Unboxing $3,000,000 in Gemstones | Paraiba Tourmaline & More
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- It's our most expensive unboxing ever, as we check out the biggest, rarest, and most unique gem specimens! Ever wondered "what makes a gemstones valuable?" Learn what factors make these natural gems worth six figures or more. Plus see one of the most special tourmaline specimens in the world!
01:38 - Giant Size Aquamarine
04:15 - Million Dollar Gem Reveal
07:06 - Kongsberg Wire Silver
08:54 - Huge Tourmaline
10:19 - Unique Morganite
11:42 - Paraíba Tourmaline
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I can definitely see that gold as art instead of just a hunk of gold. The way it grew is just beautiful. The geometric shapes that it formed combined with it's luster is just *chef's kiss .
Honestly if I was someone who could even consider buying something like that I'd snatch that gold up so fast. Just stunning, really.
It doesn't get much cooler than a beautiful specimen of gold that was literally made by supernovae. It's literal star dust materialized.
Absolutely LOVE that silver specimen! Wow! Looks like a fossilized eldritch being, but every specimen is just extraordinary, so COOOOL
Lovecraft approved.
At the Mountains of Silver (Madness)
Just saw this after I posted my comment. I agree, it's my favorite. If I were the custodian of that piece, I'd name it, "Azathoth, the Primordial Chaos."
It’s interesting thinking how I would spend my money if I was ridiculously obscenely rich. I cannot see spending $700M on a yacht. But spending half that much I could build a magnificent mineral collection and a very secure building to house it and the staff to make it available to the public.
Man, that's the dream!
That’s a great idea and they’re called museums if you ever have specimens worth showing the public you can lend it or donate it to a museum and they’ll display it.
@@Hashdollars Um, yeah that’s what I was implying. Surely you are aware that many museums were originally founded by wealthy individuals who wanted to share and display their collections.
@@berthaadamson1225 is that why you chose to explain what a museum is; (very secure building to house it and the staff to make it available to the public) instead of just saying “exhibit In a museum”?
Yeah I know what a museum is. Thanks for taking the time to explain another part of them I know of.
@@Hashdollars No, I chose not to say museum specifically because that would be limiting. It could be an extension of my home. It could be part of an Art Gallery or retail business. It could be part of a center where lovers of rocks and gems could gather for many purposes. And I was being descriptive to emphasize how much could be done with a lot less money than $700M. I don’t know why your sarcasm was necessary.
The aquamarine is beyond gorgeous, love the growth pattern along the crystal!
Whoever owns that Aquamarine must possess some incredible magical powers. There's no way something that incredible doesn't belong to wizards and witches.
She held it like a big cock haha
Haha!!! Right? 😄
Unfortunately, it's just the filthy rich.
She was really loving that $1.25 million crystal. No clue why, but the innuendo's paint a picture.
The aquamarine is absolutely gorgeous, I would definitely buy that if I had money to throw
That aqua beryl was quite stunning.
Christopher showed us so many amazing gems! Rebecca's favorite was pretty obvious...but what was yours? Let us know!
My favorite was Aquamarine
That rhodochrosite... I don't see them outside the common "space bacon" formations that often and that one is simply astonishing.
I am torn between the rhodochrosite (just a few hours from Sweet Home Mine and I have dreamed a long time about having one that beautiful) and the paraiba because it’s just so striking and unique.
The aquamarine for sure
The gold piece. It was begging for a magnifying glass to oogle the structure.
Its awesome to see Christopher back on the channel! Keep the beautiful minerals coming!!
I smiled through this, great hosts, incredible crystals, brilliant episode!
Couple thoughts:
1 it'd be better to bring a normal version of each of these to compare the fancy ones to
2 this guy seems real chill for a dude with a vault
3 girl this is the internet you can't just be out here graspin beryl like that, but also hey
4 that rhodo hits
Hi! I'm pretty curious about what do you mean by point 3. Is it because of how precious is that specimen or is there another reason?
@@alerysiejmak649 another reason
@@alerysiejmak649 think about the shape and the motions associated with holding such shaped objects
@@brqxton8974 fucking hell I'm too oblivious, thank you for clarifying I was quite confused if it was maybe toxic
@@alerysiejmak649 haha no problem
Wow!!!!!! Incredible to see such rare specimens in one video. They were all so beautiful!!
