The Emerald of Colombia documentary of Patrick Voillot

[@crispchaos]

I was adopted from Bogota Colombia in 1988. My parents bought three emeralds from Colombia when they came from the U.S and got me when I was 4 months old and put them in a gold n white gold ring when I turned 18 and gave it to me on my birthday. All in all it cost $1800 with everything. Best gift I’ve ever gotten and so cool I have a piece of my birthplace with me at all times. Just a neat story of emeralds I thought I would share.

[@Paranormal-Alien]

What a beautiful story thank you for sharing that, your adopted parents sound like amazing people, God must have a soft spot on his heart for you.

[@User-718_]

Emerald worth $1800? You have plastic emerald, son..

[@appexgems2680]

Wonderful 👍

[@judyturner2550]

Parents bought them in 1988! Yes you can find beautiful clear emeralds reasonable even today. What a precious idea the parents had for their cild

[@jerseydevil8810]

Awesome story man.Feel and be proud of yourself.

[@3554ELM]

The most beautiful emeralds are definitely from 🇨🇴 Colombia. Stunning!

[@rays3995]

Afghanistan are nice color but they crack do to there method of explosives

[@Fitness_coreyt]

Afghanistan and Swat Pakistan Emeralds are stunning

[@donnayoon9626]

@@rays3995 ㅏㅏ

[@gildedage88]

siempre!

[@harrow2355]

Love these documentaries, especially from Pakistan,Afghanistan and South America,the lure of precious to semi precious beautifull stones,I collect but only on a small scale,how I wish I could help these miners in poorer countries and change extraction methods,but that's the uniqueness of what they do along with the added associated risks,still I admire their tenacity and ingenuity,all the best to you.

[@salmananwar5180]

i am also doing gems business on small scale ,but like it too much .. now i want to an office in DUBAI ... I want to make big my business ...

[@al20o33]

This video was great as it explained the fact that many emeralds are filled with oils in the fractures and cracks to improve the stones clarity. Also, they explained that those emeralds can be more subject to cracking and cloudiness over time. The best emeralds you find in jewelry sold by the high end jewelers always contain some faults. Thats how you know they are real emeralds that have not been filled with any type of oil.

[@iamAwesomo1994]

Interesting

[@D-me-dream-smp]

Amazing how the earth can create such beauty. Gems really highlight the complex, often incomprehensible nature of humanity- the whole process can expose many of our less noble traits.

[@TWOCOWS1]

I love these series. Fantastic. Thanks

[@dstclair7363]

Thanks for such a wonderful series pattick

[@dloadthis1617]

THANK YOU so much for providing this great insight to the hidden world of emeralds! I watch all of your videos and enjoy them very much! 💓

[@russelmurray9268]

No

[@jenniferhenry7897]

Poor thing & have his family to feed how him manage to mack them rob him ?

[@jenniferhenry7897]

Instead them pray to God is Mary ?

[@yulianasine5398]

😘😍👍🙏❤️Olla Bonito Thank you very much for yours lovely important program from KZbin video Very hard working people's in the world My Lord Yesus Kristus Hallelujah Amazing Amin God bless To the Amerals Stones Good luck

[@EmeraldsForSale]

VERY GOOD VIDEO - THANKS FOR THE EFFORTS!

[@thomasrodriguez3147]

You're doing fantastic Job Patrick I a'm excited to watch your trips allover the world! I am fascinated thank you!

[@sallysassa]

Fabulous series. Thank you, Patrick.

[@yulianasine5398]

😘😍👍🙏❤️I love you Bogota Kolombia ❤ Muihbeno God bless

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

24:23 No mention of the story behind the miner with no hands ? How did he lose both his hands, and still he is mining ?

[@blackkkabllakkcaa]

Came looking for this when I saw it. Prob got hands chopped for stealing

[@thepinkpollyanna766]

Beautiful!!! I myself have a gorgeous 3 & a half carrot, uncalibrated emerald cut, Columbian emerald!!! That I brought 20 years ago & it is still, in it’s little white Jewel box to this day... I paid $350 for it back then & I had it oiled & appraised 3 yrs ago... And, it is now worth $7,000!!! It is clear, absolutely no cloudiness, with mostly clear of inclusions, in a gorgeous deep Kelly green color!!! I will eventually, maybe have it set into a ring or necklace one day... Until then, it sits in its little white jewel box, in my safe deposit box for now... If I never have it set into a piece of jewelry one day, one of my daughters will inherit it, to do what she would like with it... But I have to say, it is one very, very pretty stone!!!

[@davidsnyder9661]

Robin Massiello lucky you huh

[@rayrodrigo3999]

Colombian *

[@MDebou]

350 was a great deal even 20 years ago. I was looking at a 1ct. 20 years ago. They wanted 800 for it. I declined

[@ellendelima700]

Colombian not Columbian.

