Imagine if aliens traded our kidney stones as high commodity jewelry.
@Geminei8 ай бұрын
You may have just debunked the probe.
@lucid_dreams4208 ай бұрын
KZfaq asked me to rate your comment. Rated it "Excellent" and selected "Interesting" as the reason. 😂
@TyTyTy878 ай бұрын
How much to buy? 😂
@sohansheth3368 ай бұрын
Don’t give them any ideas- I’m not looking to live that way 😭
@2077bat8 ай бұрын
Thanks for the ideas, I'll take it back to the mothership to discuss the matter.
@exceptionsproductions67848 ай бұрын
A lot of people generally think there are just white pearls. The colors of the pearls depends upon their environment, the colors of the sand, the Flora and Fauna, the water itself...it all affects the colors and quality of the outcome of the pearls.
@tooterfireball40188 ай бұрын
Which means somewhere there is one of the most unique pearls, relative to you. A personal pearl that can only be truly appreciated by your eye.
@thatboi36058 ай бұрын
If I give a clam green sand would it make a green pearl?
@Mike.The.Jeweler8 ай бұрын
Thats completely false lmao, the different colors come from different mollusks. The quality of the pearl will effect shade and defects, but the sand color has absolutely nothing to do with it, and seeded pearls aren't made with sand.
@gamefanatic72528 ай бұрын
@@tooterfireball4018that’s an awesome way to look at it, like everyone would love a perfect pearl but I’m sure there must be a pearl perfect or imperfect that will be more appealing to you that anyone else
@ImNeoFr8 ай бұрын
@@Mike.The.Jewelerpeople on youtube generally like to partake in what the british call “waffling”. essentially they just say whatever comes to their minds like they’re experts on whatever subject the video is about, in hopes of getting likes. you have most likely met many wafflers before and you, in fact, have probably waffled more than once in your life. waffling is a dangerous disease known to cause the symptoms including but not limited to: 1). cringe 2). cringe 3). cringe
@Blacksoul4446 ай бұрын
imagine wearing a $10 000 pearl around your neck without anyone being able to tell the difference to a $1 pearl.
@aloooo12566 ай бұрын
Same thing for jewelry in general.
@Invisibletoday4 ай бұрын
'Wealth is quiet, rich is loud'
@kikiburrito4 ай бұрын
I want keshi pearls. They look yummy.
@chloerobin63043 ай бұрын
IT’s a SICKNEEEESSSS
@andis602 ай бұрын
No, the difference between that tiny, dull, not round pearl and the large high luster, perfectly round is very obvious. One might not guess a $10,000 difference but it's obvious that one is far more valuable.
@TotallyNotADolphinIRLАй бұрын
Pawn shop owner looking at the 10,000 dollar pearl: best I can do is 5 bucks.
@Alex-theez8 ай бұрын
"It has a complex and vibrant colour" The pearl: ⚫️
@CGI_Andy8 ай бұрын
true. i could see a slight oil spill effect but still
@spiwolf69988 ай бұрын
Lol the camera probably doesn't show it's true glory, but I would not pay that much for a shiny bead.
@mochalotte47028 ай бұрын
Lmao just admit you’re colorblind. It’s dark but it’s got undertones.
@KillingMachine566568 ай бұрын
@@mochalotte4702sure, its gray if thats what you mean lmaooo
@Razahoo78 ай бұрын
@@mochalotte4702 When I think vibrant, undertones of grey is not my first thought.
@boopmcgoo8 ай бұрын
pearls are so weird when you think about them. they're basically oyster hairballs and we put them on our bodies
@toastercatx8 ай бұрын
And whale hairballs for fancy perfume lol
@denzel1818 ай бұрын
@@toastercatxbackward hairballs because of what orifice it left from.
@ghoultooth8 ай бұрын
And insect byproducts are highly sought after for linens and dresses
@Tony525_8 ай бұрын
Diamonds are rocks...people are losers
@feuerling8 ай бұрын
@@denzel181 it can come out of either orifice. And sometimes a dead sperm whale washes up, killed by giant clumps of ambergris stuck in their intestines. Which is very nice for the people cutting open the carcass, but less nice for the whale.
@alexandravargova93397 ай бұрын
This pearl is called Keshi The pearl: “You’re the only one that understaaaAaaAaand OooOooh”
@wessley46066 ай бұрын
You ok man? 🤯
@kamisama74626 ай бұрын
@@wessley4606he ment Keshi, the singer
@dowichi58026 ай бұрын
Bro😭
@NillerMann6 ай бұрын
*you’re
@alexandravargova93396 ай бұрын
@@NillerMann 😭😭😭 oh come on
@Big_Dai6 ай бұрын
"what makes this pearl so expensive..." is the fact that there are idiots willing to pay that absurd price.
@boringpage9779Ай бұрын
Right cause where did $10,000 even come from? 😭 where did that specific price tag come from?
@FletcherCat21 күн бұрын
@@boringpage9779The exact same place the price for literally anything comes from Someone looked at it and gave it a value
@SuzetteDay113 күн бұрын
Best comment I've seen yet!
@varun0098 күн бұрын
I could agree when it comes to fashion, but when it comes to things like pearls, the scarcity of good pearls cannot be manufactured. The nuclei used in making pearls has to be perfectly spherical cause any imperfections will show up very clearly on the finished pearl, moreover, as explained they farm these oysters in open water. It's hard work and they deserve every dollar they get. I've met a few of these fishermen in Indonesia. Tough, hardworking guys that hang the nests in the ocean and usually a lady or two to insert the nuclei. Personally I don't like the one featured here as it lacks any iridescence like some of the other ones. The nuclei have gotten bigger as the smaller they are the more their imperfections are magnified for a given diameter pearl. However, this also means that pearls are getting bigger for a much lower price.
@The_Quaalude2 күн бұрын
You've just described luxury goods in general. The richest man in the world sells useless shit to people 😂
@darianromero35328 ай бұрын
Imagine your whole life is being a biological jewelry maker for a colossal titan 💀
@OmegaRiley8 ай бұрын
Honestly, probably comparable to my current life as a Kroger cashier.
@Excalibur28 ай бұрын
If only there was a colossal titan that liked partially digested corn
@Diskaria8 ай бұрын
@@Excalibur2A coprophiliac?
