Turquoise from Iran documentary of Patrick Voillot
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This film will take you to one of the world’s most inaccessible countries, yet one of the most fascinating. For centuries, the Iranians have been extracting the most exquisite turquoises in our planet.
The mines are located in the east of the country, near the border with Afghanistan, where no foreigners can enter. It is near the town of Nishapur, in desert-like surroundings, that for the last four centuries these exquisite turquoises are extracted.
The men in the village of Firuze (Persian for turquoise) have from one generation to the next been digging in the mountains. In the endless tunnels the miners look for blue veins which pass through the dark rock. The older men sort out the stones on the floor of the mine and then store them in a well guarded room while waiting for their monthly auction held in the mine itself. Only known merchants who are genuine Iranians are admitted.
Turquoises purchased in this way fuel a sizeable artisanal crafts industry in the holy city of Mashad. In the bazaars the jewelers make large quantities of ornaments, in particular silver rings, studded with turquoise and worn by Muslim men following the advice of their prophet. According to Persian tradition, wearing a turquoise keeps away the evil eye and is a protection against enemies.
The Turquoise Route was established long ago. In the treasury vaults of Suse and Persepolis, archeologists discovered large quantities of jewelry adorned with this blue stone; however, the world’s largest known reserves of precious stones and jewels are hidden in the Treasury of the Shahs of Iran, in the depths of Melli Bank’s basements in Tehran. You will have the privilege of being immersed in this Treasury which has hardly ever been filmed.
At the Shah of Iran’s request, the Boucheron family helped in the Treasury’s restoration and its displays as we know them today. This story will be told to you in the film and will allow you to discover jeweler Boucheron’s contemporary turquoise creations.
50 years ago I was a jeweler and Silversmith. People used to drop in my workshop with semiprecious stones they had bought during their world travels. One day a fellow came in with over 1,000 carats of Persian turquoise. He said he had bought it all in Mashed. They were all natural, robin's egg blue with some brown inclusions. I bought everything and for the next 2 years set the stones in Silver rings I made, along with less valuable agate, jade, moonstone, and other stones. Sales were really good. I sold off all the tiny bead stones to another jeweler. I still have the very best stone.
I have a terrible memory but remember that turquoise had come from Iran and brought to the US by the Turks.
Technically the turquoise is from Neyshaboor a city near Mashhad.
Soooo ur bragging why??? Just to do it???? U must be a great man!!!!! 👍 🙄
@@Elizabeth912-v6o: He was just relating his experience with and appreciation for Persian turquoise, but you interpret it as bragging. Why?
People say no more turquoise mines are shut yet here we are finding out more exsisting in other parts of the world thank you for being informative
I've never seen such best and professional documentaries from any other source...completing all aspects of gem and the region...all ingredients of a good documentary are there...
Thanks and congrats Mr. Voillot Patrick...
A remarkable educational video. Thank you
An amazing video about turquoise from Persia (which became Iran ) ! I love turquoise and found this video very informative .
the name persia was named by greek(persia) the real name was called IRAN SHAHR from begining it means country of iran
Iran was always known by Iranians for the past 3000 years as Iran. Persia is the name the Greeks called Iran (Persis) which is the name of a province in South-Western Iran where the first world empire Acheminds rose to power called "Pars".
In the same way, a German knows his/her country as Deutschland but to a non-German, the country is Germany and not Deutschland. Hope that clears things a bit!
The Docu is magnificent and I loved their ring with unpolished diamonds. Not everything is supposed to shine to the outside, some gems better to keep their light for themselves and for the wearers they adorn and protect.
Loved it so much I stayed at home on such a beautiful Spring day just to watch it ( and learn from it).
What a fascinating tour of Iran and the fabulous jewels and stones of it’s wealth.
Very interesting. We Navajo love turquoise!
Ya funny, you also love your women, unlike these Muslim men!!! ????? Or am I wrong?
Most beautiful craftsmanship I've ever seen! I bet no one can do anymore. The craftsmanship alone makes it priceless. OMG!
Fantastic series. So happy I came across it! Thank you so much for sharing it free for us on TH-cam.
I am so impressed with your documentaries and the history behind all of those beautiful pieces of gems.