The pieces shown on this episode were just incredible!!!! I about lost my mind when I saw the Paraiba Tourmaline. All of the specimens shown were incredible but man the size and color of the Paraiba is just mind-blowing! Thank you for sharing!!!!
That’s what we’re here for!
Paraiba all the way!! What a stunning specimen with that intoxicating blue! Just gorgeous!
Wow, wow, wow!! What a treat. Thank you so much!
Glad you enjoyed it!
The most beautiful and the most precious and unimaginable worth gemstone is that lady in the video. None of these inanimate rocks matters to me.
I love her so much. She is glowing and lovely, wish I could marry her :)
This was a real treat to watch. If could afford it I would have gotten the Paraiba tourmaline, the morganite and the rhodochrosite.
sou minerador no Brasil , já vi gemas fantásticas aqui , é fascinante pra mim ver gemas Brasileiras aqui neste canal , grande abraço do canal de gemas ( JUNTO E MISTURADO)🙂👍
I use material from M.G. a lot. I appreciate your backbreaking labor! Much respect from Florida
Acho interessante como é mais fácil encontrar certos cristais brasileiros em lojas no exterior do que dentro do próprio Brasil. Mal é garimpado já entra num avião e vai embora né hehehe…
Pior que fica caríssimo de importar de volta.
@@KrogTharr É porque no Brasil somos pobres e não temos dinheiro pra comprar 😂
Esses espécimes não são vendidos no Brasil, infelizmente. Mesmo querendo, não temos acesso a isso. Vai tudo para USA e Europa. Nós ficamos com cascalho rolado. É uma pena.
These videos always get the inner treasure hunter inside of me going.
Really loved the the enthusiasm of both of the hosts. I found myself getting excited. Granted, how can you not at these beautiful specimens! It's amazing that this thing we call existence can create such beautiful minerals and matter for us to enjoy ✌️♥️
That Paraiba! 🤩🤤
Owning a piece of natural pariba tourmaline is on my bucket list!!!!!!! It's the only gemstone that I will buy synthetically because I love it so much!!!!!!!
I actually own a real one
Those tourmaline are gorgeous!
Christopher is really smart!!
That paraiba tourmaline is pretty cool for sure. I really like the gold though just because it's a metal and not something that you normally think of as being crystalline. I do casting with aluminum bronze and when you acid etch the pieces afterwards you can see the crystal structure of the metal on the surface. It's just fascinating to me that something you think of as solid metal, is actually a crystalline structure. I've actually electrolyticly grown some small copper crystals. It's really tricky though and I've only ever gotten one small one. It usually just Electro plates onto the piece but sometimes a Crystal starts growing. Trick is keeping it growing without it just electroplating over.
Wow! This is the best video "Gemstones" has ever made. That is the most beautiful aquamarine I have ever seen, that color is amazing. I thought all of the specimens are stunning museum pieces. I wish I had the money to buy them all. Top pieces, the Morganite, the Paraiba, the Silver, and the Rhodochrosite, are my favorites. I will save this show, and watch it over & over again.
Rebecca thanks so much for all the beautiful gems and the educational information is so very awesome. Love the channel and May the angels always keep watch 🤗
Wonderful collection thank you for sharing. 👍
every piece blew me away!! I'm so in love with all of them
love to see Rebecca and Chris on the show, it feels like unboxing rare specimens with enthusiastic and very very professional friends, which I absolutely enjoy^^
that Tourmaline is just stunning. I've never heard of it before but it's one of my favorite crystals now. I'd definitely looking for one for sure
Thanks to you both for such a fun and informative presentation. Paraiba Tourmaline is my Favorite gemstone.
I’m in love with the aquamarine and the paraiba!
Proud of my country having so many gemstones.
O my goodness yes lovely to see Tk you 😍👍💯💞💞💯💯💯💯💯⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐😘😘😘
Great video as always!! Thank you for sharing!!
ON A SERIOUS NOTE, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR BLESSING WITH US. GOD BLESS!!!
Both of your energy's jive very well. I loved this video!
Thanks!
Enjoyed this one.
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The aquamarine was making me very anxious when it was vertical. My brain was like "just lay down on the table so you are nice & safe".
That Paraiba 🤩
The aquamarine!!! I also love a large crystal clear Fluorite!! These are all amazing!! Black opal is the only other thing to compare besides maybe a giant clear diamond in the rough! Wow!!