@Excalibur28 ай бұрын
now I just have to find a rich one @@Diskaria
@ashleydolin42928 ай бұрын
Imagine not even being alive
@hugocastaenda43878 ай бұрын
"No imperfections..." *STARES AT THE LITTLE BLACK BUMP*
@KodakYarr7 ай бұрын
Thanks, I wasn't the only one that saw that
@3possumsinatrenchcoat7 ай бұрын
I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THANK FUCK
@blumoogle29017 ай бұрын
You can have an even more perfect one made in a silicone mold with recirculating water with the right chemicals in a tenth of the time, and you would need a microscope to tell the difference in origin between a natural and artificial one.
@DaBlueIghuana7 ай бұрын
Man, I could’ve gone on believing it was perfect. But you pointed it out and I went back and I noticed it and now it annoys me too… thanks though
@DeionSC27 ай бұрын
@blumoogle2901 cool and what do jewlers do to che k authenticity? 🤔
@brookechase39537 ай бұрын
Keshi are my favorite kind of pearl, something about the one of a kind shape is so magical to me
@MicheleOverton3 ай бұрын
I adore them too!! Way more than a perfect round pearl.💖
@skwoods79862 ай бұрын
Totally agree. I’d rather have a string of keshi than a string of $10K pearls.
@e.l.2734Ай бұрын
Some people look particularly great wearing irregular shapes as they can pull off the relaxed look without looking untidy. I tend to have an easier time wearing more symmetrical shapes, so I just rarely do pearls lol :)
@ineedpapersАй бұрын
They ugly asf bro go get a rock or smth 😂
@azorto997 ай бұрын
I just want to see the person who's buying that $10k pearl
@timbocf766 ай бұрын
And slap him.
@TheJim420696 ай бұрын
It's only worth what someone is willing to pay for it 💯
@SilverAspen13 ай бұрын
I would if I had the money ❤
@tharuka252 ай бұрын
@@SilverAspen1 Mentality of showing off ! 🙂
@tharuka252 ай бұрын
@@timbocf76💯🫡😅
@jet_yb8 ай бұрын
“Ahh god thanks for getting that impurity out of me it was such a pain-“ *inserts another one*
@anastasiaalimova54528 ай бұрын
They don't feel pain tho
@shawermus8 ай бұрын
It's funny and all, but y'all need to remember, that oysters have no brain(or at least not something that can produce any actual thinking) and are practically just a mass of cells doing their things. And they are no better than a plant in terms of activity, so they probably don't have any pain sense, as pain is usually found in organisms able to learn and adapt. So yeah, they pretty much can't really feel anything.
@readyplayerthree38 ай бұрын
@@anastasiaalimova5452Why wouldn't they?
@Perennial_Curiosity8 ай бұрын
@@anastasiaalimova5452That's what they want you to think. Real Doctors used to do surgery on infants with no anesthetic because they didn't think babies could feel pain either.
@ThePimpsSis8 ай бұрын
@@anastasiaalimova5452Of course they feel pain, why wouldn't they??
@doubledukesgaming29048 ай бұрын
Accidentally loads my $1 million pearl into my BB gun
@hzhang12287 ай бұрын
did your bb guy make a ka-ching noise?
@Rorywizz7 ай бұрын
Battle pass level 100 BB skin
@geirkselim26977 ай бұрын
The BB size one is only worth a dollar
@brandon017767 ай бұрын
@@geirkselim2697 you realize that there are .50cal BB and pellet guns now right 😂 you can literally get almost any caliber bb gun now ... 38/357/9mm, .45 .50 ....
@veronicaoliveiro6367Ай бұрын
Come on shoot me
@LycanFerret7 ай бұрын
I like the pale yellow pearls the most. They have a nostalgic seashell color to them.
@Rat_the_Opposum5 ай бұрын
The keshi look so pretty!!
@MicheleOverton3 ай бұрын
My favorites!
@manbobdue748 ай бұрын
“What’s your favorite gun round?” “9mm B Grade pearls”
@WidgyAinz6 ай бұрын
“$10,000 a bullet 😎”
@bullet_outsmarter_50006 ай бұрын
@@WidgyAinz**meet the team intro plays**
@concerningindividual6296 ай бұрын
@@bullet_outsmarter_5000I am the Heavy Weapons Guy... and this... is my weapon.
@jaysonvancouofficial61006 ай бұрын
@@concerningindividual629She weighs one hundred fifty kilograms and fires two hundred dollar, custom-tooled cartridges at ten thousand rounds per minute.
@syahiramsyar35366 ай бұрын
@@jaysonvancouofficial6100 it cost $400000 dollars to fire this weapon for 12 seconds
@natqan8 ай бұрын
Fixes kidney Gives a new one
@DescendDab8 ай бұрын
So fucked up frfr
@dasamont82748 ай бұрын
I know nothing about oysters, but I think I've heard that it's good for them to have something in there instead of nothing
@W0pper19978 ай бұрын
bullshit its essential a protection mechanism like forming a cystic cavity @@dasamont8274
@amirhaikal66728 ай бұрын
@@dasamont8274 kinda? Making pearls is their self defence mechanism. When an oysters accidentally inhaled some debris that is larger than a sand grain it got trapped inside of them. The closest thing I could compare it to is humans having kidney stones but it's not really like that.
@dongo69888 ай бұрын
@@dasamont8274meh I feel like it’s equivalent to a tumor 😂 harmless until it gets a bit too big and starts screwing up the shell
@amywhaley7 ай бұрын
I thought the higher cost was the result of waiting longer to harvest, which means a thicker layer of pearl on the seed bead?
@jqyhlmnp7 ай бұрын
“With no imperfections” *has imperfections*
@MsWinterlife8 ай бұрын
I read about a lady who found a pearl in her food when dining out with her boyfriend. She ordered mussels and thought that one of her teeth must’ve fallen out when she bit the pearl, but it was a good sized and nicely shaped pearl! She kept it and commissioned a jeweller to set it in her engagement ring later :)
@NorthernMouse528 ай бұрын
That's actually a really nice side story, l bet the ring becomes a family heirloom or should I say l hope it does! Thank you for sharing 🙏💐
@zoogeographic3968 ай бұрын
LIES, 🫵😤YOU TELL LIES!!
@CapitalLuke8 ай бұрын
@@zoogeographic396 Do interesting things not happen to other people? Mussels can produce pears just fine so this story isn't completely unrealistic.
