This man's gem collection may be the world's best private display

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10 ай бұрын

He's known as The Gem Guy on tiktok and his videos about his massive geodes and secret rooms full of gems have amassed him over 500k followers on the platform.
The Gem Guy began collecting gems after taking his kids to a gem exhibition nearly 10 years ago and his fascination grew. "Seeing that this beauty exists in nature is really inspiring. I really love it".
From there his collection expanded with a giant amethyst geode that weighs over 7400 pounds. "When we brought it into the house...it started buckling the house, so we had to reinforce the house."
The backyard has a 7-foot waterfall surrounded by an amethyst river and behind a 500-pound door is a secret room with his most coveted pieces.
"The idea of me selling this off piecemeal, that is not something I was to do. I hope to have a generation's worth of purpose with this collection. I want this to have maximum positive impact on people."
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@annepickering4234
@annepickering4234 3 ай бұрын
Absolutely stunning. Nature can never be beaten. Thank u for sharing.
@carolinegraystone9308
@carolinegraystone9308 3 ай бұрын
my paltry stone collection in a bowl are still just as beautiful. What a lovely collection you have. Greetings from UK.
@katherinedoughty839
@katherinedoughty839 10 ай бұрын
😯wow! What an amazingly beautiful collection. Agates n Amethyst love em! ✌️Yep! ..Mother Earth makes best creations! 😊
@canadiangemstones7636
@canadiangemstones7636 4 ай бұрын
He’s so modest! 😂😂😂
@WillemVdE
@WillemVdE 17 күн бұрын
Nice collection and an awesome energy. Only being a bit more modest would be icing on the cake. Especially on social media where it’s more about the price and less about the amazing minerals themselves
@vanessazannis5523
@vanessazannis5523 4 ай бұрын
Beautiful!
@motherofangels1710
@motherofangels1710 7 ай бұрын
Thats the biggest amethyst geode I've ever seen! Imagine a piece so big it buckles your house! My biggest piece in my collection is a 90 lb quad geode from the Polka Dot mine in Oregon.
@AvalonDreamz
@AvalonDreamz 28 күн бұрын
At least you know yours was sourced ethically, God only knows how many of his pieces were sourced. If I was rich it would be my one guilty pleasure.. mineral collecting. But man, the people in other countries that mine this stuff don't live good lives.
@jv12357
@jv12357 6 ай бұрын
daniel trinchilos collection is MUCH better
@jeanneganrude8549
@jeanneganrude8549 10 ай бұрын
I’ve always loved agates and geodes. Unreal collection, I’m amazed.
@novitania8035
@novitania8035 2 ай бұрын
This is so amazing and beautiful 🤩😍
@beavischrist5
@beavischrist5 28 күн бұрын
Now we see ,money makes you really happy😂
@photographyofgreatnature7897
@photographyofgreatnature7897 8 ай бұрын
VERY NICE CALLACTION😍
@nunnyabusiness5547
@nunnyabusiness5547 Ай бұрын
What does this guy do for a living?! 1:48 This alone is probably half a million
@Blackrock-169
@Blackrock-169 5 ай бұрын
Nice ❤
@chrishince8947
@chrishince8947 19 күн бұрын
Mowie wowie!!!
@markelman198
@markelman198 10 ай бұрын
Dream collection right here. Mine is only the size of a desk.
@tsmith4338
@tsmith4338 2 ай бұрын
Just a little positive energy, this one has.
@StevenLoby
@StevenLoby 7 ай бұрын
I just started collecting wow bro
@TylerSeto-bo9rz
@TylerSeto-bo9rz 3 ай бұрын
I, too, have a crystal collection too.
@dangbantam
@dangbantam 8 ай бұрын
Insane
@misterbas7512
@misterbas7512 4 ай бұрын
You should see polychrinsch stamatiadis collection its not bigger but its super cool and almost everything he has he mined himself
@TheRhythmOfLife1972
@TheRhythmOfLife1972 4 ай бұрын
Why isnt he on KZfaq and who is Daniel Trinchilos❓
@Y1N420
@Y1N420 4 ай бұрын
Bruh that piece of ammolite omg
@nxfedlt1
@nxfedlt1 3 ай бұрын
No offense, but there are collectors whose individual rocks are worth more than this entire collection.
@AvalonDreamz
@AvalonDreamz 28 күн бұрын
If I had the money, this would definitely be my one guilty pleasure, collecting minerals. I feel the same as he does, mother nature can't be beat when it comes to art and beauty. Hands down there is nothing that blows my mind more than to see these minerals and know they come from this earth we are so fortunate to live upon. I don't however like the resourcing of these minerals, that is the guilty part of it for me. Because many of these, no matter what is said about how "ethically" they are collected, in reality there are people desperate to make a living for their families risking their lives to get these things out of the earth for us to enjoy and they don't get near what they deserve for doing so. The middle man gets it all and that is shameful.
