The Emerald of Colombia documentary of Patrick Voillot
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2019
- English : • The Emerald of Colombi...
Deutsch : • Der Smaragd von Kolumb...
French : • L' émeraude de Colombi...
Italian : • Lo Smeraldo della Colo...
Spanish : • La Esmeralda de Colomb...
Chinese : • 哥伦比亚的祖母绿紀錄片Patrick Voi...
Russian : • Изумруды Колумбии доку...
Japanese : • コロンビアのエメラルドのドキュメンタリ...
The green triangle, situated in the north of Bogota, is one of the most dangerous places in the world.
The emerald mines of Muzo, Coscuez and Chivor delimit the green triangle and provide the finest emeralds on the planet.
Within this dangerous passionate adventure, this film takes you on the rugged trails that cross the corridors of the Andes that give access to these mines.
With a constant tension due to the proximity of the guerrillas in the middle of a conflict, often officiated by clergy, the owners of the mines organize their exploitations under the protection of large caliber guns.
The mine of Muzo, already exploited before the arrival of the conquistadors, produces the green emeralds of most exceptional quality. The vein is several hundred meters deep in the rock, whose black color contrasts with the white calcite, which contains the crystals of the emerald. Miners work in unbearable heat conditions, and under high surveillance.
Near the mine Chivor, the "esmeralderos", or emerald merchants, sell these gems.
You will enter into the new mine, La Pita, whose owners have created an actual village in the middle of the jungle.
The precious stones arrive in a Bogota on the market of the esmeralderos, and they are also cut and improved within the pharmacies of the city.
Specifically for this film, a piece of colonial religious art, the most outstanding known to this day, was let out of the safe of the Gold Museum in Bogota. Name: The Lechuga, a fine gold monstrance covered in more than 5,000 emeralds and other precious stones.
These gems have an exceptional final destination, the Place Vendôme in Paris, where we will see the jeweler Boucheron use these gems in one of their famous creations.
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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.
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.
Emerald worth $1800? You have plastic emerald, son..
Wonderful 👍
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
Awesome story man.Feel and be proud of yourself.
The most beautiful emeralds are definitely from 🇨🇴 Colombia. Stunning!
Afghanistan are nice color but they crack do to there method of explosives
Afghanistan and Swat Pakistan Emeralds are stunning
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siempre!
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.
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 ...
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.
Interesting
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.
I love these series. Fantastic. Thanks
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! 💓
No
Poor thing & have his family to feed how him manage to mack them rob him ?
Instead them pray to God is Mary ?
THANK YOU SHARING
Fabulous series. Thank you, Patrick.
A fantastic documentary!!
Thank you very much for your video.
Thanks for such a wonderful series pattick
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!!!
Robin Massiello lucky you huh
Colombian *
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
Colombian not Columbian.
Man,dude! Put that in your pocket! Don't hide it In a box....I would. I've had several pocket pieces.
VERY GOOD VIDEO - THANKS FOR THE EFFORTS!
Great documentary 1 Thanks for sharing this story.
You're doing fantastic Job Patrick I a'm excited to watch your trips allover the world! I am fascinated thank you!
Yes I Do,
Thank you,
bring me more...
enchant with the emeralds love them nice documentary
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.
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!!!!
The Emerald king is in jail... Hmmm... Bet that's a interesting story... Loved the video, Thanks
Illegal parking - bail set at $5M.
😘😍👍🙏❤️I love you Bogota Kolombia ❤ Muihbeno God bless
Amazing footage!
De Beers convinced the World that diamonds are rare. That is BS. *THESE* are the real rarity.
These and rubies! I much prefer emeralds, blue sapphires, or rubies to a diamond.
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!
Love Patrick's videos. They give a wholistic picture of things.
thank you
I love emeralds
Beautiful video Broo 👌🙏🇲🇨🙏🌷🌹
Most Interesting and informational .
Great video
Thank you nice one !!
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!
Very Informative, Bravo !
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..
Great job
The Emerald & Gem studded Monstrance is mind blowing. Couldn't look at it enough.
The workers treated with pure neglect of their safety. Disgusting and saddening to watch.
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.
@@paulbellas8797 but this not about americans is it?