Thank you, I’m so glad to have discovered your TH-cam channel.
Turquoise is my birth stone!!! But after watching this video it has given me a new appreciation and value for it. Lovely❤💎
It is also my birthstone and I wish I could own one. It's very lovely
@@abiodunawujoola8640 birth stone means ?
you believe in astrology ?
Thank you for doing the voice over and not the closed caption for the foreign language you get two thumbs up for that!!!
You have contributed fabulously in gemstones documentaries...all of the documentaries are professional and show the glimpse of the society where they are being mined... Perfect
Love from Pakistan
WOW deep respect to the MINERS! This looks like very hard tedious work! You Men are the salt of the earth!
MUCH RESPECT ❤️
Iran is a gorgeous country.
Escellent docos.
thank you, i appreciate the history, explanation, understanding and culture behind this quality turquoise ~
I love turquoise 😍. God bless these men who work hard to get it for us.
For us? Do you own this?
iFryTube NO. I meant the man kind
Yea, for us? Thank god for the abuse of some so others can profit. That's crap.
I love Persian turquoise set in 18K gold. It's is such a lovely combination!
But,the gold is forbidden for turquoise?
@@mr.haryana9534 wow I didn’t know that. Why is it forbidden?
@@mr.haryana9534 for men, yes forbidden. But for us girls are not!
@@angelsandocean2853 can you explain please? Trying to learn :)
@@jimjam6598 in islam men cant wear gold. Silver can. Women can wear anything even gold.
Being a Pueblo Native American I buy and work with silver smithing and turquoise,( my home regional stone)... and the tensions between USA and Iran worsens...sad...
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I thoroughly enjoyed this documentary thank you so much
I did not know that there are only two mines in Iran . And one is community owned.
Great and educational Documentary.
I did not know as much as this documentary offered, despite living my first 20 years in Iran.
Thanks for the work.
Greetings from California.
best video on Turquoise and it's history, very educational. Thanks so much for sharing.
Very intersting documentry, the gems truly beautiful.
Fabulous story ! ♥️ I have shared your video with a gemologist friend in New York City!
And do the same for me
Very informative and interesting as I love turquoise stone. It’s very good they also have a share in the mine.
This is a wonderful channel of videos. Thank you for doing such educational info on gemstones. So fun to learn.
All of the turquoise industry is threatened by unscrupulous dealers that make and sell dyed Howlite and pass it off as real Turquoise. Buyer beware
All you need is bit of acetone on a Q-tip to test . If it is real no dye on tip. Or a hot pin to test for plastic
Obrigada ❤@@TrueNorthNever51
Just a simple needle can scratch howlite, while acetone damages natural turquoise and a hot pin leaves a dark mark on the stone.💙 @@TrueNorthNever51
Please for the love of God !! Please tell how to do this with complete very detailed instructions!!! @MoosefromCanada
@@TrueNorthNever51 what the hell is a hot pin test ? And the Acetone test so I'm guessing I can use nail polish remover.And the q-tip is supposed to look like what please.I am begging you to give a better answer.And explanation, please with detailed instructions.This is important to me!!!!! I have some Native American friends.I want to buy some turquoise jewelry for. So it's very important to me I give them the real deal!!!! Please.
Exquisite designs. Truly remarkable. Thank you.
Wonderful and so fascinating!
Iran is such a beautiful country. Beautiful people, beautiful culture, beautiful history, beautiful language.
When we were in Iran, there was a lot of jewelry that had turquoise so flawless that it was considered fake when seen in America.
May well be fake.
Most Excellent Video!!!
Great information! Well done... 💗
Superb documentary! I keep coming back to your videos. Thank you Sir!
I love every Patrick Voillot's documentary about gemstones.
In Iran, up to about 1970 turquoise was just a semi precious stone and you could just buy cut ones in bulk and take it out of Iran. Lots of hippies with money did so. In 1967 Shah gave Jacqueline Kennedy a necklace with one single prime quality turquise as big as a large egg. This was an official gift upon visiting the US by the Shah and Farah. So, the necklace most likely is still among the collection of the gifts received by the presidents at the White House.
