How Hydrothermal Emeralds are Created

In this video, I enter the RusGems production facility to witness how hydrothermal emeralds are made. Olga Tanskaia from RusGems explains the entire process and shows us some of the different types of created emeralds that they produce.
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[@indridcold7396]

Lab grown gems are a great way to enjoy the beauty of rare gems for a tiny fraction of the cost of mined stones.

[@ynglingen-qd1iw]

Not only that, you most likely won't be supporting child labour when buying synthetic gemstones.

[@astrammd]

Yes, "cost" of mined stones meaning human as well as financial.

[@Noneofyourbusiness.-iw6zb]

I like it because its not a fake product, its real emerald improved by the hand of men. if you know something about jewerly you know that emeralds come from earth very cracked, clean uncracked emeralds are extremely expensive, even the ones that are quite clean have prohibitive value

[@NathanHassall]

I make my emeralds from smashed beer bottles

[@yaveamarth]

What an incredible glimpse at the making of one of my favorite synthetic materials. Thanks for sharing it with the world, Justin.

[@JustinKPrim]

Glad I could be of service!

[@chinarlions]

That's amazing and awesome ❤

[@pumpkindiamond994]

Actually most people find emeralds with eye visible inclusions more visually appealing than clean ones but not to the point that it is no longer transparent looking. The Colombian emerald here does look alot better than the Zambian emerald.

[@lilyt5855]

Yes! I want to buy some lab grown emeralds, but I'm having problems finding some with the right amount of inclusions. It just looks too dark and fake if it's perfect.

[@ThrowingShade]

So interesting!

[@j.d.4234]

Emeralds are from nature. Humans are from nature. Humans are able to make emeralds in labs. I dunno where i'm going with this tbh 🙃

[@jimbocho6290]

Where did you learn such video production skills? You make gem cutting feel as important as it should be 🤙🏼

[@JustinKPrim]

Thank I appreciate the comment. I’ve been working hard to upgrade my skills so that I can produce the content The way I want it to be. Mostly I’ve just been practicing, watching a lot of instructional videos, experimenting a lot. Mostly since covid started but roughly since I moved to Bangkok. Slowly upgrading from iPhone to dslr to mirrorless.

[@jalak2326]

Wow really great

[@taninjan9043]

Thanks for uploading this precious video. You opened my eyes. I was wondering like how it is possible for one to buy a natural emerald for 150 - 200 dollars in online platforms.

[@poilaaliop]

This was awesome! I'd love to see more videos on the production of different lab gems, seeing the difference between the types of emerald was fascinating.

[@JustinKPrim]

That’s a pretty good idea. I’m not sure if they produce any other types in Thailand but going to Russia is not out of the question!

[@charlie0008]

​@@JustinKPrim now it is

[@JustinKPrim]

@@charlie0008 yeah sadly true

[@johnsondylan7515]

Cool I use Hydrothermal stones in much of my work, but I never have seen the how they are made! Awesome video!

[@JustinKPrim]

Glad to share :)

[@qualitygems1965]

Hello Justin i Have a Requirement for 110 Cts Lab Grown Emerald & The dimension Should be according to us..

[@gazzabro55]

Fascinating

[@a.trinitario_ldn2577]

Why not to give me "the huge rocks unsuitable for regrowth"?😂

[@yankeetimeline]

That was very interesting. Always learning something new.

[@TsarHare]

love. ti amo. no ear rings studs. ti amo. love

[@-PORK-CHOP-]

This was amazing to watch except the damn music was so LOUD I could not hear the lady talking, do away with the music altogether.

[@JustinKPrim]

@@-PORK-CHOP- maybe it’s your speakers? It’s not loud on mine. Also you can hit the CC button for subtitles. That might help.

[@Ma_X64]

Never knew such a technology even exists.

[@Einwetok]

Crystals, opals, and diamonds too. Take your pick.

[@AnthonyWatson-bw1kj]

How do we go about purchasing the rough product, right after its grown? I dont need it cut in half. I want the largest size possible

[@JustinKPrim]

@@AnthonyWatson-bw1kj contact rgcrystal on bangkok. They are the ones making the emerald in the video. Email them and tell them you want the full piece. However if it doesn’t get cut in half in has a white laye in the middle.

[@joshuahyman3612]

Fascinating and informative. Thank you for making this.

[@JustinKPrim]

Glad you liked it!

[@Sorpendium]

Can you reuse the seed slab that you cut out from the completed hydrothermal gem or do you have to throw it away?