@zoogeographic3968 ай бұрын
@@CapitalLuke You believe LIES🫵🤡, LIES I SAY😤!!
@zoogeographic3968 ай бұрын
@@Conk110 Another lost soul FOOLED by the LIES, so much that you’re willing to defend them 😡. HOW PATHETIC 🫵🤡😤!!!
@HisMajesty998 ай бұрын
“Complex and vibrant color” Tainted Shikon Jewel:
@prettyprincess81878 ай бұрын
Yeah, doesn't he know it's supposed to be pink?
@thestinkiestpp18948 ай бұрын
ahem, im clam and i agree. i made that pearl and he's trying to rip people off. thank you for your time. unfortunately my people don't have a flag in the emojis yet but i've contacted the emoji clan at Apple and and Samsung to get the Glam Clam (the name of our flag) in the emoji line up. 🦪 (i know that's an oyster but that's all i got)
@GALACTICREZZ8 ай бұрын
THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING
@Naomisunknown8 ай бұрын
OMG THE FANDOMS STILL ALIVE-
@EastDallasKicks8 ай бұрын
Kagohmei inubasha the final axe
@Burgerbeast1014 ай бұрын
That 10k pearl is actually really beautiful, I’ve never been struck like that before
@A1Kira2 ай бұрын
Anyone who buys that for 10k is a fool. It’s farmed. True pearls come from wild ones like back in the day.
@HBADGERBRAD2 ай бұрын
And those ones cost ten times the price. I saw a strand of wild black pearls 11 mm and it was € 330,000.00
@lotus_flower20016 күн бұрын
And he uses beads as nucleus rather than bits of mantel that would disolve in the pearl.
@mordred9998 ай бұрын
the pearls have good music taste
@alya58298 ай бұрын
Pls
@G0ddessKelly8 ай бұрын
What do you mean?
@LenKirin8 ай бұрын
@@G0ddessKellykeshi is a music artist
@tedit0obg1428 ай бұрын
LMFAOOOOOOOOOO
@ZaneDalton8 ай бұрын
They listen to Pearl Jam, of course.
@anpdgbe8 ай бұрын
For $10,000 I was expecting significantly more lustre..
@nonmilavoda8 ай бұрын
Everything is so expensive for no reason
@tmdosu8 ай бұрын
@@nonmilavodashe just said the reason. It is very rare and hard to find. And the demant is willing to pay that much to have it.
@saturnzrose8 ай бұрын
Right? Looking at it now. I couldn't tell it apart from some metal ball. Honstly I'd rather have some fake colorful stone or glass to put on some jewelry
@theironqueen23868 ай бұрын
@@nonmilavodacapitalism a machine could make one identical easy but because of rampant consumerism it gets its price jacked all the way up just like diamonds
@MoonchTheLax8 ай бұрын
@@saturnzrose Because you're looking at it from the perspective of wanting something that looks nice. Someone else looks at it from the perspective of its history. Limited edition things, old or retro stuff, they all get expensive based on the history and lack of items available.
@SaidThoughts5 ай бұрын
Once you start intentionally planting and harvesting pearls the value is lost for me. I would still not pay that even if the pearl was genuinely unique and unfarmed through implanting and pearl farming.
@atm-abutaqimayestino7 ай бұрын
"Ah ... The Black Pearl." - Captain Jack Sparrow -
@carolynasfour56448 ай бұрын
I bought an oyster at a touristy place in Hawaii for a dollar, my oyster had a beautiful big blue pearl, the seller tried desperately to get me to chose a different oyster, because my pearl wasn't white, I laughed and said I'm happy with what I got, he said he's never seen anything like this happen before. I feel lucky.
@neortik78 ай бұрын
Did you keep the pearl ?
@glenncordova40278 ай бұрын
You are lucky. I would prefer the blue one
@ozaru908 ай бұрын
Or he hustled you into thinking it was unique. Touristy sellers like that do that kind of thing in hopes of using your excitement to draw in more potential customers from anyone that may have been within eye/earshot. If it WAS unique, then good on ya! But, knowing how these folks operate makes be believe it's the former, and not the latter.
@tanyasutherland58148 ай бұрын
@@ozaru90it was a dollar and they already paid anyway. Don’t matter.
@Xbalanque848 ай бұрын
You are, that's definitely a keeper.
@sylverdoqqo8 ай бұрын
i honestly love the misshapen pearls. they have so much character and would look like beautiful organized chaos if made into jewelry together with each other
@velvetbees8 ай бұрын
I made my mother a necklace of misshapen pearls I bought at an auction. They came with a hole drilled in them so I could string them. The looked lovely when bunched up together on a string. I asked a jeweler what kind of string to use for pearls, but I don't remember now what he said. If you buy some, a jeweler can string them for you.
@oldfrend7 ай бұрын
like a pooka shell necklace, except with keshi pearls. at a dollar a piece i absolutely wouldn't care about drilling a hole through a bunch of them.
@anasdomain99947 ай бұрын
They creep me out remind me of tonsil stones 😭
@coinbowl7 ай бұрын
cool idea
@blumoogle29017 ай бұрын
I like artificial pearls. Perfectly round, any size you want, basically identical to natural pearls except under a microscope with niche technical knowledge, far cheaper. No-one looking at a moderately high quality artificial pearl necklace is going to know the difference at normal personal space viewing distance. If its made inside a creature or a silicone mold with tubes circulating water full of the same chemicals at higher concentrations, it's a pearl and only the very rich will care about the difference.
@pscoolguy7 ай бұрын
I purchased many black, pink, and various luster pearls in Taiwan (a ton of pearls harvested annually) and I never paid even a hundred for a single pearl and many were perfect condition. I liked being able to personally select farmed and wild pearls for jewelry.
@mattdamon20846 ай бұрын
He definitely didn't tell how to spot difference 💀
@batbabiez8 ай бұрын
my thieving ass could NOT be a pearl harvester
@JaqueefiusJarquavius8 ай бұрын
ong 👺
@threelegmeg8 ай бұрын
This comment is extra funny imaging it without context
@Naeidea8 ай бұрын
"How have you spent a week here and got no pearls?!?!" nicoledeal2085: 💰😎💰
@dazenguile42158 ай бұрын
lmao
@LoliLoveJuice8 ай бұрын
please do not insert it rectally
@supern0v4778 ай бұрын
I actually really like those B grades. I don’t see anyone talking about them, but that dark gray color with the semi gloss luster looks so nice to me..
