"MAASAI LAND" - Rubies from Longido, Tanzania

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5 жыл бұрын

Dear all,
I'm happy to invite you to discover a new field video on "Field Gemology by Vincent Pardieu". During a field expedition in July 2018 we visited the Longido ruby producing area in Tanzania, (the oldest ruby mine in Africa) in order to collect reference samples for the "Bahrain Institute for Pearls & Gemstones (DANAT)".
Rubies were discovered in Longido it seems a bit before the first World War. Longido became soon famous for its "Ruby in Zoisite" specimen and carving material. But recently, in 2016, after 100 years of mining mainly for carving grade material, some significant production of cabochon and even faceted grade were found. The main mining company there Mundarara has as policy to give away the production waste to the local community, mainly Massai people, who for many of them made a fortune out of it as we could see. Few years ago Mundarara village was barely composed of few huts, now it is a small town with more than 100 stone buildings.
Many thanks to all the people we met in Longido and Tanzania during that field expedition for DANAT and a very special thanks to Justin Mmbaga and Mark Saul from Swala Gem Traders for their welcome and friendship.
Enjoy!

Пікірлер: 16

@syedmaricar9946 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting facts about rubies .Thank you.

@11alsaja 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for these awesome videos Vincent. I just began my journey of studying gemology and I dream of one day being able to go on awesome field expeditions just like you. Keep up the great work !

@shathasalih4567 4 жыл бұрын

Its unbelievable, it’s just beautiful stones, thank you for showing us these beauties 🌹🌹

@hassannzaro8803 5 жыл бұрын

Very educational and inspiring video Vicent I like the coverage and the way you interact with miners and the local gemstone brokers to get deeper knowledge of both underground and the surface operations. Am Masai as well and would like to invite you to my NEW ruby mine in simanjiro landanai but during production as to make more informative coverage. Welcome again to Tanzania

@magdalenehenricus2075 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful God bless you all

@faizaabdi8168 5 жыл бұрын

Nice very interesting

@chanachuchen9594 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice.

@baller128k 5 жыл бұрын

Why is there always only the quickest videos?.can you guys please make some long videos we can all watch!

@VincentPardieuFieldGemology 5 жыл бұрын

Why? Because these videos are expensive to produce and time consuming to make. I finance them and release them for free on KZfaq as a way to promote the work of these miners and of DANAT doing research on these stones. But sorry i dont have the money or the time to make longer ones...