Amber from the Dominican Republic documentary of Patrick Voillot

English : • Amber from the Dominic...
Deutsch : • Der Bernstein der Domi...
French : • L'ambre de République ...
Italian : • L’ Ambra dalla Repubbl...
Spanish : • El ámbar de la Repúb...
Chinese : • 多米尼加共和国的琥珀紀錄片Patrick V...
Russian : • Янтарь Доминиканской ...
Japanese : • ドミニカ共和国の琥珀のドキュメンタリーP...
This film leads you along the trail of amber in the Dominican Republic.
This substance, and the insect fossils it contains, became famous thanks to the media publicity given to the film « Jurassic Park ».
In the southwest of the island villagers who play at being miners, extract larimar - a blue stone with white volutes - from narrow galleries lacking in oxygen.
We will follow one of these men who risks his life daily, descending into deep pits to find sufficient larimar to enable him to support his family.
Tired of this dangerous life, he decides to leave for the middle of the country to search for amber.
We follow him down into deep tunnels dug with pickaxes and metal rods, not knowing when one enters whether one will come out alive.
After long searches, the precious resin fossil will come out of the earth in front of your eyes. In a hurry to profit from his discovery, the man goes to collectors who will give him a good price.
To the frenzied rhythms of carnivals and Caribbean music, the amber passes from hand to hand, some pieces selling for several thousand pesos.
There is still a long journey to be made before reaching the Dominican artists who can carve the most beautiful and creative pieces.
The exceptional pieces will reach the jeweler Tournaire in Place Vendôme, Paris who will adorn some of his creations with them.

[@mcanderson0]

Your videos truly are hidden gems! Such wonderful content; briefing us on the state of each gem’s industry, yet always touching on the local culture who's lives are centered around the subject gem of each episode. Cheers from Texas

[@bretnielsen5502]

Thank you soooo much for posting this. I've really enjoyed the series from around the world.

[@CarmelFan2024]

Wow! Simply breathtaking. The daily dangers that these poor miners face are heartbreaking. As a scientist, Amber has always intrigued me. Thank you for a beautiful documentary. Makes me want to visit the DR.

[@brrebrresen1367]

Amber is a beautiful stone, though i come from a place where we don't mine it but need to use our eyes to the best to spot em. winterstorm over Denmark and the baltic sea and for me an 2 hour ferry and it's just walking down the beaches and there will always be something there. usually in the 5-10gr size but have found one piece at 108gr (unpolished) today though with the extensive dredging of sand from the ocean bottom between Denmark, Germany and Poland there comes insane quantities of amber from this as amber is a very bad material for construction so they do everything to sort it out of the sand. but then, noting like finding the golden orange "shiny" yourself and getting a nice trip down the beach at the same time though can be cold...

[@henryottis295]

​@@brrebrresen1367 You are sooo lucky !! I would love to find amber like that ! A dream come true.

[@omniufo7350]

What an incredible show.

[@lindanorris2455]

NO MENTION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE AT ALL.

[@MisaelCedillos1]

Natural resources are exploited because of the need for financial/economic progress but what can be destroyed can also experience a rebirth

[@tanyajuli4145]

well done and interesting. liked the focus on the amber from the miners' perspectives.

[@ronniepressley2123]

Really enjoy these videos. Have learned a great deal about gemstones. Have been collecting since 2007. Would love to learn about spinel.

[@deborahweise7864]

Nice sizes of Amber.

[@designsbydiana9091]

Very interesting and beautiful workmanship

[@leclyde]

excellent reportage , tout en profondeur , et les prises de vue , et le quotidien , des gens tout y est , merci de partager .

[@ghulamabbas5516]

Excellent It gives me an exclusive information

[@henrydeaza3578]

Good morning! Beutifull documental ! Bless!

[@whotknots]

What the narrator describes as 'grey amber' is, produced as a result of sperm whales regurgitating indigestible material, but it's proper name is 'ambergris'.

[@jbelme1]

Excellent production. It made me appreciate Dominican amber more.

[@TsetsiStoyanova]

That last piece of jewelry was too large on this young woman

[@godesskali9095]

Yes ,,pearls should standout in the setting,,,

[@mikesnitro]

I agree. Emerald would look amazing on her, with the dark hair and eyes.

[@lindanorris2455]

HA! NO PIECE OF JEWELRY IS EVER TOO BIG TO WEAR! ha!

[@ramjirockxxx814]

I like ur vdos very much. The voice of the commentator is very nice & clear.

[@roserouge3791]

Good Morning Oscar..Thanks Remi

[@gvaanang]

Turquoise and Larimar, i love them both

[@thevipgurlz2802]

The price....Larimar is expensive.

[@chrisruss9861]

Nicely put together video. Respect to the hard work and family loyalty of miners. They are rather good looking people and the countryside fascinating. The insect filled amber is impressive and I prefer it to Baltic amber so often lacking insects.

