Nick Hodgson on Buying Gemstones in the hills of Sri Lanka
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- Опубликовано: 3 дек 2010
- Nick Hodgson of www.astrogems.com explains how he buys gemstone crystal material on the streets in the gem mining areas of Sri Lanka. the challenge is to find unheated clean non flawed crystals for cutting and faceting into beautiful gemstones.
Loved this video, They seem like very nice people and understand the value of rough crystals. Obviously the price they ask is often too much or you would have bought a lot more. A lot of individuals do not realize that when you cut rough crystals a lot of material is wasted.
Nick, Enjoyed the insightful commentary. Going to watch your other videos.
You must have found it much easier to buy gems in Sri Lanka many years ago. As these days the locals have connections all over the world . But this was a lot of fun to watch thanks for sharing a part of your life.
This was really fascinating. I bet buying gemstones can be a tricky process. Thanks .. very educational. ,,, Marco
I am just starting out learning the craft of prospecting gem stones, and also the identification and jewel crafting portion at an amature hobbiest level. Thanks so much for this video, there ws some very valueable life time of lessons you shared with us. Would you be able to reccomend some reallly good places to learn accurate information on how they are identified, cut and crafted, to prospected? I have found much misleading info so far on the internet. Cheers, IC
Mr Hodgson is a zen badass!Lol !I would be afraid ...he is calm cool assertive yet polite.Does he use any kind of security?he seems so calm and confident .I know dealing in gems in Sri lanka can be quite dangerous
Nick seems like the kind of guy I would love to go on a hunt with. Let me know next time you are in Thailand. Thanks for the video.
hello sir in sri lanka local market of gem stone !
what kind of gemstone are this
thank you to up load this video.
Thank You
Thanks you sir
I have little gemstone color is black.inside virgin mary old
Wow love this video i just bought a heat treated sri lanka sapphire blue 1 carat and so excited to see how people actually get these gems:)
Hi do you know if Nick still interested to purchasing natural rough garnets? Interested drop me emails. Thanks
Hello Nick i enjoy your videos I hope to one day go on ventures that you go on I'm a beginner Faceter and I would like to gon and find my own stones to cut I've been looking for your type of flashlight and I can't find it what type of gem light is it and where can I buy one thank you for your very informative videos Best regards Luke.C
the thumbnail image for this video is the funniest thing, the glasses earpiece makes it look like the guy in the background has a coral snake up his nose xD
Wish I could travel as he does. Don't know if I'd complain about getting Zircon at sapphire prices.......Have you seen prices of good zircon ?
its NIVITIGALA in the SABARAGAMUWA province.
ARJUNA,SRILANKA.
but in the end did you buy something or you just wanted to tell that people some thing .