Diamonds from Guinea documentary of Patrick Voillot
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
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This film takes you on a dangerous and perilous adventure, penetrating a region in Guinea Conakry which is on the borders of Liberia and Sierra Leone.
This region, frequently traversed by armed militia, is extremely rich in diamonds of great value since sixty percent of them can be utilized in jewelry.
The diamonds are extracted in an artisanal fashion near a town called Banankoro, where the religious fervour of its inhabitants is equaled only by their passion for diamonds and its trade.
You will see the bitter transactions between the miners and their bosses referred to in this country as « mastar ».
You will follow the collectors on their dangerous route taking the precious stones to Conakry.
You will participate in the tough negotiations between the transporters and the merchants of the capital city. All this takes place in a tense atmosphere under heavy armed protection, when thousands of carats will pass before your eyes.
The final destination of these diamonds is Antwerp. You will get a rare chance to see the “Rainbow Collection” belonging to Eddy Elsas, consisting of dozens of coloured diamonds.
Then in London you will learn the secrets of the De Beers building, one of the best protected places in the world, through which transits more than half of the world’s production of diamonds.
The jeweler Mouawad will let you into his world to show you his famous diamonds whose prices defy belief - several million dollars - and in particular a handbag fully inlaid with white and pink diamonds, unique in the world.
As an Africa Watching this makes me feel very sad and angry at the time. For the fact that Africa is very rich in soil but yet we are very poor in heart and head. We don’t use our brains to make ourselves better but instead we destroy one another. We have to open our eyes Africa. We can make this continent the richest continent in the world. I’m sorry if I offended any one by this comment. Thank you all hope we all see the light one day
You offended no réal black person diamonds should be worn by our african sisters instead of foreign women,yes wake up africa and control your destiny mine and finish product then sold to the end user no middlemen no f........g dan gerter.
I feel your pain brother... Africa is the richest continent in the world yet, its people are the poorest! These precious stones should decorate the necks and ears of our African mothers, not some white folks with disgusting white supremacist mentality.
You have spoken 👏 the truth! Africans are like crabs 🦀 they drag each other down to poverty. The workers at the mine are being exploited.
What a great documentary. OMG! That rainbow collection took my breath away. Stunning!
The presenter, researcher(s) and the overall packaging of this presentation is simply the greatest.
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im addicted to these videos. Amazing information!
Me too
I'm fascinated and humbled by the riches the earth supplies us. There's such a display of respect to their boss here. Thank you for all the enlightenment these documentaries give. Peace and light.
As your someone of African decent, this should disgust you. You confused girl.
2,300,000 Guinea Francs works out to around $240 USD. She got the better end of the deal.
I visited Guinea as a teenager in the 1960's. Very good video, and top quality narration (a rarity nowadays). I particularly like the stark contrast of the squalid conditions at the start of the process, .... all the way up to the pampered rich girl at the end of the video. Night and day.
Sad to see those miners remain poor despite mining high price gems stone.
Yeah they are soooo prayerful yet want to keep the worker poor oh well no different than in the US LOL
@Mike G if something valuable found in your courtyard don't you have have your right of share or probably you own it??
@@stelsonmajhong7226 son this is africa not your sweet home in usa or uk or west europe. and all 3 of the above are guilty for the poor workers that do this job in africa.
remember, this is africa, they don't care about big house or cars here,
Love all your video Patrick I never miss any of your videos, IAM a daimond merchant from India .
Ide like purchase a real diamonde plz ,i pay nice if ur nice i very loyal can u help
If your a merchant then you also must know how many years ago this video was been recorded....
If only they knew how much those diamonds will be sold to rich people. OMG
Julie Bela Wamona it too cheap when you burying from them but when someone else sells millions sadly that is the world we living
Send me some to I like them a lot !