Those going through the rejects, the tailings, are people from the area, not workers. they are just trying to survive and fine something
stop buying and selling emeralds, the mining will stop too :)
Amazing people still dig up rocks, when flawless Emeralds are grown in the lab, suitable for any use, even electronics and powerful lasers.
24:24 No hands! Still gettin after it. This guy is awesome.
😘😍👍🙏❤️Olla Bonito Thank you very much for yours lovely important program from TH-cam video Very hard working people's in the world My Lord Yesus Kristus Hallelujah Amazing Amin God bless To the Amerals Stones Good luck
You are doing good struggle ...i like emeralds ......
Great video 👍
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 ?
Came looking for this when I saw it. Prob got hands chopped for stealing
"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.
It’s Bogota, lol
have you watched narcos lol
Show...trabalho árduo atrás das verdinhas...
Thats a pretty nice opal an gold wedding band on the hand of the jeweller at the 2 min mark too
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thank you. i have some low-grade rough chunks that i love. now i wonder were they came from. the whole story
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.
Good....👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
flawless
Nice Stone 👍
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.
Not only that, also the pollution these mines create, which also costs lives.
@@lluhu A lot of things cause more pollution, for example Bitcoin mining.
Keep up the good work :)
Good video
Really GREAT vid. Thanks.
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!
Reminds me of “Romancing the Stone,” with Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas.
That’s wonderful the emerald mines keep these fine, hard working people employed.
Wow big size Emerald
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
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Wow I feel so bad that the river was destroyed by the people there.
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.
فان حجر الزمرد جميل وروعة بها جمالية جداً
Those poor guys are made to belive that they cant even sell emeralds. Colombian emeralds fetch 10k a carot
Wouldn’t it be amazing to have an emerald recovered from a Spanish shipwreck? What a piece of history.
I hope these miners don’t smoke.
The heat and dust must damage their lungs enough.
stop buying and selling emeralds, the mining will stop too :)
Believe me these emerald mines are lethal I ve seen this labour myself in swat and when we purchasing Emerald we negotiate to the least degrees we should think of it
That poor fella at the Emerald market. He had no hands. I sure hope you bought from him.
I was told emeralds from Afganisthan are better than those from Colombia, is that true???
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👍👍 from India..
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.!!!!
謝謝~♡♡♡♡
Damn that guy with both hands missing??? You know he got caught stealing once. Taught a real lesson
probably the explosives guy in a mine, boom, no hands.
Rob Moore idk man those looked like pretty clean cuts. Both at the same angle and same
Time telling from the healing.
@@robm6267 Sure and his face right there is just fine
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.
you mean someone bought your fake stone for $350.00? lol
You got ripped off and then ripped off a jeweller in NYC
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.
24:46
They're beautiful,
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
What did you expect from Columbia?
@@debrapolenz4962 Colombia*
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!
@Max K Good! A bit of pay back for his greed.
Even thy are not getting sufficient mony
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?"
😂🤣
i like your emerald stone
i like your place
The best emeralds are from Zambia 🇿🇲 and Russia 🇷🇺
They don’t push the overburden to the water anymore. They just tunnel.
Interested in buying rough precious and semi precious stones from you,dear Patrick!
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always did like emeralds
Goes to show how damaging/destructive being materialistic can be.
i will be forever grateful i am European
Why?
Cant deal with the constant scrolling at the bottom.
Starting to see scrolling on a lot of videos lately.
I turn videos off that are running ads at the bottom. Look for info elsewhere.
th-cam.com/video/shXFUix0rhs/w-d-xo.html
You could place your advertising at the top and the middle too!
Don't forget the sides, and the gridlines.
😘😍👍🙏❤️God lord Yesus Kristus Bless Bogota Kolombia ❤Amin Hallelujah
Crazy how much they cost
such a good documentary, but still music is too loud, :(!
The people leach for the emeralds like Patrick leaches for our attention
It's sad he was robbed if I ever go there I will give them what I can spare , i bet he find you a massive emerald, iv met people like them on holidays they would give you there last pair of shoes
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how do i buy Colombia emerald ? any Gemology here ?
Too many miners all around that world kill themselves just like this
Unfortunately many don’t see past 50
Can you please make a video how one can identify if it's a Colombian emerald or not, and it's features.
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.
@@curlyhairdudeify
Thanks,it is a new information,I thought in Zambia emerald green and blue...
@@user-wk8ls9zk7d 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.