[@kevinbuda7087]

Man,dude! Put that in your pocket! Don't hide it In a box....I would. I've had several pocket pieces.

[@chriskonstandinos4996]

A fantastic documentary!!

[@phoebertiansyah3083]

Beautiful video Broo 👌🙏🇲🇨🙏🌷🌹

[@grantkeller8024]

The Emerald king is in jail... Hmmm... Bet that's a interesting story... Loved the video, Thanks

[@c103110a]

Illegal parking - bail set at $5M.

[@bouyant8659]

THANK YOU SHARING

[@tigersteele9552]

MUZO...THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF EMERALDS!!! I BOUGHT...TWO MUZO EMERALDS....OVALS...1 1/3 CARAT EACH...A PERFECT MATCHING PAIR...IN 2000!! I HAD THEM IN MY SAFE TILL...2018. MY HUSBAND HAD EARRINGS MADE FOR ME..SURROUNDED BY DIAMONDS!! CHRISTMAS MORNING....I OPENED MY GIFT....I WAS MESMERIZED BY THE BEAUTY OF MY...NEAR FLAWLESS, CLEAR.... EMERALD EARRINGS....THEY ARE...GORGEOUS!!!!! NOW...I NEED TO FIND.....ANOTHER MUZO STONE FOR...A RING!!!!

[@yulianasine5398]

😘😍👍🙏❤️God lord Yesus Kristus Bless Bogota Kolombia ❤Amin Hallelujah

[@coinparadise]

I love emeralds

[@wintkyaw7576]

Most Interesting and informational .

[@vicentehernandez4892]

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[@c103110a]

Great documentary 1 Thanks for sharing this story.

[@salmananwar5180]

You are doing good struggle ...i like emeralds ......

[@jimsquick]

Love Patrick's videos. They give a wholistic picture of things.

[@scarywiggles1894]

24:24 No hands! Still gettin after it. This guy is awesome.

[@tonyrna45]

enchant with the emeralds love them nice documentary

[@ShadowRider8700]

Nizam Used 185carat Diamond As Paperweight.. had Tiffin Box Of 9kg Of Solid Gold And Diamonds When He Was A Child.. British Stole Kohinoor And Hope Diamond From Him..

[@Ronbo710]

De Beers convinced the World that diamonds are rare. That is BS. *THESE* are the real rarity.

[@BBB-rd2qi]

These and rubies! I much prefer emeralds, blue sapphires, or rubies to a diamond.

[@stephanebelizaire3627]

Very Informative, Bravo !

[@johncutie5769]

That La Lechuga is filled with super high quality emeralds. Easily worth more than 3 million dollars. ~370k in gold weight. The emeralds look sizable, clean, best color. Could be worth anywhere from 5k-50k per carat. Theyre probably the some oldest emeralds mined. For avg weight 1ct stones that is 7.4 to 74 million dollars in emeralds. They look bigger than 1 carat. I would double it for historical value. Honestly if you can hook it up I will take out a hundred loans today and buy it back for 6 million.

[@timme2844]

I don't know why but of all the many many different colors, shapes, and sizes of gemstones which i do find them all fascinating, it is the emeralds, opals, and turquoise that i find simply mesmerizing. Pearls round out my list..... idk why but i just gravitate to them. I really am enjoying these docs!

[@foodidecorifashionlfun2104]

The workers treated with pure neglect of their safety. Disgusting and saddening to watch.

[@paulbellas8797]

We have workers in the US that do the same thing. We do have OSHA Laws to keep them safer than in Columbia but this type of wori is tough and done by many around the world.

[@oscarherr4198]

@@paulbellas8797 but this not about americans is it?

[@ktlivingherway516]

Those going through the rejects, the tailings, are people from the area, not workers. they are just trying to survive and fine something

[@mountain85]

stop buying and selling emeralds, the mining will stop too :)

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

Amazing people still dig up rocks, when flawless Emeralds are grown in the lab, suitable for any use, even electronics and powerful lasers.

[@tanomchock2790]

Thank you very much for your video.

[@hardmcshaft5665]

Thats a pretty nice opal an gold wedding band on the hand of the jeweller at the 2 min mark too

[@dharmaofdog7676]

The Emerald & Gem studded Monstrance is mind blowing. Couldn't look at it enough.

[@firearmsstudent]

"Here we are in the mine owner's home. He can't receive us today because he is under arrest." The contents of this video seem incredibly shady.

[@BBB-rd2qi]

It’s Bogota, lol

[@snowywhite2160]

have you watched narcos lol

[@superhannar9018]

10.08. Какой тяжёлый труд .. и самая опасная профессия.. не думаю что их труд также хорошо оплачивается в сравнении с теми драгоценностями , что они добывают.. сбереги их Дева Мария

[@martasalanova8156]

I was told emeralds from Afganisthan are better than those from Colombia, is that true???