Such a big fan of these gem documentaries!! Thank you Patrick💕💕
Welcome. R u interested in
Coloured gemstones from srilanka
It's toobad you had the documentary started all wrong… the diamonds is not the most rare, precious stone on Earth, nor is it the Worth the most money.. They are quite plentiful all over. When the market became oversaturated, the debeers FAMILY foundation, who owns most of the diamond mines in the world, had to artificially hold back stock in order to inflate the prices and give the illusion of Rarity. Especially now when you can buy a lab created diamonds at a slightly cheaper cost, This makes them all the more accessible to everyone. People did not even start giving a diamonds as an engagement ring until the 1950s when DeBeers corporation Realized only wealthy people were purchasing the stones. Bay began to make advertisements showing every man needed to present his future wife with a Diamond engagement ring. They also Came up with the made up " 3 months salary" Ridiculousness so that every man would make their largest purchase a diamond ring. Bigger than their home oftentimes, bigger than their vehicles, and often More expensive than the wedding itself. If this were the case, my boyfriend Would be giving me a $300,000.00 ring haha we joke about this. There is absolutely no need. And I've actually chosen a Tanzanite stone with diamond accents in a mix of 18 karat gold and platinum two tone ring. Tanzanite is a much rarer stone than any diamond... But from all the rumors in information that is given out there Few people would know it. I actually chose between a very light blue colored diamond and the deep blue of a natural tanzanite stone. Colored diamonds, are probably the only rare diamonds out there as there are very few in comparison to the millions of clear diamonds that are found daily. And as you have seen just from this documentary the miners keep very little of what they earn and they work very hard. Only the very upper echelons of society Make a huge profit from these Prolific gemstones. There are a couple of fantastic documentaries and movies, one is blood diamonds and older movie... Showing the terrible abuses and human cost of diamond mining. The other is a Episode or movie on Netflix that details the debeers corporation, And how they have come to be what they are today ( As well as how they have shaped our perceptions around the diamond). With an expert cut they are one of the most beautiful stones as far as brilliants in sparkle as well as I suppose perceived opulence. Take your time and look a little deeper into the practice of what you are buying, And you may find Purchasing an expensive diamond, Especially one that may not be from an ethical source, Is only meant to impress other people. I'm glad I became informed about this gemstone and I absolutely love what I chose Instead. Educate yourselves on what you are purchasing, And whether buying a diamonds or another gemstone- It is really all about just what it means between you and your significant other. Namaste ❤
Thank you for such thorough documentation of these stones you provide. I’ll never be able to afford anything of these qualities. That fact however never detracts from wanting to learn more about all of these beautiful wonders. Thank you again Sir.
You can be the one that you still don’t knows how Royalty that can be. But you don’t have ideas if that. Let go now please
I am sad for Africa. Africa has so much natural resources all around, but they are still so poor. People in Africa work so hard for so little money. God bless them.
My jaw dropped when he opened that chest with all those different colored diamonds in it wow
He has one of the rarest collections I’ve ever seen
The guys collection of colored stones was amazing.
Not wrong there. Something I've never seen b4 😁😎
Poor worker, rich trader...
Eat dirt peasant till you find me a diamond..
I feel sorry for this people's 💔😢
amazing documentary with very true facts alltho is taking us back 20 years very few things hv changed exept the prices of coz!!
Amazing documentary. I did not have ant clue how Diamonds are valued and manufactured.
Imagine this is well regulated and sold on market price of the wto. Every one of the miners would own Audi
5 carat diamond price
A 5 carat diamond weighs 1.0 gram and a Round Brilliant Cut has a diameter of 11.0mm. Diamond Pricing: the prices per carat for 5 carat stones range from $9,350 to $147,400 PER CARAT. From 5 carats and up, diamonds are large enough to be cut into Heart Shape diamonds.
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The very last one Seriously Magnificent
I am glad they are getting this information They are sending them to obtain Water..🌏🌎🌍
She bought 5 carat of diamond for just around 200 USD and the market price start from 3,000 USD to 700,000 USD depending on the diamond, God sake.
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That 300 collection is awesome , learning new things is very educational indeed . The 4 C's of diamonds Hmmmm ?? I shall try & remember them.
To all organizers of diamond mineng please help poor people workers to improve and prosperity their lives!.
I was born in Gbenko ,a town close to Banankoro, life is very difficult for miners.
If they know how much diamond cost and how much they got paid I feel sorry
Me too, I think its awful how they can barely make ends meet - definitely exploitation for their labour. However, a diamond is only truly valuable when it is cut (without being cut it is just an ugly stone), so the high value is only really put into it when it is painstakingly cut taking hours by a skilled jeweler who had years of experience to get it right, so I can see why they aren't getting paid much half as much as one would imagine.
@@thomasf1531 thats also false, since in poor countries there are gems cutters and people who do jewerly yet some european came and buy them innincredible low prices ( for the international market price) obviously a good deal in our coin... they re sell them in paris or usa and them suddenly the 700usd stone become 5k to 7000usd
Very much informative video I strongly recommend. Thanks,🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for your documentary !!