[@ShunteGreene-ci5eu]

Good Morning Salim.... Thanks Apple 🍎🍏....Free Tibet

[@Soda3000Pop]

I love amber too!

[@chandrasekhararao3729]

Fantastic. Even i have an Amber Ring. Really vedio very fascinating. Thanks.

[@sirichaithongyim7168]

Wow amazing .

[@Tati94942]

Very good I liked it

[@dominicanblueamber1612]

The most Beautiful and valuable Amber in the whole world! is DominicanBlueamber.

[@nhojfree]

3:57 so beautiful, a wonderful complex Piece :) x 100k of all kinds, Thank You.

[@Basictech25]

More videos please thank you 😇

[@veganvocalist4782]

;D)))

[@renatotalacay8016]

Thanks for the video bay form Philippines

[@sultandoc]

Awesome and precious

[@NgwanaLetsoalo]

Nice show good narrator ra leboga south Africa Limpopo

[@carlgradolph9676]

When I watch videos on KZbin, I'm not really interested in the subject matter. What I like are ads, but there are never enough of them. That's why this video is my all-time favorite, because the ads run continuously throughout the presentation! Many thanks to M. Voyou!

[@Heterandria4mosa]

You really complaining that there's ads on this hour long documentary? What other handouts do you ask for, freeloader?

[@veganvocalist4782]

;D)))))

[@lrodd247]

I don't know what was more beautiful, the amber or the woman wearing them..!? 😅 Nice documentary, great job!

[@haroldvonhelms8304]

yep see who kiss the best the rock or the babe

[@Necronaut]

I came here to see amber, 20 minutes in we are still talking about some blue rock that is not amber. I'm so confused.

[@thevipgurlz2802]

Lol

[@JazzFunkNobby1964]

That's good.

[@kamikaze2613]

Did you learn about Laminar? Its more fascinating and more important to learn about endemic species and rocks then ones spread worldwide

[@th-pw8pn]

8:00 There are literal satanic/demonic sigils painted on the wall and human skulls about the place... :-/

[@user-ku2if8hs1l]

Amber is more beautiful than a Lot's of stone, I love Amber ,God bless you all,

[@jbelme1]

27,000 Dominican pesos is $460(US) right now. @ 42:00

[@terrywilliams9812]

I know I felt sad for the guy , working so hard to be payed so little...

[@JazzFunkNobby1964]

@@terrywilliams9812 It's not so little in the DR

[@shawnwilliams1049]

I need to go find a Pimp to tell me my fortune, I've been doing it wrong this entire time.

[@curlyhairdudeify]

Shawn Williams A pimp?

[@jessewilson8676]

Bacchanalia The fortunetellers dressing his outfit

[@shawnwilliams1049]

@@curlyhairdudeify You don't get the joke from looking at the way he dressed?.…..

[@hihihihihmynmmoo]

The boss needs more workers for longer periods of time and the fortuneteller is the employer 🤣😂

[@fredpepe4942]

Hi there I am a huge game of yours and an aspiring gemologist with a great love of stones and I was wondering do you have any advice to get my self started out on the path to being a great gemologist

[@JewelsNcrime]

Someone mentioned environmental damage, what is damaging?i respectfully ask for educational purposes. Thank you

[@richardchung7198]

16:00 everyone is selfish. Why would anyone ask you to go to another mine, because lesser miners leseer competition

[@JazzFunkNobby1964]

Yes

[@ronvavra]

I once got a piece of Amber in New York City. She was a pole dancer.

[@zack256300]

You supposed to save her and married her..🥰😀

[@CalebP618]

You got the aids now

[@JazzFunkNobby1964]

I knew her sister Ruby.

[@peterkompter2417]

the poor girl at the end putting on all that crappy costume looking jewellery at the end, she looked way prettier with out it on, big and chunky just makes her look frail

[@JazzFunkNobby1964]

Yes that jewellery looked terrible.

[@davidsnyder9661]

I liked the ring that had yellow n red n blue amber in it ,very pretty would love to have a piece of amber

[@Whalewellwell]

the red comes from oxidation on the surface of the amber, if you look closely on the bottom of the stone, its not flat. if the jeweler sanded the piece flat, it would most likely loose the red.

[@kyleroberts4399]

Now I wanna buy some real amber from them

[@veganvocalist4782]

So basically this is one big advert to encourage us all to go exploit our environment and people . Amber like many things in nature is beautiful but I am not interested in exploiting others for it . If it is washed up by the seas and collected that hopefully puts no one in danger or our environment , a much gentler way to live WITH nature , not against it

[@kamilpawowski9471]

Nice movie, but I was expecting something about Baltic amber. Dominicanas amber is only a young fossil resin that has little in common with true Baltic amber..

[@suadmohamed2098]

Amber ❤️❤️

[@davidsnyder9661]

I want to buy some amberHow much does it cost to go to sri lanka

[@gvaanang]

Man Amber is big..