[@JustinKPrim]

I’m not exactly sure but I think they throw it away

[@jacobwishinsky]

Wouldn't the seed slab be one and fused with the new gem. As the new sticks to the slab

[@robertbrandywine]

@@jacobwishinsky Did you see at 4:40 where the seed is still fused to the new gem? It looks different.

[@MatthewHartsuch]

Thank you! I have been try to find information on synthetic gemstones and Im so glad I came across your channel! Wish I could find more information about the world of cheap synthetic gemstones, especially nanos.

[@JustinKPrim]

I’m hoping to have another one coming in a month or so.

[@beyondbeautifulwithmia7589]

🥰 I got 2 beautiful man made emeralds heart necklaces they are beautiful and I love them one is green and one is bluish green like the Zambian African emerald I’m happy and I love them 😍 my birthstone colors

[@stevehammel2939]

Gemstones are fascinating regardless if they are lab grown or natural

[@shubhamkhandelwal8554]

Hi i want rough

[@JustinKPrim]

This rough came from store.rgcrystals.com/

[@balltmax]

Great Video!

[@JustinKPrim]

Thanks !

[@gemmatrix]

As always Justin, high-quality content. Love the editing too 👌

[@JustinKPrim]

Thank you!!

[@larsstougaard7097]

Yes Justin is such a gem 💎

[@슈퍼nova]

자연산에 비해 경도및강도는 어떤가요?경도가 같은가요? 경도를 알고싶다!

[@christopherleubner6633]

Used to operate equipment that grew truly synthetic emerald alexandrite and Cr4+ YAG. They were all used in lasers. The emeralds and alexandrite were grown in hydrothermal reactors the yag was grown using a flux.

[@martialcurti4418]

Very nice video !!! may I ask what is the tapping noise and flame behind in the background? Is that a Flame Fusion furnace? If yes a video on the Flame Fusion process might also be an idea !!

[@JustinKPrim]

Which flame do you mean? Flame fusion video would be great but for RUSGEMS, I think that factory is in russia. I don’t think they make flame fusion in Thailand but I could be wrong. Maybe someone else Does though ?

[@martialcurti4418]

@@JustinKPrim i just assumed with the noise and what i thought where flames. Anyway great video !!!

[@martialcurti4418]

I dont know how to post a picture here. Right behind the lady at the center of the screen from "0.20 to "0.25 i thought the sparkle were a flame and with the tapping sound i assume it was a Flame fusion.

[@aggronaxtkh2791]

Excellent shot, and informative video for me

[@ericbabcock846]

YUCK I'm so depressed STOP. Go make a pink fake thingy.Booooo

[@corkkyle]

They are beautiful and affordable.

[@gmeeks6004]

Omg you guys found hot Donna from that 70s show

[@blueslime5457]

What is the “special solution” if you might tell me

[@JustinKPrim]

They didn't tell me. It's their secret recipe.

[@blueslime5457]

@@JustinKPrim dang ok that you

[@rimereit]

Very nice and interesting production, thank you for sharing💎

[@harshitkasliwal3752]

The in this process rough stone is required all the time

[@xymoriintus]

Forgive my ignorance, but is lab created the same thing as synthetic?

[@JustinKPrim]

yes

[@stark_energy]

By general definition of "Synthetic" yes it is the same, but here the woman has a different terminology, that is, "synthetic" is made total of chemistry to create the crystal very fast (without growing it) usually by plasma heating (see Synthetic Ruby created from Microwave) that is done under an hour, while the elements that made this crystal are the same with the natural one, the pattern created will be polycrystalline (instead of one single crystal) which can easily be detected by gemstone experts using ordinary microscope. It is in contrast with "lab-grown" which is natural grown BUT occurred in controlled environment, analogically similar to growing real plant in hydroponic indoor environment (which still resulting in natural product but much cleaner than growing outdoor). Lab-grown crystal can be much harder to distinguish versus a high quality naturally mined one, sometimes it is even impossible. I personally agree with what the woman said, we need more definition to discern between this synthetic chemically-made gemstones versus synthetic lab-grown made gemstones.

[@napalmholocaust9093]

Wan you add a resist and grow shapes?

[@jamesvaneerden2681]

Excellent editing and sound work. Thanks for making this!

[@JustinKPrim]

Thanks. I’m glad someone is noticing the sound because im going through it with a microscope 😳

[@solidtank7957]

Amazing video as usual!

[@JustinKPrim]

Thank you!!

[@danielaranda2114]

Bravo, great looking Gems, very clean and Professional Lab, Congrats to the Lady that explains so clear, what an amazing insight She gave Us.