Despite the wealth of diamond residents, life is still very poor
it is kept poor for a reason. so the masters can act like they matter
@@jbzrs greediness
And not only that, the emviromental impact is extremelly destructive to the ecosistem, the chemicals use destroy the rivers
thank you, this very interesting and encouraging technology in the whole world.
She is a wise woman! God bless you! They work hard to look for that diamond and you are insisting to buy them at a low price! Where is your conscience!
A country's advantage in benefiting from a mining of expensive minerals is a matter of large scale production. A retail cottage outcrops by labor work is beneficial to a group of people only or to tribal host which the area belongs to.
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I meant that a large scale mining concession avails public infrastructure, building hospitals and schools. A mining like a well digging by lowering a basket to be filled and then pulling back the robe and then transporting the unprocessed mineral to the sea port or airport and collecting the money from a company agent at five start hotel is cheaper and less trouble job for the buyers while the host where the mineral is hatched will miss a lot.
@@ahmedibrahimhassanhajiali يمكرون ويمكر الله والله خير الماكرين
@@otmaneammour4703 ?????.
@@ahmedibrahimhassanhajiali domage que tu ne metrise pas cette belle langue
i used to see diamonds as something beautifull but now all i see and feel is unjustice
he was looking 90,000 but ended up 55,000 what a rich traders!!!
Thank you
Excellent documentaries patrick!
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I love the emphasis on the local people owning the mines and controlling the industry in Guinea unlike in other countries where outsiders have stolen the land and thus the profits.
Outsider(whites) bring in machines and give them reasonable salary to live a normal life
What you call “outsiders” have never stolen anything from what you call “local people”.
Excellent documentary. Super intriguing
The diamonds are from South Africa (Guinea) but the people there are suffering in poverty while in Europe they sell it in millions dollars
08:41 the dude in the back is there to keep an eye on everything...
Lvl17 Jaarven hahaah thats so mean dude
The diamond treaders become rich but the people who got diamonds still poor. What a sad story.
Great & we need a new videos about african blue Topaz
Well worth watching!... Beautiful Diamonds!..
O Patrick sir your work is nice one I love to watch thanks
Wow!!! Amazing documentary on diamonds
Hi Patrick. My Dad worked for Harry Oppenheimer at De Beers in Kimberley for 12 years. He passed away last week at the age of 99. A wonderful man my Dad....Gerald McCulloch.
Are you already registed at sodiam? if so, i can put u in as a montly buyer in luanda....
Salams to all the workers at the African mines , from their hardship we are able to wear precious stones. Love from 🇮🇳 india.
excellent documentary.
This was very Interesting to me I love to see a blue diamond and a pure white diamond clear that was my always dream to see a blue diamond I have blue eyes I would love to have a blue diamond is there anything like that in the world please comment back thank you very much for this like I said it was very interesting to see how diamonds are found made in other things thank you again
Yes there is blue diamonds, they come in nearly every colour you could imagine and in between
Wow amazing i wish we have like that here whatching from philippines
no diamond in PH
SHES IS ROBBING THE LIFE OUTA THEM HER OWN PEOPLE :(
So nice documentary friend
She is paying them dirt low prices, and selling it 10 times higher. That is how brothers treat eAch other!
gotta remember that it also needs to be cut and can be ruined sometimes. It also depends what the buyer is willing to pay for it to get more.
Wow very nice and Amazing One, I love it 💞🙏 🕊️ watching from Philippines 💞
If there is an incalculable amount of diamonds, why is it expensive then? Isn't supply and demand in play?
Diamonds are not rare at all. Debeers creates a monopoly therefore it's high price.
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They have to regulate the price, to prevent the Diamond Industry from Collapsing.
Common sense is rare to
Its not rare then, why don't you make a video that's its not rare, its rare and beautiful that's why its expensive and appreciate not your lie...
The haggling around 30:00 for ~55,000 Guinean francs . . . am I mistaking the conversion or is that $6.39 USD in total ?
They need President John Maghufuli,to help them optimize on the true market value of this gemstones.
@ Kofi Gee.My offer on this subject matter.Is based on the achievements that President Magufuli has attained so far,in bringing disciplinary measures to that sector in his home country. This has led to the country attaining the optimum from its mineral resources. It is not mere hype.There are tangibles on the ground.
@Kofi Gee.Intelligent observation you have made there.
As per the currency price which year was the vedio filmed?