I have a large collection of Iranian turquoise and I must say turquoise is a bit addictive. And the high quality Iranian is the most famous of the industry.
M. Karbaschi :
I am from the himalayan region of nepal. I know the addiction of gemstone.
Can you send me one...
I don't have any but will def be looking for some now!
Big thanks for this very informative documentary.🙏
Iran old flag was turquoise color and thats why turquoise was representing iran.
Merci beaucoup!
best & professional artistic documentary.
The lack of structural security in those mines is terrifying. And all the cracks in their hardhats! So dangerous.
and by the way most Turquoise mines in Iran have advanced machinery and sophisticated operations, this is just a small local mine that the villagers operate.
most of minds in iran belongs to ayatollas and connected to britain ! no one should know about it ...... !
Zionist propaganda. Your Fake news makes me laugh 😂
@@goldenphoenix4475 there is a TV series call " Only fools and horses " ..... im glad you are laughing ! good for you .
Very interesting documentary. Hard work & it seems to me that good quality turquoise is hard to come by. America has many different & gorgeous turquoise. But, there r so many immitations, synthetic turquoise. 💙 natural turquoise & other rare gemstones. ThankU
beautiful and super well made documentary.Thank you
A magnificent documentary, thank you very much.
Mr Voillot love ur doc's, each is unique and very informative and blend with the history so well.Gr8 work.
Persians had first empire on this planet. Everyone else followed afterwards.
Very nice and beautiful documentary.
Molana Rumi Yea and 20 years old boy destroyed the Persian empire who was called Alexander the Great 🤫🤫🤫
KaaN he is destroyed and gone. Iran, though much smaller in size and power is still around. You are naive in your assessment.
Narrator did a great job :)
Terry F Bromley, Iran! amazing people & History,
they all have a share in the mine that's the best mining corporation if ever seen
"Give me another discount, and I swear to become a life long customer.." The man looked like hes only gunna be around another year or so😂
he was talking about his family members to become a life long customer ,
😂👍
Wow! Fascinating and most excellent documentary. THanks - I have subscribed.
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Interesting use of the term “companion”. Thnx for sharing
I beg to differ. The sleeping beauty turquoise from the USA is by far my favorite. There's none of the brown veining in it. It's a beautiful vibrant blue. The mine shut down years back driving up its price Now people substitute howlite but it's not as pretty.
I agree with you, the Turquoise without the brown veins, flawless blue of Sleeping Beauty Mine is a treasure. Sadly the Chinese have bought those mines for the copper, which is more expensive than Turquoise.
Absolutely fascinating documentary thanks.
Correction: iran is 40%shia
While rest are sunni muslims but considered minorities , kurds, baloch, turkmanis are sunni
😂😂😂
Amazing documentary!
The Shah went into exile. He did not disappear!
43:52 Incorrect facts about Nadir Shah. His objective was never to "recover" any Persian treasure from India, but to loot and pillage. Nadir Shah massacared India four times between 1748 and 1767. By no means a "peaceful" person as the video paints him to be!
I wonder if the Crown of England paid for the priceless treasure. And France, UK and France did they pay to the country for taking all the precious pieces? I hope they didn't steal them. Anyway thank you for the beautiful video. I just feel sorry for those very rich country but with very poor people. They get only 80 Euros per month for the hard work....
Wonderful and thanks for sharing
Awesome video, thank you for sharing 👏👏👏👍👍👍👍❤️❤️
Interesting and informative. Thank you
Where can you find these stones? Such skill!
If you enjoy travelling, you may be interested in visiting the exclusive turquoise marketplace in Nishapur, Iran. We also offer natural Persian turquoise with free worldwide shipping for your convenience. 💎
I love Turquoise. This a stone of heaven and it's associated with various planets in astrology.
This is associated with Venus, Saturn, Rahu-Ketu, Jupiter & Mercury. Even Uranus & Neptune are associated with this beauty.
Hi,im from India
I love turgose from my collnti Iran 😘❤
I want a turquoise ring for my birthday.
wow .... nice gems
I love turquoise ❤️🇵🇰
Awesome 👏👨🏫
so divine....i love this stone...
