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Today on Stuff You Might Have Missed

In “Bubbled,” Eyeball concluded at a glance that Steven’s Gem wasn’t a REAL Rose Quartz Gem.

Steven dismisses this, and has a pretty reasonable rationale:

But as we come to find out, Steven was in fact NOT in possession of a REAL Rose Quartz Gem, and it WAS indeed more likely pinkish-red versus reddish-pink.

Side by side, is it obvious to the naked eye?

I for one cannot see an obvious difference. 

But then again, I am not Eyeball. Could this Gem, despite being an easily fooled Ruby after all, have perceived something we could not?

According to Rebecca Sugar, this is entirely possible. From a podcast Q&A:

There you have it. 

Eyeball may not have been able to explain what it meant, but she could definitely see it.