@TylerSeto-bo9rz
@TylerSeto-bo9rz 3 ай бұрын
Let me know when you do live chat on KZfaq
@bradstoner7226
@bradstoner7226 7 ай бұрын
This is a very lovely collection but it appears to put more emphasis on high end "decorative pieces" that are showy and colorful than it does on items that have rarity due to there locality or species. Mineral collections and their collectors seem to fall into multiple levels of collecting. I have seen collections like this and others that collect only one species or one country or state and even one mine. Then I have seen them that collect one say gem minerals or ore type minerals. Then there are those who go for ultra rare species that aren't always the most colorful or showy pieces but they might be something that only one pocket was found or just a few know pieces came out. Don't get me wrong this fellow has a very impressive collection something that it is obvious he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on but I am more of collector that leans towards localities and rarity and variety which doesn't always come in large colorful show pieces but I certainly have to give his collection allot of respect as it is beautiful. The cases and lighting alone must have cost thousands of dollars. One thing that I have always wondered though is why allot of collectors don't label there pieces when they have them on display? I have seen other very nice collections with specimens out for viewing with no labels to identify them. For someone who seriously collects minerals they might be able to just look at a piece and know where it came from and what it is but for those who don't, identifying labels are helpful. I have a buddy who has a beautiful collection of NC minerals in nice cases but none are labeled. That always bugged me. I suggested that he should print some out and put them with each piece but he said that would take to long. I don't know, me personally, I think that if you are going for the "museum" aspect of showing off your collection and take the time to invest in fine minerals and nice display cases, then identifying labels is a must. Either way......I enjoy seeing mineral specimens no matter if they are unlabeled in a cardboard box or in a fine cabinet. I have an older friend who has collected minerals for years and does his brother. They keep everything in boxes and crates scattered all over there house, in the basement, in the yard allot of which gets damaged due to the way they store them. They will spend thousands on a piece, wrap it in newspaper and forget about it for 40 years. Both are in their 80's and are starting to sell off stuff. Going through the boxes is a true treasure hunt and I have seen some great stuff that was still well preserved, some with labels some without and I have seen some nice pieces sadly damaged. It always pays to label a piece and protect it well regardless if it out on display in a case or in storage. Some of the pieces in my friends inventory haven't seen the light of day in a 1/2 century. They called me to help identify allot of it because they can't remember and most of it has no labels. Anyway... just preaching the importance of identifying and protecting specimens. When you are old or worse dead and gone, you don't won't your stuff to get damaged or misidentified because of a lack of a good identifying label.
@jv12357
@jv12357 6 ай бұрын
hi, do you have an email? i would be interested in buying some pieces from your friend potentially :)
@AvalonDreamz
@AvalonDreamz 28 күн бұрын
He is a collector that wants to show off pretty not because he really cares about the mineral or how rare it is/location it came from but because it's flashy and he wants to show off what his money purchased. You are what most would consider a REAL collector. And yeah, many of the real ones have boxes that have beauty in them but they are put away and haven't seen the light of day in years but it keeps them SAFE.😂 People like YOU are who I enjoy listening to when I can find them, and like to see what they have and what I can learn, but you are few and far between on KZfaq. You should start a channel....
@TylerSeto-bo9rz
@TylerSeto-bo9rz 3 ай бұрын
Have you heard of herkimer diamond before
@CuzKatieSaysSo
@CuzKatieSaysSo 3 ай бұрын
I have a few. I'd love to visit Herkimer, NY. I wonder if the mines are open to the public.
@jnc3880
@jnc3880 8 ай бұрын
Um, the Spann collection is infinitely better
@jv12357
@jv12357 6 ай бұрын
100%
@satoriivy175
@satoriivy175 5 ай бұрын
Far from being the world’s best private collection. Look at some of the better collections like the Spann Collection or the Wildfang Collection- and know they pale in comparison to some undisclosed private collections. This guy with his polished agates has been doing this for a little over a decade. Most of the major players that lend specimens to museums have been collecting for multiple decades.
@vanessazannis5523
@vanessazannis5523 4 ай бұрын
I like that he’s sharing and educating people especially children! It’s sort of unbelievable that he’s welcoming groups of people into his home. I don’t know the other collections that you mentioned but I’ll definitely look them up!
@binkeifnjakovich1891
@binkeifnjakovich1891 6 ай бұрын
yeah right world best private~ give me a break agate is cheap crap!
@mrmaestrouk
@mrmaestrouk 4 ай бұрын
And so many homelesss
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