@primoop98818 ай бұрын
I agree mate, in my opinion better than the 10k one.
@Elithrae8 ай бұрын
Hard same. And honestly? I really like the keshi. Like... Maybe I'm weird but i love the silvery Lustre and the unique shapes.
@anitalauer27158 ай бұрын
I agree. Pearl jewelry is my favorite kind. The unique shapes of the Keshi are what make those pearls beautiful.
@Marimarr598 ай бұрын
They are gorgeous to me too
@kulturfreund66317 ай бұрын
Beautiful. Even the least precious are super good looking 👍
@yourfriendlyneighbour31077 ай бұрын
"these pearls are called keshi"- MAYBE WE COULD TRY IF YOU LET MEEEE
@kittynheartАй бұрын
TAKE YOU BY THE HANDDDD YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE WHO UNDERSTAAAAAAANDS
@Seamonkey2928 ай бұрын
Humans value silly things.
@TucoDog-ho6fw8 ай бұрын
Very true. It really kills me the diamonds which are really quite plentiful bring so much money and how one company controls the market so thoroughly. What a racket. if you’re lucky enough to get to buy direct from De Beers and you don’t want to purchase what they provide for you, you are SOL that’s it for you no diamonds for you. And the advertising making you feel obligated to buy her diamonds.
@seungseungminji7 ай бұрын
Well… that’s what money is all about. The moment something is “rare” it can become a currency, like nfts for example, or art. If there’s someone who is willing to trade what they have for the thing you have, as long as both items are of a similar rarity or one in a much higher amount than the other, a trade is valuable
@imuuri7 ай бұрын
We value things of the earth because that's all we have. Concrete is just mixed up minerals that we make our buildings out of, even plastic in factories is essentially the same as a bee making a hive and honey. We contort it and change it but it's all earth, and in the early 1900s we didn't even have complex variations usually just straight up wood or refined metal. So they valued exotic stones and such. Nothing you and I value is any less of the earth, it's all animal byproducts because we are animals. Humans just being animals. Artificial and natural has us very confused on what we are and the fact that anything we've made so far has been limited to and only.made up.of the elements of earth. You can refine and heat up and blend together and cause chemical reactions to something all you want but it's still just like a bee pushing out honey from flowers.
@coconutshavings7 ай бұрын
I'm not saying you're wrong but the way you phrased it made me think of an alien just trying to learn about humanity online
@vaniemars52177 ай бұрын
Yes.
@AkumakoCross8 ай бұрын
As beautiful as the high-grade pearls are, I still really enjoy the irregularity and imperfections in lower-grade or freshwater pearls. They can still make some beautiful and elegant pieces, but also lend an interesting naturalistic, textural look.
@RainbowMama1438 ай бұрын
Agreed! I really like the keshi!
@justjane8058 ай бұрын
I agree also. I have not seen them in real life but they look lovely in this video.
@DigitalWolverine8 ай бұрын
I think older pearls, ones that aren’t seeded, are significantly cooler, honestly.
@PhantomFilmAustralia8 ай бұрын
Perfectly spherical pearl shape is common and uniformed. The shape of a Keshi is completely unique, making it easily identifiable for the owner.
@zarrowthehorse8 ай бұрын
@@PhantomFilmAustraliaBut easier to get
@southernbelladonna783 күн бұрын
The expensive one is beautiful, but I actually like all of them....even the $1 pearl. ❤
@constantmars12476 ай бұрын
…the word pearl keeps reminding me pearl boy💀
@johnweaver45648 ай бұрын
As long as you have a demand.
@Menuki8 ай бұрын
As with everything, historically gold had no real purpose other than being shiny
@user-sc5gr8zr3q8 ай бұрын
@@Menuki its purpose is based upon its scarcity. you can’t print gold.
@Menuki8 ай бұрын
@@user-sc5gr8zr3q there’s less naturally occurring copper than there is naturally occurring is gold Diamonds are neither scarce or rare Prior to electronics gold didn’t have a practical use, just decorative. Can you tell me what unique purpose it had in antiquity that lead did not? It was shiny and stayed shiny….that about it. Copper and tin was actually harder to smelt. Gold was often found out in the open. Platinum and other PGMs are rarer and much harder to refine, but the price doesn’t reflect that.
@user-sc5gr8zr3q8 ай бұрын
@@Menuki Well I didn’t think I’d be this guy, but i’ve seen similar remarks floating around and i feel as though it is incumbent upon me to comment. Anyone who has a better understanding of the subject, feel free to chime in. Here goes. First, gold doesn’t oxidize. Since it doesn’t form oxides, it remains pure when you have it laying around. When oxides form, rust develops and flakes away. So if you leave copper, tin, and gold bars lying around, eventually the copper and tin bars will lose their weight as rust forms and flakes off. If you’re using it as a currency, you’d want it to remain relatively stable and uniform. Next, gold is more rare than copper. In terms of all of the gold and copper on earth, by roughly two orders of magnitude. This is a consequence of copper having a lower atomic weight. Generally, the higher the atomic weight of an element, the rarer it is. This follows from the following. Most hydrogen and helium was formed from the primordial soup of subatomic particles following the big bang. Heavier elements are formed during stellar nucleosynthesis. The heavier the element is, the more energy is required to form it. Intuitively (and as a direct consequence of entropy) regions of higher energy are rarer than regions of lower energy. So heavier = rarer (this isn’t 100 percent correct, there are exceptions because nucleosynthetic theory is slightly more complicated than that. Has to do with stability during synthesis) I didn’t mention diamonds (???), and i’m aware of their artificial scarcity. While lead could be used as a means of currency (disregarding toxicity) because of its similar atomic weight (and hence rarity) to gold, it is difficult to extract lead in its pure form (relative to gold, in ancestral times this discrepancy in difficulty was obviously augmented due to technological bottlenecking). Gold occurs commonly in its natural elemental (pure) state. Even without any tools to empirically test the purity of substances, it is readily apparent to any miner of gold and lead that lead is almost always mixed in with other substances while gold is not. If you look into it, lead is rarely found in its pure form. It’s mostly found in ores, this is not the case with gold. The key take away here is that pure gold can be harvested fairly readily using primitive means of extraction and no purification is required. If you’re going to base a currency off an element and have no way of testing purity, logically you’d choose a substance that occurs more readily in its pure form in nature. Otherwise, the whole integrity of the currency is called into question because of