Iv e been in the kongsberg museum and the collection of silver is incredible.
The piece shown here is a little ❤
1:56 Those little etch marks are often reffered to as (record keepers)
Nature sure is a Genius artist! 🤩😍
The last tourmaline was crazy beautiful
I hate knowing I'll never be able to have pieces even close to this in my collection, I thought I was crazy enough spending $2k on a large museum quality gemmy cinnabar on matrix.
Isn't cinnabar gonna slowly degrade overtime?
@@tapijtzweet6854 You just have to keep it cool in a nice air tight display. (In some cases in the dark)
Or yes the mercury could slowly leak, and it will experience degradation/tarnishing.
WHY would you spend $2,000 on cinnabar when you could have gotten LOADS of rough uncut Star Sapphire/Ruby, among literally hundreds of other options of good gemstones you could make your money back with? Why a Cinnabar specimen?
You literally could have gotten 10 pounds of rough decent quality gemstones (with some very high quality hidden within, most of the time) AND you could have bought all the stuff you needed to cut the stones and make whatever you want to make.
You just bought something to look at instead. I don't get it, you could have ended up looking at some of your money back or all of your money back if you scored, plus a bunch of extra stones you could wear yourself in a ring if you wanted, or sell those too. Could have learned how to cut stones too, all of that for under $2,000.
@@Nervii_Champion Not all people collect to make money lmao, to many it's a passionate hobby, not an investment.
Besides, people collect specimens for the natural beauty, making gemstones out of them for profit would be a shame.
Let people spend their money on whatever they want, they earned it and therefore get to spend it on what they desire.
Omg the Paribas once in A lifetime 😲
this was fascinating; exquisite specimens!
Hi hillo idol, God bless you. Watching from pinas setio palanog Garita San Enrique Iloilo thx.
Wow... ❤️ I'm from the valley where I see lot of barrels but no time to dig them out 😊
That aquamarine is 🔥❤
Love you❤❤❤ brother. Keep going. God bless you🙏🙏🙏
I freakin love her expressions!!!!!!!! 😍😍😍
all of this stones are nice and lovely shapes.
Wow what a collection, I do believe these stones are worth more, as a Sculptor and lick my lips on all of these nature is the best Sculptor in history they have intrinsic shapes that make them unique
Beautiful minerals showing off their idea of flowers.......
Gemstones! love it- how splendid view~take care~=))
It's so amazing to see each gemstones and surprise to know how much they cost.😯🤯💎💲 All those gemstones( including gold and sliver)are very pretty even though they're expensive.🤑💵 It's interesting to know the facts about them though.🤔 Thanks for teaching us about it on this video.🧑🏫💎
I have a house full of fun specimens. I really used to enjoy collecting. Most I ever spent on a specimen was $250. I was looking for bargain used specimens
Beautiful video
Wow.... I like beryls especially aquamarine and emeralds.. and morganite..
Thank you so much! 😊
Rhodochrosite is my favorite mineral, and that specimen would look great in my collection.
Wow best video I have ever seen!!!
Awww, thanks!
I was blown away, when I saw Paribia tourmaline in 1995.I bought 2 - 5 pointer cabochons .And 2 round cut 10 pointers.The box of hundreds was absolutely magnificent new color.The cost was low at first.i got lucky.
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Interesting. Well! I blv the Million dollar stone is Aquamarine which is the Beryl group. I and a team of geologists once found some very large, naturally polished Aquamarine in Northern Kenya. little did we know that it can fetch such amount of Money.
those are insurance prices, a bit high but the rhodochrosite was a saucy deal!! especially for the lack there of eye clean gem quality specimens.
I would love to be so stinking rich to collect these minerals!
Good evening SIR God bless you and I'm watching your video from Antique Philippines
I love them all, awesome!!!!!
I love this channel
finally my recommended feed hits me with some gas, let the binge begin
I've been a rock hound my entire life.
I have metric tons of minerals in crystalline form.
I have 2 ft long Smokies from the White mountains.
Herkimer diamonds petrified wood fossils.
As much as I love all these things.
It's disgusting the value we put on rocks.
It doesn't matter how rare it is.
You could have the Hope diamond in one hand or fragmented River worn Garnet.
