This must be the happiest family on the planet living with gorgeous crystals everywhere, a beautiful water feature and an even a luminous amethyst river! This man has made paradise on Earth with the help of Mother Nature. I love his enthusiasm. Crystal collecting can be an addiction, but if you can afford it, it causes no harm, except perhaps to a home! Thanks for sharing.
What a DREAM COLLECTION!!! I'm a collector myself, and I could only wish to have such a beautiful set up absolutely SPECTACULAR such highly quality specimens just WOW.
Thats the biggest amethyst geode I've ever seen! Imagine a piece so big it buckles your house! My biggest piece in my collection is a 90 lb quad geode from the Polka Dot mine in Oregon.
At least you know yours was sourced ethically, God only knows how many of his pieces were sourced. If I was rich it would be my one guilty pleasure.. mineral collecting. But man, the people in other countries that mine this stuff don't live good lives.
The lighting is crazy. I keep my stuff way more primitively. I also like some labels and pictures with pieces I’ve collected to be able to keep track of the stories. Very cool collection but way fancy for my taste
If I had the money, this would definitely be my one guilty pleasure, collecting minerals. I feel the same as he does, mother nature can't be beat when it comes to art and beauty. Hands down there is nothing that blows my mind more than to see these minerals and know they come from this earth we are so fortunate to live upon. I don't however like the resourcing of these minerals, that is the guilty part of it for me. Because many of these, no matter what is said about how "ethically" they are collected, in reality there are people desperate to make a living for their families risking their lives to get these things out of the earth for us to enjoy and they don't get near what they deserve for doing so. The middle man gets it all and that is shameful.
Nice collection and an awesome energy. Only being a bit more modest would be icing on the cake. Especially on social media where it’s more about the price and less about the amazing minerals themselves
This is a very lovely collection but it appears to put more emphasis on high end "decorative pieces" that are showy and colorful than it does on items that have rarity due to there locality or species. Mineral collections and their collectors seem to fall into multiple levels of collecting. I have seen collections like this and others that collect only one species or one country or state and even one mine. Then I have seen them that collect one say gem minerals or ore type minerals. Then there are those who go for ultra rare species that aren't always the most colorful or showy pieces but they might be something that only one pocket was found or just a few know pieces came out. Don't get me wrong this fellow has a very impressive collection something that it is obvious he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on but I am more of collector that leans towards localities and rarity and variety which doesn't always come in large colorful show pieces but I certainly have to give his collection allot of respect as it is beautiful. The cases and lighting alone must have cost thousands of dollars. One thing that I have always wondered though is why allot of collectors don't label there pieces when they have them on display? I have seen other very nice collections with specimens out for viewing with no labels to identify them. For someone who seriously collects minerals they might be able to just look at a piece and know where it came from and what it is but for those who don't, identifying labels are helpful. I have a buddy who has a beautiful collection of NC minerals in nice cases but none are labeled. That always bugged me. I suggested that he should print some out and put them with each piece but he said that would take to long. I don't know, me personally, I think that if you are going for the "museum" aspect of showing off your collection and take the time to invest in fine minerals and nice display cases, then identifying labels is a must. Either way......I enjoy seeing mineral specimens no matter if they are unlabeled in a cardboard box or in a fine cabinet. I have an older friend who has collected minerals for years and does his brother. They keep everything in boxes and crates scattered all over there house, in the basement, in the yard allot of which gets damaged due to the way they store them. They will spend thousands on a piece, wrap it in newspaper and forget about it for 40 years. Both are in their 80's and are starting to sell off stuff. Going through the boxes is a true treasure hunt and I have seen some great stuff that was still well preserved, some with labels some without and I have seen some nice pieces sadly damaged. It always pays to label a piece and protect it well regardless if it out on display in a case or in storage. Some of the pieces in my friends inventory haven't seen the light of day in a 1/2 century. They called me to help identify allot of it because they can't remember and most of it has no labels. Anyway... just preaching the importance of identifying and protecting specimens. When you are old or worse dead and gone, you don't won't your stuff to get damaged or misidentified because of a lack of a good identifying label.
He is a collector that wants to show off pretty not because he really cares about the mineral or how rare it is/location it came from but because it's flashy and he wants to show off what his money purchased. You are what most would consider a REAL collector. And yeah, many of the real ones have boxes that have beauty in them but they are put away and haven't seen the light of day in years but it keeps them SAFE.😂 People like YOU are who I enjoy listening to when I can find them, and like to see what they have and what I can learn, but you are few and far between on RUclips. You should start a channel....
