Unboxing History's Most Valuable Gems | Emeralds, Lapis Lazuli, Pearls, and more!
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- Over the years, the value of gemstones have changed from civilization to civilization and we want to take you on a little history journey over these changes! We have Rebecca and Rob here to show off some incredible gemstones and talk about the history of gemstone values while looking at beautiful specimens! Tune in and learn some classic gemstone history!
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Ooh this is the reason I got into lapidary work in the first place! The history of precision material manipulation naturally lead down this path. Throughout antiquity, stone work was the most perfected technology and the most enduring method to preserve the identity of a culture.
Jade is deeply offended not to be mentioned here!
poor thing's grown jaded. But life's a clear gem
This made me LOL
The Royals of China are turning Green with envy 🤣😂...
Agreed!!!!
Thou, her maid, art far more fair than she. 🤢
Emeralds are my absolute favorite, I love the varying shades of green and how rare a natural & clear emerald truly is, especially compared to the false rarity of diamonds. Unfortunately I haven't bought lapis in awhile due to the political issues in that area. Great information as always guys!! Maybe a future video on the differences between specimen & gemstone grade for things like this?
I just love minerals.. All of them.. They ALL amaze me.. I honestly prefer weird rocks, but your gemstones and education is exceedingly useful and appreciated!! Thanks for keeping me interested in earths treasures!!!
Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: You said it perfectly!😊
Those are all wonderful colors and a fun walk through history, and the history of colorful gemstones! That is why we love those gems most of all, because of their great colors! And honestly, whether it's a top quality gem or a low grade gem of the same kind, it's the color that draws us in. And if the color of the low grade gem, was enough to grab my attention, then it is every bit as valuable, as the high grade gem that's got a price tag that goes with it! And pearls have always held a special place in my heart. My mother bought me a strand of baby cultured pearls for my wedding and she has a strand of the most beautiful graduated pink!grey pearls, almost a mauve color, that she wore, that set off her beautiful grey hair so beautifully. And now that she has passed, they will forever remind me of my mom;
Would you please do a video on ancient gem/semiprecious stone signet rings?I know there are some in particular that are pretty nuts.. like a lion-headed serpent. Love the lapidary work and sometimes unusual stones they used for those. It's an art I hope never goes "extinct"!
Love learning about the history of gemstones. I thought you might mention amethyst, because it used to be very expensive when it was hard to come by, and was seen as the gemstone of royalty. But when vast quantities were discovered in Brazil, the value went down. Anyway, very enjoyable episode! 😀
I love hearing the historical stories related to gemstones, minerals and art, very cool!
Maybe talk about the Elmwood Mine, since it is the most famous one in TN. I am referring to the history of the Famous Mines and the minerals found there.
Now, the Corundum specimen is absolutely amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you 😊
I love the stories and history behind the stones. Absolutely my favorite thing is hearing the story behind them. I love the blue lapis lazuli. I love many stones but the greens and blues have my heart. 🥰❤️
Love the top quality content. Keep it up!
Very much appreciate these dips into the topic. I enjoy hearing about the varying quality of the stones themselves, and about the cultural/ stone/ metal conjunction like the "cooling of passions" myth about carnelian in silver, and amethyst (α-μεθύσκω, "not drunk") in gold for medieval bishops. Buy yes, re comment below, brilliant green jadeite too!
Pliny. Yes!!
Thanks fo sharing guys, i really appreciate what you do. I would love to see videos of i little bit uncommon gemstones, like heliodor, morganite and other stones that could be a alternative stones in a ring if you can't afford diamonds and such. I know you have done that in the past, but more in dept?
Rubies are one of my favourite gems ever
Good morning everyone
11:06 Gold is particularly prized in penmanship. Vintage fountain pens used gold nibs because it's a softer metal than steel thus the tines of the nib split easily creating beautiful swells of ink on downstrokes. A good vintage fountain pen with a flexible gold nib could cost $300 to $700!
My favorite is that nice big emerald.
Is the start of a recession a good time to buy gemstones? The U.S. may be in the start of a recession soon. I hear the prices of diamonds don't typically drop during a recession, but what about for gemstones?
11:45 Didn't see that coming😂😂😂
I need some emeralds
You mentioned gold but breezed past Electrum a form of naturally occurring precious metal alloy (gold, silver, copper) used by ancient Lydians to create coinage which was really a joint effort of the Greek & Persian & Egyptian empires whom established trade and commerce from East to West.
That was awesome 💎 I really like the historical info 👍 it's so nice to look at gemstones as they related to human culture in the past, and the present 💙 The gemstones and gold are so beautiful 🤗💎
I just bought an 8.6 carat andesine, and would like to see a video on that. Thanks
How much was amber worth in ancient times? As Pliny said of amber "So highly valued is this as an object of luxury, that a very diminutive human effigy, made of amber, has been known to sell at a higher price than living men even, in stout and vigorous health." It was electrum (the same word as amber in Greek but meaning a natural gold/silver alloy) that gave us the first coins. Pliny's _adamas_ was the most precious stone for the Romans and while the name had been applied to diamond, the original substance appears to have been native platinum/platinum group elements "never bigger than a cucumber seed". It could not be melted or hammered into shape.
