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gemology and travel: Grafting South Sea cultured pearls Posted by: vincefieldgemology
Video duration: 323 seconds Grafting is a surgical implantation of a shell nucleus and a tissue graft (a small piece of mantle tissue) into the pearl oyster in order to produce south sea cultured pearls. It is performed at the pearl farm with a selected donor oyster which will be sacrificed and a host oyster. Related: burma, gemmology, gemology, mergui, pearl |
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Arrival in a Burmese village, Domel island, Mergui Posted by: vincefieldgemology
Video duration: 193 seconds We are visiting the largest village on Domel island. The high tide was enabling us to arrive with our fishing boat directly in the village. Related: mergui |
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Visiting a group of Moken in Mergui archipelago Posted by: vincefieldgemology
Video duration: 131 seconds The Moken are the sea gypsies of the mergui archipelago. During our cruise to the pearl farms around Ravenshaw island we met 2 groups on their boats. This is the second group we met, the Moken were preparing some squid for lunch... Related: mergui, moken |
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Visiting a group of Moken, Mergui archipelago, Burma Posted by: vincefieldgemology
Video duration: 78 seconds On the way to the pearl farms around Ravenshaw island we met different group of Moken people, the mergui archipelago sea gypsies, living on their boats. This family was drying some sea food on the beach. Related: mergui, moken |
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gemology and travel: natural pteria penguin pearl Posted by: vincefieldgemology
Video duration: 72 seconds While visiting a "Pinctada maxima" pearl farm in mergui archipelago we collected several wild "pteria penguin" oyster. In one of these large oysters we were lucky to find a tiny natural pearl... "Palei" in Burmese. More info: www.fieldgemology.or g Related: burma, gemmology, gemology, mergui, pearl |
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Sailing away from Mergui harbor Posted by: vincefieldgemology
Video duration: 61 seconds We left Mergui on a fishing boat to visit the pearl farm in the archipelago. The departure gave us the possibility to discover Mergui from the sea as many sailors did over the past centuries. Nice.. Really nice! Related: mergui |
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Visit at the Aqua ruby mine, Tsavo, Kenya Posted by: vincefieldgemology
Video duration: 65 seconds Guillaume Soubiraa and Philippe Brunot returning from the deep of the Aqua mine ruby mining trench using the mine crane. Video courtesy: www.fieldgemology.or g Related: gemology, mining, ruby, tsavo |
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Snorkeling in a pearl farm, Mergui archipelago Posted by: vincefieldgemology
Video duration: 45 seconds We are snorkeling in the lines of "Orient Pearl Co Ltd" pearl farm located near Ravenshaw island, Margui archipelago, Burma. Juveniles oysters are cultivated in these cages hung from buoy-supported surface "long lines" which are 100 meters long. Related: burma, gemmology, gemology, mergui, pearl |
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Gemology and travel: Mergui pearl farm morning scenery Posted by: vincefieldgemology
Video duration: 51 seconds A morning view at sun rise from the "Orient Pearl Co Ltd" pearl farm. Located in the Mergui archipelago in Burma it is producing South Sea cultured pearls. Related: burma, gemmology, gemology, mergui, pearl |
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Sailing near the marble island, mergui archipelago, Burma Posted by: vincefieldgemology
Video duration: 40 seconds On the way to the pearl farm in the center of the Mergui archipeplago we sailed near the scenic marble islands which are famous for a remote cave in which some white gold is found each year: bird nests... Related: bird, mergui, nest |
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Underground ruby mining at Winza, Tanzania Posted by: vincefieldgemology
Video duration: 53 seconds A short video showing a starting underground ruby mining operation at the Winza mining area in Tanzania. Rubies were found there 5 months before in the ground but soon mining continued underground in hard rock... More info: www.fieldgemology.or g Related: gemmology, gemology, ruby, sapphire, tanzania, winza |
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Chrome tourmaline mines near Lendanai, Tanzania Posted by: vincefieldgemology
Video duration: 59 seconds A short video presenting a 360 degres view from a Chrome tourmaline mine near Lendanai in the North of Tanzania. Related: gem, gemmology, gemology, gemstone, lendanai, tanzania, tourmaline |
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Arrival at Winza ruby mines, Tanzania Posted by: vincefieldgemology
Video duration: 54 seconds April 17, 2008, we are arriving at the new ruby and sapphire find at Winza in Tanzania. The first vision of the gem mining was gem washing as to enter the main mining camp we had to pass the river where miners were washing the gem rich ground collected. Related: gemmology, gemology, mining, ruby, sapphire, tanzania, winza |
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Tanzanite mining Bloc D, merelani, Tanzania Posted by: vincefieldgemology
Video duration: 44 seconds Ready to explore a 300 meter deep tanzanite mine at merelani Bloc D: Philippe Brunot and Guillaume Soubiraa adapted themselves and Philip camera to go underground where the atmosphere is full of graphite dust while miners are taking a break after an underground work. Related: gemmology, gemology, merelani, mine, mining, tanzania, tanzanite |
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Ruby hard rock mining at Winza, Tanzania Posted by: vincefieldgemology
Video duration: 46 seconds Here is a video showing Tanzanian miners mining rubies and sapphire in Winza, Tanzania. If rubies and sapphires were mostly first found from the ground, gem rich hard rock veins were discovered and the mining is getting more and more underground. More info: www.fieldgemology.or g Related: gemmology, gemology, mining, ruby, sapphire, tanzania, winza |