[@VinesThroughTime]

thank you. i have some low-grade rough chunks that i love. now i wonder were they came from. the whole story

[@mostafamoghaddam8012]

Great job

[@mosheridan7016]

Great video

[@Jaymastah1]

Amazing video thank you for this. Where is the music from? Specifically around 25 min there is a beautiful flute playing. Where was the music pulled from, I would like to know thank you.

[@dirkbergstrom9751]

Really GREAT vid. Thanks.

[@ACDandMe]

Great video 👍

[@01IveR01]

Sad to see that miners don't even have a mask or proper safety equipment but hey the owner is making million off of his workers dying lungs. SMH

[@debrapolenz4962]

What did you expect from Columbia?

[@rayrodrigo3999]

@@debrapolenz4962 Colombia*

[@robinfishburn2365]

Most people who mine like this DO know what they are doing & will likely live longer than most people, because they love what they r doing! More folks will die for the love of drugs or luxury!

[@terrypussypower]

@Max K Good! A bit of pay back for his greed.

[@udud1935]

Even thy are not getting sufficient mony

[@bigrich6750]

Reminds me of “Romancing the Stone,” with Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas.

[@jasonsenseman7803]

Yes I Do, Thank you, bring me more...

[@john-carlosynostroza]

We humans assign value to weird things and a lot of people seem to suffer as a result. Often even those who are wealthy enough to afford gems and so forth. The human race is amazing, beautiful, and weird.

[@harrietlyall1991]

All those brave, skilful men, toiling, toiling in dark and dirt, putting themselves in danger, just to supply spoilt ladies (like me, I suppose) with pretty eye-candy. Much as I love looking at emeralds, (I have one tiny one, from Zambia, given me by a friend) still, they’re only bits of coloured glass, and not worth even the tiniest part of one single human life.

[@lluhu]

Not only that, also the pollution these mines create, which also costs lives.

[@guillermogutierrez-santana4446]

@@lluhu A lot of things cause more pollution, for example Bitcoin mining.

[@robinfishburn2365]

We also have emeralds, in California! & other wonderful gemstones! But,,, Muzo emeralds are probably some of the most outstanding! They somehow reflect the moon light like no other!

[@nickelstacking2023]

My fav Colombia Emerald

[@EDEN-GEMS]

Wow big size Emerald

[@erin6083]

Wouldn’t it be amazing to have an emerald recovered from a Spanish shipwreck? What a piece of history.

[@thomascabral8443]

always did like emeralds

[@haromaenpetualang6412]

Good....👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@instagem2693]

Keep up the good work :)

[@richievellalar3214]

how do i buy Colombia emerald ? any Gemology here ?

[@johnbyrne4438]

You could place your advertising at the top and the middle too!

[@guillermogutierrez-santana4446]

Don't forget the sides, and the gridlines.

[@shreyadutta2599]

It's sad.. How the mine waste is being dumped in the river!... No stone is more precious than water. You don't swallow emerlands when thirsty.!!!!

[@onenesswithJesus]

I purchased a Nice size green emerald from Colombia on ebay for like 25 dollars and sold it for $350.00 to a jeweler.in NYC.

[@Nk-kq4fu]

you mean someone bought your fake stone for $350.00? lol

[@jimjam6598]

You got ripped off and then ripped off a jeweller in NYC

[@jmatt4life]

I hope these miners don’t smoke. The heat and dust must damage their lungs enough.

[@mountain85]

stop buying and selling emeralds, the mining will stop too :)

[@RareBitcoin]

Nice Stone 👍

[@dilshadyounis5784]

فان حجر الزمرد جميل وروعة بها جمالية جداً

[@arrcee1498]

Thank you nice one !!

[@saveurital455]

Thank you for English version however I wish you notified me with English version for I nearly skipped all of your videos in Chinese. I don’t understand why you notified in Chinese. Anyway thank for your quality video!

[@cathyanderson8197]

Good video

[@mctron22rd]

Wow I feel so bad that the river was destroyed by the people there.

[@natespics8276]

They don’t push the overburden to the water anymore. They just tunnel.

[@Rotary12A]

Those poor guys are made to belive that they cant even sell emeralds. Colombian emeralds fetch 10k a carot

[@tatagmutaqin]

flawless

[@buninparadise9476]

i will be forever grateful i am European

[@bestoftwoworlds9925]

Why?

[@maskedmarvyl4774]

I love how casual they are about saying that the owner of the emerald mines is "presently under arrest". They should have replied "Don't worry about, what successful Columbian businessman or politician Isn't under arrest these days?"