discrepancies in purity from one bar of copper to the next (or whatever standardized form of it you choose to create, coins of certain dimensions etc). The quantity of copper that is mined is about 3 orders of magnitude greater than that of gold. If you considered just naturally occurring pure copper, not in ores or sulfur compounds etc, then based on the lower bound of estimates of the occurrence of native copper in nature (difficult to determine an exact figure but between .01% to 1%), at best pure copper would be about 10 times more rare than gold. My math could be off, feel free to correct me. But, after smelting was discovered, all that became irrelevant. It doesn’t matter if naturally pure mineable elemental copper is rarer than naturally pure mineable elemental gold. This is a logical conclusion from the following considerations. Even in the modern day purification of copper is a fairly arduous and expensive process compared to extracting gold yes, but this discrepancy in cost of extraction between the two elements (and hence the additional value attributed to copper based upon the costs of producing it) is nowhere near great enough to make it more valuable than gold. The discrepancy in atomic weight (and hence rarity and implied value) is too great for this contribution to be appreciable. There’s simply far more matter than contains copper than there is matter that contains gold, and the prevalence of pure forms in nature is fairly inconsequential if purification techniques are available. The smelting you mentioned for copper and tin that is required to isolate their pure forms demonstrates that immediately following their extraction, they are usually impure. Other than measuring the density of the substance (after archimedes) there was no reliable methods to determine the purity of a substance. How can you reliably use a substance as a form of global currency if it’s not fungible? The difficulty of purifying tin and copper from extracted matter has nothing to do with their scarcity. It’d be trivial for any advanced society to have an army of forced laborers smelting away. If you isolated all the pure copper, tin, and gold from all matter on earth, there’d be far less gold. As a coarse analogy, it took more work to build a cathedral than it did to paint the mona lisa. But cathedrals aren’t more rare. They just require more effort. Also, gold has some novel qualities which can be used in a pinch to determine authenticity (malleability). Ofc this is only relevant prior to the modern era. I recommend two google searches. “How much gold is there in the entire earth” and “How much copper is there in the entire earth”. The prevalence of copper compared to gold remains the same even if you only consider readily mineable sources of the elements, or even just global stockpiles of the respective elements. Again, it follows from the above that prevalence of pure forms is irrelevant. Yes, platinum is rarer than gold, and sure it could be used as a global currency in theory. Why it’s not used a currency backer or why it’s less expensive in financial markets is a more complicated question than the copper vs gold debate. Much of the world’s platinum is concentrated in certain regions. From my perspective, it wouldn’t be in the interest of world leaders to adopt a form of global currency that might not even be readily available on their own continent. Gold’s found on every continent. Platinum is mostly from south africa. There’s a ton of elements that are more rare than gold. However gold has that sweet spot of being just rare enough to have strong scarcity based value, but not so rare that it loses liquidity in a global marketplace. Yes, the value of gold is indeed augmented by subjective perceptions of aesthetics and historical value, but to say it has no value other than being pretty is a big reach. Throughout the above, I may use the terms currency and currency backer interchangeably. Obviously they’re different. Should be clear from context which i’m referring to. I’ve just regained my virginity for this comment, i hope you appreciate my sacrifice.
@Menuki8 ай бұрын
@@user-sc5gr8zr3q cool explanation, you just flaunted your vocabulary to say it’s shiny. You didn’t at all touch on what value it had in preindustrial civilization beyond it doesn’t oxidize. Why was it valuable for millennia? Throughout millennia of civilization, it had no practical use beyond decoration. Because a prevailing culture valued it, other cultures adopted the same concept to get what they wanted. Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, Persia, medieval, renaissance….what was it used for??? You’re only reinforcing my point that scarcity, real or imagined, dictates the price. Why isn’t platinum more expensive, especially since it’s so important to saving the planet. Ty for the Wikipedia copy paste tho. You spent a great deal to agree with me. Much of the value of gold is a social construct handed down over centuries.
@yelanchiba88188 ай бұрын
I actually once had an irregular shaped white pearl and I love it so much. Perfectly round pearls are being immitated and even though genuine, they sometimes look fake unless you know the diff between fake and real pearls at first glance.
@hadiya21798 ай бұрын
I've been long enough in this business but never heard fake pearl. Do you mean culture (fresh water) pearls!
@duckpotat98188 ай бұрын
@@hadiya2179i think he means plastic pearls
@hadiya21798 ай бұрын
@@duckpotat9818 as you said, that's plastic. Not a pearl. 😊
@10CPS8 ай бұрын
@@hadiya2179 I believe he meant people who reshape pearls into a perfect orb using sanding and polishing
@potatojoe10708 ай бұрын
@@duckpotat9818they can also use types of glass and porcelain
@ftd888Ай бұрын
Most people view themselves as vastly superior to other animals … but they also treat large, shiny rocks as a symbol of high-status.
@julianvalencia13226 ай бұрын
Not going to lie I like the pearls that appear in cartoons better “the light ones”
@ThorOdinson12698 ай бұрын
"So what makes you think you can provide for my daughter?" "I'm a doctor, oyster surgeon to be exact."
@Gizziiusa8 ай бұрын
actually, the resale value of pearls is dismal as compared to other comparable things like precious gems, gold, silver, etc
@___idk8 ай бұрын
....
@indiomoustafa20478 ай бұрын
@@GizziiusaYeah, thats why Jews don't deal in Pearls lol
@ZorotheGallade7 ай бұрын
*Sturgeon
@helenyvonnee34638 ай бұрын
I personally love keshi pearls, I find their irregular shape very appealing :)
@juarezderrick96478 ай бұрын
That's a good way of putting "im broke and can't afford a round Pearl" 😂 I'm right there with you homie
@tomclanys8 ай бұрын
@@juarezderrick9647 uuhh, no. Just as I dislike gold. It's a matter of preference.
@pepeedge56018 ай бұрын
@@juarezderrick9647 I like silver far more than I like gold. So more expensive does not make something better looking for some people. It is up to taste.
@Struudeli8 ай бұрын
@@juarezderrick9647I want copper rather than gold or silver. Much prettier.
