology class without losing attention. You're a great Minecraft content creator and a great educator.
This is the peak of my interest areas. Videogames and science.
the presentation and educational value in this video is just phenomenal.
I learned so much from this video
The fact you choosed to display all the graphs directly in MINECRAFT is amazing,
I really enjoyed the video. I took some geology courses in highschool/college and it was interesting seeing these ideas explained through minecraft. I'm not sure if this was the intention behind your videos, but I think this is an excellent way to communicate ideas to younger audiences in a way that is visually appealing and engaging.
your ability to communicate this data is so impressive and this video is everything about minecraft i love !!
the amount of work that went into this video mustve been astronomical, this deserves millions of views ong
This was really really interesting. At some point I forgot that this was about Minecraft and was just interested in hearing more about the Earth's past and how much Iron we use yearly. I definitely gotta check out more of your stuff this was a great learning experience.
This is the future of documentarys for the young generations something to grab the peoples attention with amazingly bridged to interesting and educational content really well made! Amazing Video