Story Behind the Stone: Where do African Gems Come From? A positive look at the Madagascar gem trade

Story Behind the Stone is a short documentary film that follows the journey of a gemstone as is passes from hand to hand, all the way from a mine on the plains of South West Madagascar to finally reach the hand of one of Madagascar's leading ladies fighting for women's rights. The film takes a positive and constructive approach, looking into the impacts of the small scale gem trade on a personal level and the affect that capacity building has there within.
This film was produced by Lawson Gems (www.lawsongems.com) with the support of the Tiffany & Co. Foundation through the Gemstone and Sustainable Development Knowledge Hub (www.sustainabl..., the University of Queensland's Sustainable Minerals Institute (smi.uq.edu.au/) and the University of Delaware's Minerals, Materials and Society Program

[@Felenari]

Really good watch with good production value. Your videos make a difference. Thank you.

[@Lawsongems]

thanks 😁

[@djg2315]

What a great story. Brilliant.

[@damiencannon5]

Great insight charles and your sounding much more relaxed behind/infront of the camera now

[@Lawsongems]

Thanks, I actually filmed this 5 years ago so hopefully I have improved even ore since then 😅. I really hope to get back to Madagascar some time soon, but unfortunately, even though the export ban of gems has been lifted, no new process has been instituted, but hopefully we'll get back there as soon as the industry is sorted out again and get back to fully supporting our initiatives over there 😁.

[@Lions_Not_Sheep]

Great video, Many Thanks for sharing and your message of positivity!

[@Lawsongems]

Thanks :) I have met so many amazing and beautiful people doing this work and I didn't want to make out that their lives were all doom and gloom when they are actually happy and positive people :)

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[@istitutodigemmologiagenova1976]

Post more. You are the number one in the field !

[@Lawsongems]

Haha thanks so much, as I mentioned below we will be a filming a short educational movie about how sapphires are mined in Queensland, Australia at the end of this month 🙂

[@istitutodigemmologiagenova1976]

Lawson Gems I won’t lose it, for any reason ! Thanks

[@ralalarisonlydie3296]

👆👆👆

[@tornadof5thenature109]

hello : can you look on my 2 stones they are really old one is 50 years old one is 100 years old …. they scratch glass and even quartz will get , I will get a stone tester soon, @@Lawsongems kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6TTp4qdfpeajLc kzbin.info/www/bejne/fp2siIiGir6Eitk

[@RUBYREBUS]

Hi could I use seconds of your video for educational purposes in my KZbin ... Thanks

[@boost1606]

Wow that lady is awesome! Teaching the next generation🙏

[@Lawsongems]

haha for sure! We try to encourage the transfer of knowledge as much as possible :)

[@OliveJewel]

Thank you for making and posting this video! I live in Tucson, where the Gem and Mineral Show happens every year. This video helps me understand the important role mining plays in the lives of women in Madagascar and all over the world.

[@MrInsaint]

Awesome!👍👍👍 Thank You for sharing the good stuff🙏

[@Lawsongems]

My pleasure!

[@yirehmiyahmagsayo361]

thats great work sir...i hope it continues👍✌️

[@hewanzewdi3565]

great information! i wish more people will participate such project in Africa .

[@Lawsongems]

Thanks :) It really is rewarding work!

[@marshmallow3003]

Thank you! This is a great video!

[@stuartpool]

Love this video and this project!

[@Lawsongems]

Thanks! It was a great experience making the film!

[@musicgrynd]

Hi Lawson Gems,I'm from Africa and living in Canada,how can I get intouch with you?I really love your channel and would love to learn more from you.Your help will deeply be appreciated.

[@Lawsongems]

Hi Trey glad you enjoy the channel, you can get in touch with us at [e-mail]

[@musicgrynd]

@@Lawsongems Thanks alot I will get intouch!

[@ginanel5736]

great video and great work

[@reddysekhar2131]

Great informative lawson sir great respect from india

[@Lawsongems]

Thanks :) !!!

[@oviyaktm6531]

great documentary

[@Lawsongems]

Thanks! A lot of effort went into this one :)

[@rockymountainfacet5958]

Post more videos! love your films. :)

[@Lawsongems]

Thanks I try to get films up when I can, hopefully the next one will be on how sapphires are mined in Queensland, Australia and we will be filming it at the end of the month 🙂

[@ilanatulloch7968]

Excellent storytelling.

[@vikasgoswami1929]

Very good

[@rizkisiregar2407]

Awesome journey.,

[@Lawsongems]

Thanks 😁

[@deriskstone1016]

Cool

[@dcallan812]

Great story great video

[@Lawsongems]

Thanks!

[@abietc2884]

You are one of the Masters of the trade

[@Lawsongems]

Thanks for your kind words 😁. Gems have been a life long passion for me!

[@seantran6689]

Great stuff fella 🤙

[@Lawsongems]

Thanks!!!

[@yinkadavies8403]

Oh to meet with great minds

[@rock155009]

Great video n what you are trying to do those communities expand their gem knowledge

[@Lawsongems]

Thanks for your support!!!

[@angryjungles]

Super video

[@kalyankharde7774]

Nice video.

[@Lawsongems]

Thanks :)

[@samkobaisi1]

What is the name of the place. I want to go

[@Lawsongems]

This was mainly shot in Sakaraha and Antananarivo 🙂

[@simonac688.]

Wonderful video simply well maid and interresting thank you ( sub)

[@trptrungblogs]

❤️❤️❤️❤️💎💎

[@gemstonevideo6134]

Nice

[@faebalina7786]

Wait how comes the biggest stone she found was $1000 and she shared the profit so surely they didn’t get the right price

[@Lawsongems]

it all depends on the quality of the stone. Though given that this was from before her training with us, chances are she didn't recieve as fair a price as she could have, however that one stone did make a huge positive difference to her life.

[@justfoundgems6380]

Need some help identifying some gems please

[@geewhiz23]

Facebook groups

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I saw you are in mokoke .

[@SimoneeFernandoPedrasdoBrasil]

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[@Lawsongems]

😁

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Show 💎👌🔰

[@GwGems]

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[@geewhiz23]

They should sell on eBay directly

[@Lawsongems]

We had thought about this however, many services we take for granted in the developed world, like Ebay and Paypal, are not available in Madagascar and shipping costs are very high out of Madagascar not too mention an incredibly difficult export process. We are working with industry members at the moment trying to provide advice to help create a more simplified export procedure, but it is not a simple task to institute such great change unfortunately, but we will give it our best!

[@christinahammond3397]

I would much rather buy from them.

[@arybhejo8090]

I wanna sell my own gems collection such jade chalsedony ect...do you interested?

[@nguligaes]

Cantik

[@haribiswa7878]

Like

[@郭仲哲]

早期的人會將含有許多雜質的金屬.燒熔 倒在石頭裂縫.據說可防止石頭裂開.而在高溫的影響產生許多脆的石脈及貴金屬結晶.然後假裝開發.申請礦業補助.購買高精密的處理機械..臺灣人說黃金高價是因為黃金是印製歐元的原料.那麼北歐黃金是臺灣的高價黃金嗎?

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