@lioninguccisuit8 ай бұрын
I think you'd like me when i'm constipated, i do exact irregular shapes... Pearls.
@brodcock97937 ай бұрын
"ARTHUR... ARE THOSE TAHITIAN PEARLS BOAH?"
@johnabobo99886 ай бұрын
Pearls are literally the imperfections of shelled creatures
@bethkrager65298 ай бұрын
Is it weird i love the keshi more than the 10000 dollar pearl?
@conorstabler60938 ай бұрын
No honestly it has more character in my mind than just another perfect round sphere.
@Furrina898 ай бұрын
No. I love keshi too. They are more fun to work with than boring old round pearls which feel like grandma's string. Dont get me all pearls are good, but all keshi have a unique personality than generic roundies don't
@phoenixfire20098 ай бұрын
Yes
@lindboknifeandtool8 ай бұрын
I like full necklaces of them it gives a seashell kinda organic look.
@AllohaAllohaSnackbar8 ай бұрын
Nag you're just cheap.
@PeelTheAvacoda8 ай бұрын
Imagine the oysters leave the ocean and see the little grain of sand that was bothering them sell for hundreds to thousands of dollars
@_insert8 ай бұрын
Only to have another one take it’s place immediately.
@trickybarsteward8 ай бұрын
Imagine thinking an oyster would suddenly understand that concept because it left the ocean
@Zlowky8 ай бұрын
@@trickybarstewardimagine not understanding a joke
@mugnuz8 ай бұрын
@@Zlowkyget the sand out of your clam...
@justalex85028 ай бұрын
And they get no royalties
@arnavanupam22246 ай бұрын
Casually shows off hundreds of those pearls
@eetoved175827 күн бұрын
Keshi are so much more interesting than normal perfect round ones.
@rumpeltyltskyn8 ай бұрын
Honestly I think those faulty pearls are really cool looking. I’d love to use them in crafting or something.
@evilsharkey89548 ай бұрын
They’re pretty common in less expensive jewelry. The pink, freshwater variety is pretty cheap.
@eden201118 ай бұрын
You can literally find some at hobby lobby in the crafts isle
@rumpeltyltskyn8 ай бұрын
@@eden20111 Oh I’ll have to look next time I’m in the area!
@teneleven28188 ай бұрын
@@eden20111cool. I used to think all pearls were costly even the farmed ones.
@mechloe85288 ай бұрын
Me too..I like the irregular shapes..I've also bought some on ebay to make earrings with & they're pretty cheap!!
@THE_Dildozer.8 ай бұрын
“They’re Tahitian pearls,” “Tahiti?!”
@DirtyHarry44MAG8 ай бұрын
hAVe sOmE gOdDaMN fAiTH
@Rays_K8 ай бұрын
I have a PLAN!!!
@heisenberg80838 ай бұрын
It's a magical place
@harmen83628 ай бұрын
we. just. need. MUNEEE
@Momo_Kawashima8 ай бұрын
MANGOES
@StridersBored7 ай бұрын
Videos like these give me comfort. It’s so easy to exploit people’s desires and greed for a come up. It may be looked down upon as manipulative but hey, to play fair we would have to start on even playing fields. It’s why my family and I have escaped extreme poverty and continue to move up so our future children will never experience the hardships we did while other folks spend their hard earned money on material possessions and wonder why they’re so broke
@randomperson-zw3zk7 ай бұрын
bro sounds like corpse started fatming pearls
@annoyedmarine15788 ай бұрын
"Valued at 10,000" by the same person who isn't buying it. I love the jewelery industry
@shripperquats58728 ай бұрын
It's all about exclusivity... but you also have the choice to exclude expensive purchases like $10,000 pearls
@mugnuz8 ай бұрын
Look at the imperfections he claims that arent there. Too funny
@shripperquats58728 ай бұрын
"oh thats just uuh uuh dust on the uh"@@mugnuz
@nignamedmutt72708 ай бұрын
I got a pencil that's worth $4 million. Only catch is that now I have to find someone willing to pay that price for it.... oddly enough I think jewelers have the same issue as well.... Weird how one is taken seriously, and the other is just a smartass making a comment on a youtube video. For real Though. If you're interested hit me up. It's currently the most expensive pencil on the planet, and it could easily be yours(hell, I might even knock a few bucks off if I like you enough!)
@Cssfiend8 ай бұрын
@@nignamedmutt7270sorry bud, my pencil valuer just left, he's valued my mint condition Windsor and newton 5F with the rare obverse translocation misprint at £4.1m, as soon as my "independent" grading company slaps a hardcase on it I expect that number to increase
@DreidMusicalX8 ай бұрын
When I was 7 years old living in CA, a lady dived for $5.00 to get a pearl for me. I gave the Pearl to my grandmother, who's name was also Pearl. She died back in 2006. What I didn't know is that I am now 55 and this past August 17th 2023 my mother died. I was left some stuff and one thing is she had the pearl I gave my grandmother all those years ago. I got it back over 45 years later. Its a blue pearl, more valuable to me than anything.
@gabrieliuss84328 ай бұрын
really emotional story, hope you doing ok
@angelwishplay8 ай бұрын
Such a sweet story. Know they are always with u❤
@witchy-wonderland14168 ай бұрын
You should get it set in some jewelry so you always have it, and can maybe pass it down someday 💜 Idk if you have anyone’s ashes.. but there’s services now that can turn them into diamonds or other gems. Imagine what a special ring *that* would be 🥹
@pinklov44478 ай бұрын
that's a beautiful story ❤️ sending u love
@monicamichelle23918 ай бұрын
What a heartwarming story 🦪 📿🤍
@ricardoswaby45517 ай бұрын
Not me booking a snorkeling trip to go capture some oyster and make a oyster farm
@shivendrasingh0093 ай бұрын
KESHI MENTIONED 🗣🔥🔥WTF IS A BAD SONG
@PRINCESSJORDI_8 ай бұрын
Yep! When my dad got married in Tahiti, he brought me a Tahitian black pearl necklace back. It is amazing.
@raraavis77828 ай бұрын
A guy I dated once gifted me a pair of pearl earrings from Tahiti. The pearls are so beautiful. I'm not big on jewelry usually, but these I really treasure.