Far from being the world’s best private collection. Look at some of the better collections like the Spann Collection or the Wildfang Collection- and know they pale in comparison to some undisclosed private collections. This guy with his polished agates has been doing this for a little over a decade. Most of the major players that lend specimens to museums have been collecting for multiple decades.
I like that he’s sharing and educating people especially children! It’s sort of unbelievable that he’s welcoming groups of people into his home. I don’t know the other collections that you mentioned but I’ll definitely look them up!
Absolutely stunning. Nature can never be beaten. Thank u for sharing.
This must be the happiest family on the planet living with gorgeous crystals everywhere, a beautiful water feature and an even a luminous amethyst river!
This man has made paradise on Earth with the help of Mother Nature. I love his enthusiasm.
Crystal collecting can be an addiction, but if you can afford it, it causes no harm, except perhaps to a home!
Thanks for sharing.
Excellent mineral collection.
my paltry stone collection in a bowl are still just as beautiful. What a lovely collection you have. Greetings from UK.
Oh my God, this is the largest amount of privately owned gemstones I have ever seen. You own a natural history museum in your home
The beauty of these stones are wonderful to live with.
He’s so modest! 😂😂😂
What a DREAM COLLECTION!!! I'm a collector myself, and I could only wish to have such a beautiful set up absolutely SPECTACULAR such highly quality specimens just WOW.
I. AM. STUNNED. Thank you for sharing
Nature is extraordinary 👏👏👏
Thats the biggest amethyst geode I've ever seen! Imagine a piece so big it buckles your house! My biggest piece in my collection is a 90 lb quad geode from the Polka Dot mine in Oregon.
At least you know yours was sourced ethically, God only knows how many of his pieces were sourced. If I was rich it would be my one guilty pleasure.. mineral collecting. But man, the people in other countries that mine this stuff don't live good lives.
This doesn’t show the majority of other collectors collections but I will say really high quality collections and specimens
The lighting is crazy. I keep my stuff way more primitively. I also like some labels and pictures with pieces I’ve collected to be able to keep track of the stories. Very cool collection but way fancy for my taste
Absolutely gorgeous color and excellent quality! Mother Nature at its best! 😊thanks! Wonderful to 👀 👀 👀!
Wow thats a great collection, thanks for sharing!
Your collection is amazing, I collect rocks myself just because they're strange and beautiful but I've never cut any open !! 🤔😊
If I had the money, this would definitely be my one guilty pleasure, collecting minerals. I feel the same as he does, mother nature can't be beat when it comes to art and beauty. Hands down there is nothing that blows my mind more than to see these minerals and know they come from this earth we are so fortunate to live upon. I don't however like the resourcing of these minerals, that is the guilty part of it for me. Because many of these, no matter what is said about how "ethically" they are collected, in reality there are people desperate to make a living for their families risking their lives to get these things out of the earth for us to enjoy and they don't get near what they deserve for doing so. The middle man gets it all and that is shameful.
Beautiful ❤
Nice collection and an awesome energy. Only being a bit more modest would be icing on the cake. Especially on social media where it’s more about the price and less about the amazing minerals themselves
I’ve always loved agates and geodes. Unreal collection, I’m amazed.
Beautiful!
3:55 they should have showed the river at night
What does this guy do for a living?! 1:48 This alone is probably half a million
Selling crystal ;)
the amethyst slab is probably worth about 5-10k
I think more ...probably 2mill high quality specimens cost BIG MONEY ...We only seen a fraction of what he probably has.
Now we see ,money makes you really happy😂
This is so amazing and beautiful 🤩😍
My love! Cute! cute!
😯wow! What an amazingly beautiful collection. Agates n Amethyst love em! ✌️Yep! ..Mother Earth makes best creations! 😊
VERY NICE CALLACTION😍
It is a good collection, but never say it is the best.
I just started collecting wow bro
Just a little positive energy, this one has.
Grazie per la condivisione. Anche io adoro i mille colori e disegni dell'agata.
Dream collection right here. Mine is only the size of a desk.
Nice ❤
I, too, have a crystal collection too.