They both have the same value in my mind
Super program tanks sir &madam
Crazy the hands that pulled that from the ground probably didn’t get that much
The rodochroshite was my favorite the red was beautiful
One day I will be rich enough to buy one of these gems, it won't be anywhere near the size, and it might not be worth much, but I shall own a gem stone... eventually
Amazing 😍
That aquamarine is like a literal log!
I thought the gold was going to be the million dollar piece. That specimen is beautiful!
Tourmaline miiiiight be my favorite mineral. But I'm awfully fond of the common Garnet.
Can you explain what would happen if someone accidentally dropped, or bumped into one of these stones and it broke? Is there laws that protect peasants, or is their life ruined? It seems like it would be very unpleasant having to watch every microstep while going to a rich persons house. One wrong move and they'll send you to the rancor.
Well, gemstones at these levels of cost are likely insured in some way. But, these were such unique and beautiful pieces, it would have been a real tragedy to damage them.
law that protect us peasants lmaooo
Here's a law to protect peasants. It's called: bulletproof glass.
So my best friend is a gem and mineral dealer to gem cutters and I've dropped and broken a couple of crystals of his and I broke a 10k apophyllite and I can say he was very very irritated but knew It was an accident, luckily the piece broke nearly perfectly into 2 smaller pieces that he was able to sell each and made more than what he spent on the original. So yea it depends on how bad it gets broken 😂
I also dropped a really expensive vesuvianite that wasn't able to be fixed or anything but he also has about 5k of my collection of tourmaline so that paid for the vesuvianite
dunno what I like more the gemstones or the presenter
Just pretty rocks. I love jewelry but honestly, quarts is very common and beryl isn’t far behind it. So much of it so crazy it can cost so much. Marketing really works.
Nice
keep up the video's
I liked the HUGE Aquamarine !
So did we!
Maybe someday ill be glad to make deals with your company inregards with diamonds, more power and godbless!
wow! 450k! I bough a couple small paraiba tourmaline mineral specimens 15 years ago in tokyo for 30 bucks each. there no where near that quality but my guess there worth more than 30 bucks. just like that with the purple on the inside. cool! but I should of bought the big one the same size as the 450k. dam it. it was only 1,600ish back in 2005.
i got a small perovskite mineral from arkansas, you guys should do mineral specimen like cavansite perovskite.
I am from Minas Gerais, Brazil ♡
9:19. I've time stamped this as it explains with image why people prize these stones so much.
Please I need the right link for buying gemstones. Please how do I achieve this? Thanks for the video.
yes please
Gostei muito dó seu canal é sou garimpeiro é descobri muito coisa interessante pedra de raio fugorito é ó trás mais 🙏
Fun Fact legally speaking natural things can not be claimed to be fine art; as art requires a human to alter it or to make it in order for it to be considered as such due to the nature that art must come from intention. This also means robots can not make fine art in a legal definition. And if something is incidental say a recording it can not be copyrighted as you didn't intend for it to be made. That said and to not be a party pooper I find a lot of rock and gems to be beautiful from a natural art perspective.
I have green tourmaline how check paraiba
Argon purge display for silver display , to stop oxidation.
Question… I got a specimen of rubellite tourmaline in matrix at a gem and mineral show bc it was a good price, and I keep my specimens on a huge shelf that is painted white. Over the course of like a week, there is an oily stain under the specimen on the shelf. Like grease on a paper towel or on your shirt. What is this?
It's hard to say for certain without examining the specimen, but one possibility is that it was oiled to improve its appearance before the show and that oil is just seeping out now, particularly if it is under warm incandescent lights. The seller may have paid attention to making the rubellite look good while neglecting to properly clean excess oil off the rest of the sample. Do you still have the original packaging? Is it oily? Sometimes the oil will impart a smell that is a clue to its identity, like baby oil, which is quite a thin oil and would be prone to seeping out. If the matrix is a quartz or feldspar, there is no harm in washing it in warm soapy water. Clumsy oiling will attract dust and spoil the appearance, so it is worth cleaning it...another thought is that specimens generally can be pretty dirty from transportation at shows, etc. so there’s a chance it had gathered dirt and oil, and this was just part of the settling process of gravity
Aquamarine, especially when its really clear, makes me thirsty. It looks so cool and quenching
The aqua is huge.... the gold like a snowflake.