@wObBlE738 ай бұрын
100L
@mr.5percent5318 ай бұрын
I live in Tahiti too, it's very nice
@servingphish91828 ай бұрын
I like the keshi!
@skleenis8 ай бұрын
hope there’s some sort of commission on retrieving these pearls. would suck to be the guy bringing up a $10,000 pearl with a return of $17 for the entire hour lol
@hardshell92368 ай бұрын
And no one talks about poor oysters?
@solidtank79578 ай бұрын
@@hardshell9236yeah especially the ones forced to hold 50 cultured pearls!
@Lulu-xl5cm8 ай бұрын
@@hardshell9236 This. Humans just exploit animals. Farms, sometimes pets, wildlife. Humans are cruel.
@ethanstairs18238 ай бұрын
Like someone who works at enterpirse😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂I am 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@Darwingreen58 ай бұрын
Why else is nearly nothing made in the US. Us greedy Americans demand fair wages and safe working environments. God we're so whiny.
@scarlettboggs6381Ай бұрын
Ngl, I would love a Keshi pearl on a necklace, it has some character to it.
@666toysoldier5 ай бұрын
I remember an illustration in NatGeo of two large, irregular pearls that had been joined with gold work to form a merman. Gorgeous.
@JoeSmoPedro8 ай бұрын
I found a natural pearl while sifting for shells once! It wasn't extraordinary or anything but a neat find nonetheless
@PhoenixBorealis8 ай бұрын
I remember reading a short story in a literature class about a pearl that was mostly perfect and worth a lot of money, but had to be shaved down to be worth a lot more, and it was so suspenseful reading it, and I don't really even know why. It was just well-written.
@Dervitox8 ай бұрын
Twenty thousand Leagues under the sea, I still remember that part of the book
@drewfu26718 ай бұрын
@@Dervitoxgood read? I know it's a classic but just wondering your opinion
@itande05518 ай бұрын
@@drewfu2671 One of the best books out there, probably the best from Verne It does have some 3 pages long parts talking about sardines, but the story is worth it Fun fact, that's where the name "Nemo" came from
@ShessoMaruStlkr8 ай бұрын
I believe I read a book like that as well for school but it was maybe titled “ The Pearl” . Don’t quite me in the name though.
@Raphael_2468 ай бұрын
@@ShessoMaruStlkrThe Pearl is about a guy who finds a huge expensive pearl but then has all this bad luck and ends up throwing it back into the ocean
@cvs5553 ай бұрын
Love your voice. It’s sooooothing.
@GoldenSheenObsidan6 ай бұрын
The quality of the luster are pretty in pearls.
@ben_jammin2428 ай бұрын
Another factor that makes pearls expensive is the yield. Not all harvested oysters that get artificially seeded and put back survive the process. They also need constant attention during the growing phase in order to survive, which is time and labor-intensive.
@maitreyoda74048 ай бұрын
Only thing that makes them expensive is the rich dummies buying them .
@praetor41188 ай бұрын
@@maitreyoda7404 "The reason this item is expensive is because there is a demand for it" Holy shit you cracked the code
@StormTheSquid8 ай бұрын
@@praetor4118The reason they're expensive is the same as diamond. Rich idiots buy the most expensive things for status and bragging rights. Normally I don't have a problem with people stealing from the rich, but when it inflates prices for regular people too it's annoying.
@maitreyoda74048 ай бұрын
@@praetor4118 Yeah… They’re still dumb as fuck .
@dontgankmebruv72738 ай бұрын
@@StormTheSquidI feel like pearls price is more fair than diamonds as diamond prices are artificially high due to artificially scarcity while a pearl is kind of a bitch to get comparatively
@dawwgf8 ай бұрын
“Perfect lustre, with no imperfections…” *literally zooms in on an imperfection on the right hand side of it* 💀
@mugnuz8 ай бұрын
I just saw the imperfections on the left... Its too funny
@Zaydme8 ай бұрын
"vibrant color" **Shows the least colorful pearl of the set**
@thuongb27158 ай бұрын
Literally trying to hide the imperfections in the bottom 😂
@Ai-YunaMusic8 ай бұрын
Nope that is the reflection of the phone
@neggispringfeild8 ай бұрын
I collect antique jewelry….. I wish I had a way to know pear value without paying someone because farmed vs natural pearl I cant figure out I have a strand of pearls that had diamonds and sapphires in the clasp that I think might be natural they dont look like my other cultured pearls they are quite lusterous and Very round the sizes are nearly perfectly the same but if you look hard you see slight size or shape difference
@axis11986 ай бұрын
keshi omg 😭😭😭 I love the artist too
@rachelhall38926 ай бұрын
I love pearls. One of my favorites!
@katekursive13708 ай бұрын
I love organic-shaped fresh water pearls the most! The round ones just look cheap to me now, weirdly
@InfiniteDarkMass8 ай бұрын
Well, because it's mostly the artificial ball as the base. I wish we could crack one open to see how thick the actual pearl layer is.
@jackmcslay8 ай бұрын
That's because it looks like an industrially constructed ball bearing you can buy for cheap.
@naveenfrancis34678 ай бұрын
Just say you can’t afford the round ones
@hanniballz.8 ай бұрын
@@InfiniteDarkMass google "pearl cut in half." in images there's cultured, natural, and rejected ones. very interesting. your comment got me to look it up
@jimmjimms8 ай бұрын
@@naveenfrancis3467😂😂😂 the round ones are mostly plastic😂😂😂 just tell me you dunno a bad investment when you see it
@maryogan2158 ай бұрын
I love the off shape ones the most. Each is so unique
@wile1234568 ай бұрын
Good thing pearls are made artificially and can be made into any shape you want. Don't waste your money to this guys scam.
@larissakochoo97132 ай бұрын
WOW!!!!!!! HOW BEAUTIFUL & FLAWLESS THEY ARE....... 💎
@TheFailedmessiah7 ай бұрын
That's a nice pearl..the black pearl. *pirates theme plays*
@Lousy_Bastard8 ай бұрын
What makes this pearl so expensive is because we can.
@keithbartholomew94338 ай бұрын
Thank you, someone who gets it
@LethalChicken778 ай бұрын
We basically take the oyster equivalent of tonsil stones and use them as decoration and jewelry
@SweetWillyD7 ай бұрын
this is how i view diamonds vs fake diamonds too lol
@Jeniveve2 ай бұрын
This was really educational! Thank you!!!