Claude Lecouteux has a lot of excellent information on amber in his _A Lapidary of Sacred Stones._ Strong recommend.
As far as there colours go...that purple-is blue corundum could be labeled a purple-ish ruby ... and be a very cheap ruby...markdeted as a purple sapphire, it has a much higher value ... the rubies are star rubies! Of course they're opaque..90% of star corundums are opaque! The star is the selling point.
Jade, amber, and amethyst would have been good additions.
Interestingly enough if you're including metals, aluminum also deserves a mention.
Great list, but where are the jades, opals, amethyst and ambers, or even diamonds? Also, wasn't silver cost more than gold at one point in time?
Packed with wonderful information! Love this ep!!
we used to own pearl farms in the pacific and asia
We had absolutely no spatial words used with colors whatsoever before Pliny - there was no thinking of "color space" ever before Pliny - it was his encyclopedia that has added the possibility of describing and comparing colors as something in space (of colors) to pretty much all languages of the world, a great deal! Phrases like "between blue and green" or "higher in pink" or "towards red", all this!.. To be precise, it was his own personal (artsy, but fancy) manner of talking about colors. Others caught up. He could've caught it up himself - somewhere from some single merchant of thousands of people he talked to.
I heard that little '..only a sith deals in absolutes' aside :D
With so many pretty amazing gemstones out there ..
Its sad that marketing of diamond makes one of the most common stones so precious
Great episode!!!!!!
5:18 I, too, am completely a mess on the inside.😅
10.000.000 monthly wages of royal guards was how much Cleopatra's emerald diadem cost 🤯 Btw, Tel-el-Amarna is the largest palace compound ever in history. They knew how to flex.
I have a Lapis ball that looks just like theirs!
What a fascinating episode! I learned a lot and Rebecca and Rob are wonderful hosts. I'm looking forward to the next live stream or informative video.
All gemstones are separated into caste in the Indian system. At least nowadays. Priests, rulers/warriors, merchants/farmers, laborers have different shades and qualities.
That corundum looks almost _digital_ the way those growth lines intersect. 🤩⚡️
I'm curious about Rob's necklace
You folks are awesome!!! I love your channel. Bring us some more oddities to consider.
I love the in-depth information you give! Always so interesting… and I thought I knew it all 😆
I am waiting for extremely rare gems VDO 😊 if you can give me some information about
- Painite
- Poudrettite
- Musgravite
- Taaffeite
- Jeremejevite
- Grandidierite
- Serendibite
- Benitoite
- Bixbite
- Alexandrite
- Bastnasite
- Triplite
- Hibonite etc
Interesting
Very good
Good morning from Australia 🇦🇺
What a wonderfully informative episode. Thanks team. And I'm still waiting for the big beads episode 😅😘😅
Does anybody know if you can find anything in Pennsylvania? I would LOVE to find something
I know this doesn’t really relate to the main topic here but, Michelangelo was not a “painter”. He was a sculptor first and foremost.
Obviously he could and did paint beautifully, but it wasn’t his main artistic focus and he apparently hated being called a “painter”.
I think it didn’t help that he was essentially threatened and forced to paint that ceiling in the Chapel by the then pope. 😅
0:30Neil Degrasse Tyson
I thought ancient Egypt’s emeralds were actually peridot.
Pigeon blood rubies are also called star rubies because they have a star symbol on them that you can see when you turn them in the light
I am from sri lanka. I have number of amazing gemstones. How can i send them to you.
You two are the best
Definitely!
In fact, it seems that lapis wasn't really used much at all as a pigment. Turquoise and azurite, too - all before the Renaissance. Because the output in terms of color was so mega low! They used oxides all the time. Powdered lapis? Only for eyes, but they've surely described the technology, no actual stone powder found anywhere in their art though (or almost).
Tem pérola azul
Wow
Weren't those star rubies?
They were!
Why u no show the Sapphire?!! 😮
What happened to Jade?
why lapiz lazuli is so cheap on ebay?😮
You guys rock! ❤ Lol pun intended. 🤙🤘
Good video.
Unnecessary background music
So when King Solomon of the bible had a whole palace made of Lapis Lazuli he was the richest man in the world basically. Dang.
Silver was far more valuable than Gold in ancient Egypt.
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"Only a Sith deals in absolutes." Best comment ever 😂🤓☺️
Okay, I understand why synthetic stones are far less valuable than natural stones. There is a visual difference right?
But who gives af about whether the grain of sand was inserted by man or ocean to make a pearl? Like the process the clam uses to make the pearl is exactly the same… idk. It just seems like “cultured” pearls are seen as “lesser” when they are literally the EXACT SAME.
i also have one best ever been discover you can see if intrested
Pliny is pronounces plihny? I like plyny better!
Good job robert! This was super interesting. Although to both Rebecca and Robert, can you please say human instead of man? When you say “man” to stand in for human you’re dismissing a lot of people throughout history.
Afghanistan is not in the middle east 😂😂
Central Asia
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