I Went Sapphire Mining in Chanthaburi Thailand. Precious Gemstone Capital of the World.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- I went sapphire mining in Chanthaburi Thailand, the precious gemstone capital of the World. 80% of the gem trade goes through Thailand. Chanthaburi is the original mining area in Thailand. It is still the largest gem trading market in the World. Hundreds of gem trading buyers and sellers from around the world get together in a open market Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 10-5pm. The amount of weekly gems traded is bigger than any gem show like Tucson, Hong Kong or Bangkok.
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Thanks for posting. This will be a great day trip for us. Roughly 7 hour drive from home
Don't forget to go to the gem market Fri -Sun 10-5pm in Chanthaburi. I have 4 videos coming up next on that, I post every Friday.
I have been at kanchanaburi where sapphires were mined till 2008.
A local took me to see the old alluvial deposit and we found green, violet , ruby, yellow, blue sapphire that are still to be found.
Definitely interesting.
Can you give us more detailed location so we can go make a video there. Thank you so much for sharing.
This is great
Thank You. Hopefully TH-cam will send my videos to the right people who like mining and gems.
May i join you in this journey ? I would like to have a meeting with you.
Thanks
What countries are you interested in?
Did you get to keep the gems?
Yes, but they need to be heat treated, there is a place in Montana that does that, you mail them there. Chanthaburi sapphires are dark until heated.
Which country got the BEST sapphir stones?
Australia
Small roadside markets in Sri Lanka. They have Ceylon blue and Padparadscha colors. I have lots of videos coming up negotiating for them.
@@MinesAndMountains The sapphires from Montana's Yogo Gulch in the United States have an unusual and attractive color of blue that leans into the teal color range.
@@AdoptedCats Yes, Yogo are the best sapphires in North America. But I saw a million dollar bag of 5-20 carat Sapphires from Sri Lanka that was on its own level. Video coming soon! On website soon as well.
Sir Myanmar gem stone is it expensive ?
The source always has the best price. Madagascar is the cheapest, then Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand are the next best.
How do you get gems back to the USA? I was thinking about doing that.
I just had 1 kilo clear customs, No tax on rough gems. Excited to facet some of these. Check out upcoming videos where I negotiated for them with miners in market. Gems will change your life.
@@MinesAndMountains I heard if you declare the gems you have to pay fees. Is that just on faceted gems? Do you facet your own? Isn't there a limit $10,000 you can take with you or you have to declare it?
@@jahenry2 Here is the general rules(It favors gem cutters)
You declare it in suitcase. Any amount is fine. I am only bring in rough stones.
This was my first run, tying to figure it out. (I shipped Fed Ex, big mistake, next time in suitcase)
I will facet some and sell the rest wholesale on www.minesandmountains.com
Subscribers will make big money on my rough gems, if they facet them.
Loose gemstones
There is no import tax or sales tax for loose gemstones.
Rough colored gemstones
The basic import duty is 0.5% for rough colored gemstones like emeralds, rubies, and sapphires.
Precious and semiprecious stones
Precious and semiprecious stones that are rough-sawn or trimmed but not cut, faceted, or polished are dutiable at 21% ad valorem.
Mounted gems
When precious gems are set, mounted, or strung with a precious metal, they are classified as jewelry and are subject to duty.
@@MinesAndMountains I guess you pay in foreign countries with US dollars? Any problems taking large amounts of US currency? In Colombia they probably think you are buying drugs with it. In Lima, Peru they checked me pretty thoroughly.
@@jahenry2 You can carry under 10,000 US without declaring it. You can also pull in local currency with USA ATM cards in any country. They work everywhere. Lima has a real problem with Europeans doing bad things in airport, due to direct flights back to Europe. They are the strictest.
Those are Burmese stones with the 2 guys. Your 50 years to late.
Thanks for the reply. I have no idea what your talking about. Those look like the exact Sapphire pits on site.