@PinkBroccoliBoi8 ай бұрын
“Complex and vibrant colors” Black with a little red tint, take it or leave it
@sowrabham82308 ай бұрын
Complex and vibrant colour The pearl: 🗿
@AvCluB4157 ай бұрын
HUMANS: "Here....look at these crazy sea marbles we deem valuable."
@Jzak257 ай бұрын
Gotta do the teeth pressure test to see if the pearl is legit 😂
@stellablue12718 ай бұрын
My stepdad got my mom a set of Tahitian pearl necklace & bracelet as an anniversary gift… it is her most prized possession. Like they have their own mahogany wood case. If the house burns down. I’m suppose to take the pearls and leave the passports since those can be replaced 😂 which I get because those pearls are literally the amount of a house down payment.
@cocochocookiedough8 ай бұрын
❤
@Clandestinemonkey8 ай бұрын
disgusting. If the house burns down don't stop for the pearls. Save yourself and let these disgusting rich people burn down along with their prized possessions.@@cocochocookiedough
@DawnDavidson8 ай бұрын
Priorities! LOL
@Fire_I_8 ай бұрын
what's the address? Just want to get a more vibrant imagination. Peace to you
@Kevin-fy8ps8 ай бұрын
My wife just inherited a black Tahitian pearl necklace it's a beautiful necklace
@HarmonyOC8 ай бұрын
"No imperfections" *proceeds to ignore the craves on the pearl*
@reddituser694 ай бұрын
"B grade 9mm" ammunition from oysters :
@ToastedNuggie7 ай бұрын
oh no, i gave the wrong candy to those kids!
@Fiveguyswiththeburgerside8 ай бұрын
Imagine having a bunch of humans come shove sand down your throat and then pull it out once it's a stone 🥵
@Fiveguyswiththeburgerside8 ай бұрын
Ayo 😨😨😨
@benthurber53638 ай бұрын
Hahahaha "throat"... more like gonads...
@LLSniper8 ай бұрын
Literally
@delishme28 ай бұрын
Actually it's traditionally a muscle shell, not sand with cultured pearls.
@kamarilanier71148 ай бұрын
Well, at least it's not their ass
@Shikaschima8 ай бұрын
Pearls are another market that is ridiculously overinflated...
@Novarcharesk8 ай бұрын
Wrong 😂
@dan_ta_lion8 ай бұрын
Say this again after you've tried living in the middle of the ocean, diving for the oysters and have the eqiupments needed to sell and harvest the pearls
@AkhtarM288 ай бұрын
Good quality pearls have always been valuable. Especially when they were not cultured. It is easier to produce same exact pearls when you are artificially germinating them, however when high quality pearls of same color and shape are found by collectors and somehow land in the hands of a jeweler in a large number that they can be assembled into a necklace or other jewelry, then you have something fit for a queen.
@Setixir8 ай бұрын
@@dan_ta_lionExcept... There's zero use for it
@JE-mg1zj8 ай бұрын
@@dan_ta_lionpathetic human hybris
@ToxicToast12125 ай бұрын
The pearls are so beautiful!
@Bambuzzsprosse7 ай бұрын
Damn, that oyster on the stand being injected with a nucleus looks like some Cyberpunk dystopia.
@blazesummer42018 ай бұрын
Here in Philippines we produce the south sea pearl aka gold color pearl from palawan area,we have other colors too but the golden ones are the most expensive.
@evilsharkey89548 ай бұрын
I’ve never seen a golden pearl, only white, black, grey, and pink.
@pinapple608 ай бұрын
I intend to come back to the Philippines one day so will be on the lookout!
@karamelapple80078 ай бұрын
Ew stinky pearls
@cringemuch12438 ай бұрын
@@evilsharkey8954 the species that produces a golden south sea pearl is the Pinctada maxima. They are normally white or silver lipped, and the recessive gene is the gold-lipped oyster that produces the gold pearls.
@Mr.Deko868 ай бұрын
That 10k pearl was flawless. It would also make an incredible paint job.
@_lc7 ай бұрын
dang. I saw a 100k seawater pearl harvested in the NT
@juanMacko7 ай бұрын
Pearl just looking like a pearl to me
@ElioRose8 ай бұрын
The funny thing is that these pearls are really only worth what someone is willing to pay, so the valuation can be as arbitrary as you want. I would argue that an oblong pearl in the shape of a heart with rainbow discoloration could be more valuable than a single colored sphere, simply because someone would pay more to be the only one who has it.
@raerohan42418 ай бұрын
@@GregMoress And also "adopting" an animal at the zoo. You're not actually getting anything out of it, it's a donation by a different name, but just the idea you're getting something tangible in return (even if that's a little paper you can show off to your social circle) still influences people to do it
@jonathanwinters51628 ай бұрын
It's a rock with no value or use to mankind. Not even science. It's a rock.
@roeskilove52928 ай бұрын
The oyster itself will sustain life for you. Instead sellers value the pearl within that doesn’t. People really want to be sold something. But they won’t buy into God who’s absolutely free. Wisdom comes with age. During our youth, we haven’t a clue as to what’s really valuable. It’s all associated with material wealth and perceived value. I’m older now and have lived in the light of life for quite some time now. I’m vibrant and healthy and set free from the illusion of SELF. My quest and thirst of me me me was quenched a long time ago. My friends and associates still dye their hair and adorn themselves in the faux realities of a proposed/supposed happy life though a visual material existence. This illusion/delusion is the dichotomous choice made by people themselves. They are like lambs being led to the slaughter. 🤔 Hmmm, that sounds familiar? Godspeed!
@Nameentered8 ай бұрын
Yeah ok buddy
@Abraham-lf3hy8 ай бұрын
That goes for everything. All things are as valuable as someone is willing to pay for it
@enriqueprada19798 ай бұрын
So cool seeing the Tahitian keshi.. in the Philippines we have golden keshi especially from Jewelmer pearl farms in Palawan, they are like little liquid golden rocks. Just like yours the pearls too are beautiful, just different golden color
@prototropo7 ай бұрын
Beautiful things. Interestingly, I wouldn't have picked the last one as especially valuable. The color and symmetry were great, but the surface seemed cloudy. Those dark pearls are gorgeous, though.
@momfckrboss7 ай бұрын
the imperfect pearls are so much prettier to me tbh