[@lucianovasco4654]

Fabuloso, parabéns pra vocês. Seria possível você dizer oque é aquele líquido que vocês adicionam na autoclave? Obrigado Luciano.

[@JustinKPrim]

Sorry they didn't tell me what it was made of. Water and chemicals but the mixture is a secret :)

[@lucianovasco4654]

Thank you any way

[@serenityriver2701]

Really well done.

[@JustinKPrim]

Thank you!

[@satishkanuri]

Can we break artificial emeralds and use them as seed again?

[@JustinKPrim]

Yes

[@COCOFINANCE]

Looks good

[@marklestergamayon4082]

Are those emerald are fake ones or just made like a lab created emerald gemstones?

[@JustinKPrim]

Both! They are made in a lab, which makes them the fake ones. I think I've answered that correctly.

[@marklestergamayon4082]

@@JustinKPrim yes it is a fake now i know its just a replica or a copy but its better than nothing or its better than a glass bottle fake ones

[@networknote1216]

🙄🙄🙄

[@laurabrehaut6675]

LOVED this video. Well done Justin.

[@JustinKPrim]

Thanks Laura! I figured it would be right up your alley.

[@lapidarydave]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!

[@williamtonini1025]

Cheaters! The most impressive thing is , people buy that , And think its cool !

[@ruanjiandiguo]

Wonderful share about how make hydrothermal emeralds manually in a lab/factory, so coooool!

[@SpeedRacer-pz9jn]

I learned something today ! Thanks again, Mr Prim !

[@deejay117]

TWO CARROTS

[@JustinKPrim]

🥕🥕

[@Indrid__Cold]

A VERY IMPRESSIVE FACILITY'S! I have a few questions. First, why do you work with low quality emerald rough as your dissolving zone source material? If I was looking to maintain precise control over my final product, I don't think I would take chances with rough material that is possibly contaminated with who-knows-what. It is understandable that you don't want to work with toxic pure chemicals like beryllium, however, couldn't you use some of your poor quality first generation crystals, and then tweak the chromium/vanadium impurities to produce higher quality crystals with more desirable saturation. Have you ever tried disolving the very small, but beautifully colored emeraldsfrom Afghanistan? The color of that material is as nice or nicer than Columbian material. Do you experiment with your seed material? I would imagine putting some experimental effort into the seeds and refining your seed plates so that you don't have to cut them out would yield bigger thicker cut stones. Next question, what do you use for the lining of your autoclaves, and what mineralizing agent do you add to your water? Do you do big size red beryl? What do you use for source material? Thanks so much!

[@Doofus171]

They'll never answer those questions. Mainly because most of the lab grown gems are owned and operated by mobs and organized crime organizations.

[@richardrobertson1331]

Indrid_Cold, all good questions. Platinum is the "cheapest" chamber lining to have plated on the inner surface of the lid, as well. The clear solution needs to be slightly acidic. Flaws make synthetic emeralds marketable. With no flaws they look like glass to the naked eye. When synthetic emeralds were first developed in Siberia, Soviet Union, they did not add a dye, but now all synthetic emeralds must have a UV light dye in them . . . however, by making emeralds with crushed emerald raw materials, maybe they think they don't need to add the dye since they might be considered "re-crystalized emeralds" rather than synthetic. Very good video, thanks for posting.

[@AH-mj1rd]

What's that accent?

[@JustinKPrim]

@@AH-mj1rd Russian.

[@civilianpowers6681]

How beautiful emeralds are

[@christianvoicezambia5883]

And I also supply emeralds from Zambia so you give me buissnes as well

[@lukaszahradnicek7518]

GREAT! THANKS JUSTIN!

[@rubenelephant]

wow, interesting.... whole factory looks like russia.... similar to a toilet

[@guidokuhn1275]

Greetings ◇ Great to no !☆! I've got on my block a natural sapphires compositions rock matrix!@! They are light blue to just blue and white immature crystals!@!

[@apolloskyfacer5842]

These look exactly like the coloured Quartz slabs I have. Even the surface 'etch' marks on the cultivated crystal slabs seen here in this video. Mine still have the central 'seed' slab inside them. But they are all Quartz.

[@JustinKPrim]

I’ve never seen hydrothermal quartz being grown but I assume it’s a similar process and a visually similar outcome!

[@aleksandersuur9475]

Quartz is grown with same basic process, though usually in much larger autoclaves.

[@Indrid__Cold]

I like the results of the hydrothermal process for growing synthetic emerald, but the MOST beautiful lab emerald is grown through the "flux process!"

[@curlyhairdudeify]

Hydrothermal is the most natural looking one...

