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00:06 Good afternoon, Kapuso!
00:08 I'm your brother Kim, who will give you the trivia behind the trending news.
00:12 Let's go and explore a river in the province of Antique.
00:15 Where the stones you see here will be colored like a rainbow.
00:19 In the more than 6,000 hectares of Sibalong Natural Park in the province of Antique,
00:23 there is a flowing river where the stones you see here will be colored.
00:28 Blue, red, yellow, and purple.
00:30 The Mount It River is also known as the Rainbow River.
00:33 The stones here are beautiful. I'm happy because I don't see this in other places.
00:37 That's why architect Gil Rem didn't let us pass by taking pictures on Instagram Worthy View.
00:42 We just missed the colors.
00:43 When we thought of posting this on social media,
00:45 that's when we found out that there's a river like this in our area.
00:48 But why did the stones in Mount It River become this color?
00:51 Brother Kim, why are the stones colored?
00:55 Brother Kim, what now?
00:58 The color of the stones we see is because of the minerals that make it up.
01:01 While the color of the minerals depends on the chemical element it contains.
01:05 The presence and the amount of certain elemental impurities
01:10 that gives color to each mineral that is found in the stones.
01:14 The stones that are colored are Rainbow River,
01:16 semi-precious stones, or stones that can be used to make ornaments.
01:20 But they are not as important as quartz, jade, and onyx.
01:25 Those stones probably come from mineral rich outcrops
01:27 of landforms like mountains that are found near the vicinity of the river.
01:32 They say that because the town of Sibalom is rich in manganese,
01:36 that's why the stones are colored.
01:38 But because Sibalom Natural Park is a protected area,
01:41 the extraction of stones from the river is now prohibited.
01:43 The stones that are colored in the downstream can be extracted,
01:48 but if it's not processed, it can't be exported to the town.
01:51 In Antique, there's a Rainbow River.
01:54 Do you know where you can find the Rainbow Mountain?
01:56 This is the Vinicunca or Rainbow Mountain in Peru.
02:01 It's also called by the locals as Montaña de Siete Colores or Mountain of Seven Colors.
02:06 The colors like yellow, pink, white, turquoise, brown, and red
02:10 that are the main colors of the mountains
02:12 are because of the combination of 14 different mineral deposits
02:17 that can be found in the mountains.
02:19 Always remember, what's important is what you know.
02:22 I'm Kuya Kim and I'll answer you 24/7.
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