[@BBB-rd2qi]

😂🤣

[@User-1543]

Damn that guy with both hands missing??? You know he got caught stealing once. Taught a real lesson

[@robm6267]

probably the explosives guy in a mine, boom, no hands.

[@User-1543]

Rob Moore idk man those looked like pretty clean cuts. Both at the same angle and same Time telling from the healing.

[@debrapolenz4962]

@@robm6267 Sure and his face right there is just fine

[@Lucky13Twice]

Why do you say find a "wall" in the mine when it is actually a "vein"?

[@ianmckenzie2680]

Is the vain in the wall??

[@alexburke1899]

I think they are using miners terminology and looking for the contact of the “hanging wall” and the “footwall.” This is where they suspect the main vein is that is producing the smaller veins they are finding. The hanging and footwall is a fault intersection usually where fluids can flow best. The hanging wall is the section above the fault plane and the footwall is always below the fault plane. Once they find the main vein on the wall assuming it’s richer they will follow it further down along the fault whichever way the fault dips.

[@debrapolenz4962]

Because he doesn't know proper English I assume.

[@dng267]

@@alexburke1899 OK.....now back to the point....the geological term is "vein" and these are contained in whatever term you use to define their precise location under the surface you are drilling.

[@kevinmac1908]

I've found that this a question of orientation. Veins are the tip of a layer of gem bearing material. A wall shows a side view of the full vein. IMO I would rather hit a wall.

[@newmanbailey]

I had a 7 carat emerald cut from the muzo so mine neon green practically Flawless to the eye in 5 carats of diamonds stolen out of my house in Santa Fe by the neighbors never to be recovered

[@NettiieB]

What happened??😮

[@oviliatam7540]

謝謝~♡♡♡♡♡

[@tonyostin]

Cant deal with the constant scrolling at the bottom.

[@leighbriggs3565]

Starting to see scrolling on a lot of videos lately.

[@chemokiki]

I turn videos off that are running ads at the bottom. Look for info elsewhere.

[@MOVIEWINFO]

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[@ktlivingherway516]

That poor fella at the Emerald market. He had no hands. I sure hope you bought from him.

[@kayserlein]

Amazing footage!

[@iAngelEliza]

such a good documentary, but still music is too loud, :(!

[@ontoyoualways9183]

Goes to show how damaging/destructive being materialistic can be.

[@dn2817]

That’s wonderful the emerald mines keep these fine, hard working people employed.

[@veerellaprasad5219]

👍👍 from India..

[@guilhermeribeirojunior6592]

Show...trabalho árduo atrás das verdinhas...

[@santoshkumarkar39]

Sir what is the name of this market where Emrald sails on the street.. Kind regards..

[@Larkinchance]

Sucker!

[@Petra999]

@@Larkinchance Loser!

[@fenianbhoy5285]

They're beautiful,

[@kirsyrosa-vq9pu]

Welcome to Great Britain...Thanks NYPD

[@101RealTalker]

Hello, I have in my possession 60 emeralds from my 1985 birth place in Bogota Colombia which totals at 13 carats, what can I do to know the current value and get the most for them? Most of them are square and rectangle cut, but some are tear drops and triangles as well. Thank you.

[@udud1935]

Where can we buy and sell emeralds in india?

[@udud1935]

Rough stone in light green colour

[@darrylbullock2079]

Did anyone notice the man missing his hands? He was probably delt with buy the mine bosses Oh wait that doesn't happen in this world.

[@darrylbullock2079]

24:46

[@kalavantsingh271]

To Patrick please can you will you help me to purchase a few emerald I would be moved so much so or sell me for help in this time of need thank you kay

[@frederickbowdler8169]

i found an emarald studded sculpture at my local car boot/ garage sale and i gave a dollar for it have i been scammed?

[@blakris9382]

this documentary was filmed in 1994

[@ACDandMe]

The best emeralds are from Zambia 🇿🇲 and Russia 🇷🇺

[@vinsarthur]

Can you please make a video how one can identify if it's a Colombian emerald or not, and it's features.

[@curlyhairdudeify]

vinsarthur it’s the color, only emeralds from Colombia have bluish green sheen (Muzo), or a yellowish green sheen (Chivor) with mild shale and calcite inclusions. All others are green, a solid lemon jello shade of green.

[@സിംഹം-ര3ണ]

@@curlyhairdudeify Thanks,it is a new information,I thought in Zambia emerald green and blue...

[@curlyhairdudeify]

@@സിംഹം-ര3ണ You are welcome. Just go to Google images a d search Chivor, Muzo, and Zambian emeralds; it's all about the inclusions, shades, colors, and tones of green.

[@mastryda]

I would give anything to get rid of the scrolling banner at the bottom of the screen. Aside from that, thank you for this.

[@MrBeatrix101]

thank you