[@ntal5859]

Other then industrial use gemstones really are just expensive coloured glass beads.

[@JustinKPrim]

I would disagree with that. Gemstones have been prized for beauty and adornment by humans for 200,000 years. Possibly longer. It’s the original art form, next to those ancient cave paintings. Gemcutting and gemstone adornment goes back to the beginning of our species and possibly helps define who we are as a species

[@Indrid__Cold]

So, are Rusgem and Tairus the same company with different marketing?

[@JustinKPrim]

No different companies

[@carlosbarahona8609]

Just imagine all the jewelery that could be made. Fabulous:)

[@nicholaswhitman4620]

Chemically identical to mineral emerald without all the worker exploitation. I love this SO much.

[@Hazmat2142]

i think they still need to get the base seeds from the ground I'm sure someone got exploited along the way, but damn is it cool lol

[@nicholaswhitman4620]

@@Hazmat2142 No ethical consumption under capitalism it seems.

[@wyattchiordi5132]

They are literally made of natural emeralds they are just recrystlized

[@AsgharKhan-cv6bs]

Beautiful Emerald Pakistan swat Emerald

[@indridcold7396]

I am curious as to why you do not simply use the pure forms of beryllium, silica, and chromium in your process? Better still, why not use synthetic crystals to produce highly pure and refined emerald crystals?

[@JustinKPrim]

I don’t think they want them refined and pure. Without inclusions they don’t look convincing. I think they like the inclusions left by the manufacturing process because it emulates natural emerald inclusions.

[@robertbrandywine]

​@@JustinKPrim I think the question is, if the input stone is replicated in the "grown" stone, then why can't you just use the "grown" stone for future seeding? Is it the case that the imperfections in the seed have to be at a certain level and the grown stone has fewer imperfections so you have to start with seeds that have just the right amount of imperfections? At 4:40, the seed looks much darker than the grown part.

[@JustinKPrim]

@@robertbrandywine I don't know why they can't use the grown stone as the seed. I think I'm going back there soon to shoot another video and if I can find the answer to this I will comment here later.

[@blancheb3533]

Lab grown gemstones feel creepy and disturbing to me. Natural gemstones have healing properties but I doubt synthetic ones have those metaphysical vibes.

[@sandie157]

That was an excellent video.

[@Everythingallthetime666]

I want to marry this woman, 100% want to be her husband.

[@JustinKPrim]

Sorry, she got married during the pandemic. You’re too late.

[@ИльяАксенов-н1к]

Is the factory for sale?

[@JustinKPrim]

No

[@djdaniel8509]

Dear madam, thank you for sharing nice video. Actually we are also working on hydrothermal crystal growth. May I know what kind of autoclave are you using? May I have your contact details please?

[@JustinKPrim]

rusgems.com

[@harshitkasliwal3752]

Can powder of stone be used in process instead of stone

[@curtisoliver1006]

It would be nice just to have one of their rejected attempts.

[@k192447]

fantastic.

[@romanchomenko2912]

Interesting no need to send children into a mine and the emeralds produced is exactly like the real thing no children no Zeks in the Gulag.

[@JustinKPrim]

I've been to a lot of mines around the world and never seen anyone sending children into the mines. I think that's mostly a myth in the 21st century. I've never been to Emerald mines in South America though. My friends have though and I've never heard of anything like this happening in real life.

[@robertbrandywine]

Think it through. People who work at crappy jobs at low wages do so because their lives without those crappy jobs are even worse!

[@azopalinc]

How about a video on flux grown? Emerald or corundum

[@JustinKPrim]

Sorry I haven’t had an opportunity to visit a factory that makes those

[@iamocoyt6515]

What about the mixed seed?

[@JustinKPrim]

What do you mean by mixed seed?

[@iamocoyt6515]

@@JustinKPrim in these lab they're using origins of beryl columbian and zambian. Al though 10country+2type of synthetic (hydrothermal/flux) have their own refractive index and specific gravity colour and inclusion. In that case I would like to know if they're using more than 3seed origin maybe a seed of 10 origin combined together as a seed. The inclusion would born a new pattern and the colour would have change

[@TheMusicalKnokcers]

Those are the only ethical emeralds in the world

[@larrybuzbee7344]

Nothing coming out of Russia is ethical. Every one of those stones has Ukrainian blood on it.

[@sonuverma2796]

Where to purchase it

[@JustinKPrim]

RUSGEMS.com

[@wrux]

Nice piano music, but what was she saying?

[@caroljordao93]

what is brunette britney spears doing here?

[@caroljordao93]

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