[@staceyroberts3468]

I couldn’t help but feel sad for Tony 🥴. It bothers me that the locals around gems all over this world seem to live on so little income and the buyers sit back like a fat cat 😬

[@bradmoberly6164]

Digging in clay is fucking tough

[@amberfitri6664]

Nice

[@c103110a]

Where is the Amber Room today?

[@giorgiaptsiauri8815]

in england ))))

[@TsetsiStoyanova]

Amber is too soft and brittle for Jewellery. Amber rings have broken on me several times

[@zetharerey3761]

That is interesting, I wonder where the fortune teller is from. I can tell he isn't Dominican because of the ascent.

[@JazzFunkNobby1964]

Haiti

[@paulcamana9916]

Do you really have to lick the soil?

[@Whalewellwell]

licking it is to help with examining the stone. saliva gives its a polished look, therefore the miners can see the color, clarity, etc..

[@Bassmasterwitacaster]

Help me help me help me

[@stevenalmodovar8736]

Good Morning Kara... Again...Mind your Business.... Thanks NYPD

[@victorvictorious3407]

The voodoo card reader was using neopolitan (Italian)cards to do his reading. Voodoo mombo jumbo

[@StanHowse]

Dressed like a 1920's snake-oil salesman.

[@JazzFunkNobby1964]

Don't call a Neapolitan Italian.

[@artesanal8291]

very very beutiful ...i Love and have âmbar...

[@steevebarthelemy8724]

Cardi Be ?

[@KirsyRouge]

Always

[@CalebP618]

I left amber for Rita

[@EricWoodyVariety59]

Also found in the USA.

[@zack256300]

Where in the US..

[@EricWoodyVariety59]

@@zack256300 90 million year old cretaceous amber found in Newjersey by friends of mine many many years ago. The oldest amber in North America loaded with insects. I found a piece of Amber at an Eocene site in Virginia many years ago i still have the specimen. Phd weems took a small. piece of the specimen to the Smithsonian Natural History Museum.

[@Kolikondriu]

@@EricWoodyVariety59 But the oldest at time, is 110 millions years blue amber of the maximun quality, founded around five year ago in «El Soplao» (Cantabria, Spain)... Full of new insect species...

[@EricWoodyVariety59]

@@Kolikondriu awesome

[@Whalewellwell]

@@EricWoodyVariety59 amber can be found in lots of places, but blue amber can only be found in Dominican Republic.

[@RoseSlane]

Welcome to Scan Security... Again... Thanks NYPD

[@FernandaAlves-lh3cz]

Apenas paga o rapaz caramba Pois vocês ganham muito mais que eles que eu sei 🤔

[@khalqodi5914]

Plastic never buuùùurn🤤👹

[@DominicanAmberFossils]

Gosh!!!!! That's was very looooonnnggggg time ago!!!

[@kaylaroman9675]

Good Morning Maria....bye

[@FreeFallingAir]

Yeah...but can we recover Dinosaur DNA out of it tho?😁

[@jayzzee1888]

no coz everything that was trapped on the amber was carbonized so no DNA can detect on it. that is why on the docu they say finding DNA of a dinosaur is all just a fable.

[@FreeFallingAir]

;) I know, Just jokin

[@RoninRose-sg1ks]

Maria Rosa's

[@WOTHAN66666]

why dont they use BULLDOZERS ???

[@Whalewellwell]

because it could break, fracture a piece that could've been perfect

[@scottrygg6275]

Looking to buy loose gem stones

[@musskeeterbump]

Dino DNA.

[@simeonokoro8413]

Kirsy Rosa's Mother... Again... Thanks Secret Service..#NYC

[@chetiaraj]

Love to watch your videos but the lady speaking on top of others is really annoying. If someone is speaking English she will still speak on top of it in English. You should rectify it.

[@kaylaroman9675]

Free Tibet

[@victorv3077]

2021'

[@drew3906]

11:51 Metal Gear Solid 3 hover platforms above you!!!

[@ecologicaladam7262]

I’ve seen better documentaries by Voillot...

[@khalqodi5914]

please CHECK your translation 💆‍♂️💆‍♂️💆‍♂️

[@xpscrowne7733]

He organize trips get his money this way he could not score himself. I do not need his help for a ring lol commercial text.

[@dibdib7076]

Yes, annoying banner. I gave up also

[@mohamedlamrani9742]

Zz

[@stevenalmodovar8736]

Maria Rosa's Gold.... Again...In South Africa obviously... Thanks NYPD

[@foofooblenda734]

cheap llooking goods

[@YoCuzwaasup]

Witchcraft & the occult ??? 🦹‍♀️

[@giorgiaptsiauri8815]

amber wars )))

[@vinylexperience77]

gave a thumbs down and could to finish watching because of the continuous annoying banner at the bottom.

[@JazzFunkNobby1964]

Ah call your mommy

[@KirsyReeds-yj3qj]

Wtf

[@Badassblacksmith]

The blue stones aren’t very interesting! I don’t see any value or any market for them at all