Very educational...thank you. I make jewelry at a very beginner level. I was given a beautiful collection of turquoise by a family member and was wondering about the quality and such as it is in all stages of form. There is raw and cut and a variety of qualities and now I am able to better gauge how I proceed with making pieces and then pricing each. Thank you again. May The God of Abraham, Jacob and Isaac bless you this day! 🙏❤️🤣 oh wow watching this for almost an hour with the middle eastern music and all has stirred up my foundational Christianity roots I guess!?! Giggles well God Bless You in whatever region you are in because there is after all only ONE TRUE GOD! ❤️🙏
The soundtrack is definitely not Persian. It is very said to use Turkish or Arabic tunes for a video clip about Iran.
Sleeping beauty sky blue turquoise and Persian turquoise which is clean, what's the difference?
Very cool informative video
I want one from there!
Me too cos it's my birthstone. I dont ave any yet. Thank you
In one of my sci-fi stories, on a distant planet far from earth a civilization built a vast and luxurious city out of giant deposits of wild turquoise.
really ?
very nice and informative
How come the “Prophet “ recommended turquoise and carnelian for the masses and diamonds,rubies ,emeralds ,sapphires and pearls for Shahs ? Hmm…just wondering
I love gemstones of all kinds
43:52 Lol Nadir Shah Attacked India Only For Loot "Not For Any Territory Recovery ✌️
Nader Shah attacked India to punish the rebellious Afghans. First, he told the Mughal king to arrest the Afghans and return them to Iran, but the Mughal king did not accept, and he attacked India while the army of Mohammad Shah Mughal was twice the size of Iran and had 3000 war elephants. And after the defeat of Muhammad Shah, he said that I will give you all the Mughal treasury and don't kill us and leave India !!
I agree sleeping beauty is the most beautiful color, buyer beware when purchasing sleeping beauty there are a lot of fakes and composites out there
Beautiful stones
Silver mines in NM also produce Turqoise which is incinerated. Some, however is collected and used in Navajo and Pueblo silversmithing.
Great story! How did you get in there to film?
Interesting presentation. Fabulous and stunning 💎 jewels. I wish I could visit the museum. I did see The Crown 👑 Jewels💎Of England. The jewels cast an array of Aurora rainbows 🌈 inside the grand vault that housed the precious 💎 gemstones.
Best tourckos is from Persian ♥️♥️♥️💙💙💙💙
Why countries with no resources like Germany, Japan, UK...are so rich while countries like Russia, Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, Brazil, are so poor while so rich in resources? Look at these men. Working hard for a piece of bread, searching deep in the ground for a blue stone. They own the valuable stone yet they are the poor ones. This life / society is so screwed.
iran about forty years ago ended the colonization of usa and thereafter was under sanctions and because of petrodollar cannot even transfer money from other countries; but you never see homeless people in the streets like that in usa and other countries;
Cna anyone tell me where one can get authentic irani firoza (turquoise)
Iran , tehran or mashhad
Satsriakal another place u can get them is Pakistan for about 2200 rupees
Rudraksha ratna
A real beauty 😍
The gentleman whose stones you said were not worth as much because of the matrix in it...well on the world market it is highly sort after and very beautiful
Excellent. Thank you!
am in love with turquoise... ♥️💞
I want a silver and turquoise crown immediately
Thanks for the wonderful documentary. In India, Turquoise is known as Feroza...must have been from the area in Iran as you have mentioned. But I disagree with your commentary towards the end, India was periodically looted for gold, diamonds, women...the Kohinoor is from India as well as the Pink Diamond!
Every country has been looted by the one more powerful than then genguz Khan razed cities and killed millions in middle east and central asia
yaah ❤️
I am a Muslim, but I didn't know that our Prophet told us to wear or use Turquoise! Anyway I am a Muslim Sunni, Iranian are Shia' maybe in their tradition, in Persia. but not in Islamic Law,
That means u r a dark angel 😂
How can I get it
How can I get as I am from India
very informative :)
Is any chance if making doc regarding Turkish turquoise, or any link if there is?
If you watch the documentary, it will tell you that the word "turquoise" is actually a wrong name. The French received these stones through Turkey and thought it was from Turkey while they came from Iran. Turkey has no substantial production.