A brief look at the route gemstones take from mines to market in Burma (Myanmar), starting in the Mountains of Mogok and finishing at the Thai border. Hosted by Charles Lawson of Lawson Gems. www.lawsongems.com
These people are truly amazing, And I absolutely fell in love with the culture. Sharing tea and a ruby to symbolize a bond shared between each other. The hospitality. Beautiful people. I have a dream of going there one day.
Love that you go right in and talk with the people, see how they work and get a different understanding of it all, I commend you for not just rocking up with a fat wallet like the gem isn't worked hard for, you are respectful and kind to these people. Great video, Thank you for taking us with you 👍🏼🇳🇿
Thanks for your support :). I think it is really important to know and connect with the sources of gemstones. I made another documentary about a work in Madagascar that really gets into the people behind the industry, I think you would enjoy watching it :) You can watch it through the following link (or just Story Behind the Stone, by Lawson Gems) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-220DF2YiyJQ.html
They people of Myanmar should have been rich with such huge resources of natural gemstone but they look so humble and nice. Even the Royalty wore these gems
We, ppl of Myanmar have no right to get all, because military control nearly all of business deal with natural resources. The leaders of military are become more rich. Sad for civilians.
Thank you sharing this video you get a more appreciation of the people and the mining that it takes to have beautiful stones of all kinds. I personally love ruby even though I can not afford a decent Burma Ruby.
+carole aldred Haha glad you like them! Gem collecting is a great hobby and a great way to make a living if you can ;) If you want to learn more keep an eye on my channel, but there are some great institutions out there as well when it comes to education. My top pick would definitely be the British Gem-A, check out their website for a lot of good info.
Very interesting I find even though I’m from Myanmar myself but of course from different part. Someday I would like to go back to my home land for jem touring such a fine fascinating place. 👌👌👌
I really loved this video, it was put together nicely and it was very informative. I do a little hunting of gemstones myself but haven't traveled outside the USA to other countries yet. I really love hunting the stones and then making them into beautiful jewelry or keeping certain pieces for my personal collection.
I can't believe that was your first time filming because it seem so natural. I can't wait to travel outside the USA. I love learning about new places and different cultures. I wish you many more trips. Keep on making videos, you're good at it.
in Indonesia there is a gemstone that is very beautiful and can be morphed, we call it Bacan stone. because it is on the island of Bacan.. it is located in the eastern part of Indonesia.
very traditional trading of gemstne same business in jaipur world wide famous i am also from jaipur rajasthan india🇮🇳 anchor really do hard work for viewers
Que lugar fascinante!!! Muitas PEDRAS!!! DE todos os tipos e cores é tamanhos!!! FIQUEI encantada!!! Moro no BRASIL NO INTERIOR. MINHA CIDADE CHAMA ASSIS. EU TENHO UMA PEQUENA COLEÇÃO DE PEDRAS DE RIO, SÓ APAIXONADA POR PEDRAS DE RIO E PEDRAS PRECIOSAS! AS CORES ME ENCANTAM! SOU EXTREMAMENTE APAIXONADA POR TUBOS MAS INFELISMENTE AINDA NÃO PUDE TER ALGUNS NA MINHA PEQUENA COLEÇAO!!! PEDRAS COLORIDAS ME FASCINAM. PARABÉNS PELO SEU TRABALHO PELO SEU GOSTO PELAS PEDRAS!!! A NATUREZA ME ENCANTA!!! AS PEDRAS!!!
Mas esses pedras sao muitos caro. e ususada como um gem. Na India, mulheres e homem tambem usa esse com Jwellarios. Burma/Mynmar e perto de India. Obragado.
I'M FROM MYANMAR AND PLZ COME AND VISIT MYANMAR BUT RIGHT NOW THE SITUATIONS ARE NOT REALLY GOOD IN MYANMAR BECAUSE OF THE MILITRY COUP.l 'M FORM THE CITY U'RE WATCHING IN THIS VIDEO MOGOK
Well done this video. By people who know what they talk about. Did not see you buy gems, though. I made screenshots of the open tumbler wet polishing a variety of stones. Hope to find out more about this technology.
Glad you enjoyed the video. If you want to find out more about that style of tumbler, they are called vibratory tumblers. They are generally better than rotary tumblers and they less likely to damage less tough stones and can be more quiet as well. You can usually pick these up from lapidary or jeweller supply stores (they are used for bulk polishing jewellery too), however if you want to pick up the exact same machine, usually for a much much cheaper price, you should actually try a gun shop. Vibratory tumblers are actually used for cleaning brass bullet casing when reloading ammunition and for some reason gun industry doesn't put the large markups on the exact same tumblers that the gem and jewellery industries do 😅.
@@Lawsongems Ohh. Such a valuable reply. Did I expect so much? No.. but thanks to this information I will look out for these machines. Still I plan to build a large barril tumbler after having seen such made by a RU-vidr. Suitable for larger size rocks.