This is a very lovely collection but it appears to put more emphasis on high end "decorative pieces" that are showy and colorful than it does on items that have rarity due to there locality or species. Mineral collections and their collectors seem to fall into multiple levels of collecting. I have seen collections like this and others that collect only one species or one country or state and even one mine. Then I have seen them that collect one say gem minerals or ore type minerals. Then there are those who go for ultra rare species that aren't always the most colorful or showy pieces but they might be something that only one pocket was found or just a few know pieces came out. Don't get me wrong this fellow has a very impressive collection something that it is obvious he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on but I am more of collector that leans towards localities and rarity and variety which doesn't always come in large colorful show pieces but I certainly have to give his collection allot of respect as it is beautiful. The cases and lighting alone must have cost thousands of dollars. One thing that I have always wondered though is why allot of collectors don't label there pieces when they have them on display? I have seen other very nice collections with specimens out for viewing with no labels to identify them. For someone who seriously collects minerals they might be able to just look at a piece and know where it came from and what it is but for those who don't, identifying labels are helpful. I have a buddy who has a beautiful collection of NC minerals in nice cases but none are labeled. That always bugged me. I suggested that he should print some out and put them with each piece but he said that would take to long. I don't know, me personally, I think that if you are going for the "museum" aspect of showing off your collection and take the time to invest in fine minerals and nice display cases, then identifying labels is a must. Either way......I enjoy seeing mineral specimens no matter if they are unlabeled in a cardboard box or in a fine cabinet. I have an older friend who has collected minerals for years and does his brother. They keep everything in boxes and crates scattered all over there house, in the basement, in the yard allot of which gets damaged due to the way they store them. They will spend thousands on a piece, wrap it in newspaper and forget about it for 40 years. Both are in their 80's and are starting to sell off stuff. Going through the boxes is a true treasure hunt and I have seen some great stuff that was still well preserved, some with labels some without and I have seen some nice pieces sadly damaged. It always pays to label a piece and protect it well regardless if it out on display in a case or in storage. Some of the pieces in my friends inventory haven't seen the light of day in a 1/2 century. They called me to help identify allot of it because they can't remember and most of it has no labels. Anyway... just preaching the importance of identifying and protecting specimens. When you are old or worse dead and gone, you don't won't your stuff to get damaged or misidentified because of a lack of a good identifying label.
hi, do you have an email? i would be interested in buying some pieces from your friend potentially :)
He is a collector that wants to show off pretty not because he really cares about the mineral or how rare it is/location it came from but because it's flashy and he wants to show off what his money purchased. You are what most would consider a REAL collector. And yeah, many of the real ones have boxes that have beauty in them but they are put away and haven't seen the light of day in years but it keeps them SAFE.😂 People like YOU are who I enjoy listening to when I can find them, and like to see what they have and what I can learn, but you are few and far between on RUclips. You should start a channel....
Mowie wowie!!!
Hey found a stone which looks a piece of meteorite....need to check if it's valuable enough 😊.....how can I share pic of that stone
You should see polychrinsch stamatiadis collection its not bigger but its super cool and almost everything he has he mined himself
I NEED TO BE LIKE THIS MAN ONE DAY GIMMIE THOSE GEMS 😡
I have a best rough blue spinel, no one else has better than I have
Bruh that piece of ammolite omg
O my god 🤩😍
Do you also have dinosaur bones and human fossils?
Um, the Spann collection is infinitely better
100%
How? Can you please link the video or source cuz when I looked up the Spann collection it was small and in cases
Have you heard of herkimer diamond before
I have a few. I'd love to visit Herkimer, NY. I wonder if the mines are open to the public.
Let me know when you do live chat on RUclips
And what if this owner dies?
No offense, but there are collectors whose individual rocks are worth more than this entire collection.
HE İS READY TO BE MY BROTHER
Far from being the world’s best private collection.
Look at some of the better collections like the Spann Collection or the Wildfang Collection- and know they pale in comparison to some undisclosed private collections.
This guy with his polished agates has been doing this for a little over a decade.
Most of the major players that lend specimens to museums have been collecting for multiple decades.
I like that he’s sharing and educating people especially children! It’s sort of unbelievable that he’s welcoming groups of people into his home. I don’t know the other collections that you mentioned but I’ll definitely look them up!
yeah right world best private~ give me a break agate is cheap crap!
And so many homelesss
Low grade