Because of inefficient gov, otherwise diamond resource country can be rich like oil resource countries...
Please explain to me how the WEALTHIEST CONTINENT on earth has the poorest residents? Seems to me its being destroyed from the inside out. And has been for a very longtime.
answer 1a.
Communism.
answer 1b.
ISLAMIC IDEOLOGY.
answer 1c.
Plunderers.
answer 1d.
Ignorance.
Africa is so rich in natural resources, specifically precious gemstones. God had planned it this way so the peoples of Africa will be blessed with good abundant life, however the African countries with the wealth (too many of them) have been overtaken by corrupt leaders and greedy colonizers who get all the wealth of the earth. Meanwhile, the rightful heir to these abundance continue to suffer from poverty. We will see on Judgment Day how these greedy vultures will defend themselves when they face the Almighty. I can hardly wait to see that.
World's best gemstones are here👇
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@@typing....7502 t shows you have a limited knowledge of what the other precious gemstones are. It's not limited to sapphires, I'm gonna leave you there in Sri Lanka with all the sapphires. And also, Kashmir has sapphires that will rival the ones in Ceylon.
@@josieherrera9017
I know Kashmir Blue Sapphire is the best in the World than others
I gonna show you that big flawless Kashmir Blue Sapphire that you can't even saw in your whole life
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It’s amazing you can find diamonds some places on earth with out having to dig miles into the ground lol
Mister Banshee yes , Africa is a great land.
Good bless you
translating English to English , love it
Right like just let the people speak you already have the audio in
Why is the narrator translating English to English at many points on the video.
$17 million francs sounds like a lot until you convert it $17 million francs comes out to $1,800 US
RAIN MAYHEM no... 200k francs is 100 bucks so a million is 500$ .. 17 million is 8500$
@@elvirfale5431 Guinean Francs my dude. He is right, 17 million guinean francs comes out to just under $1800
I love these videos but WHY is it necessary for the Narrator/Translator to speak English over English ? No Translation Required when the person is already speaking English !
Question about other stones from Bomomkoro? Diamonds are not a problem, but there are others.
Blood Dimonds all the way.
Do you know how many poor people have been kill for that stone
desinged to keep the workers in dept,,like always
Very interesting, thank you.
@Mark bennett Such as BTC and Dogecoin 😊
very good
this is what modern day slavery looks like
Like a KFC or McDonalds ??
@@peterdarr383 Yes the same.
Since I watched the BLOOD DIAMOND movie....I lost interest in diamond materials
taken as much as possible from third world nations, with the help of the ruling team.
Keep up the good work :)
COLORED GEMS ARE MUCH PRETTIER THAN COLOURLESS DIAMONDS!!! And MUCH RARER!
well you should know that are colored diamonds too and things like pink diamond with good color are extremely rare
i also do not find colorles diamonds special but still they are rare - more larger = more rare
it is funny that we are just very small planet compared to some giants that are in universe
and you can have diamonds larger than our entire planet and people here are killing for little stones
problem accesibility
even moon rock is very expensive but if you could get to the moon without problem like going to work by bus - moon rock would have no value
my personal favorite gemstones are Opals they are just spectacular in colors the most amazing i found the galaxy opal but idk where to get better pictures or info about one correct stone
but opals are fragile some are Hydrophane Opals that means they absorb water and they have been discovered recently
paraiba tourmaline for example...in Brazil are the best colored gems
Those miners are in ridiculous shape
36:30 for the first time the photocopie cost more than the original. God bless my family.
Universal Sihir Batu-battu.
I think British Queen have to give back kohinoor Diamond which was on her crown to India because that Diamond didnot belongs to you. That diamond belong to India an you stole it
Zoremsanga Pachuau why Indian let it be stolen in the first place?
True
@@tholsiv6029 bro if the Indian people know they were stealing than 😂😂
this lady is killing them , 2 million franc is like $200
Those rich people taking advantage of the POOR will go to HELL FOREVER and EVER
CONTAINING
There is a certain spark in the eyes of people trading gems share no matter of coulture, status and colour as if they see paradise.
Its always the lesser labor and ones strategic plans who always gets the biggests cut.. its always in the mind
13mil francs is less than $1500 USD. They got way less than they agreed in USD around the 37:00 mark
hello my friend, would you be interested in cutted and rough diamonds from south america?
Interesting documentary
AMAZING
Wow! nice!
Fascinating.
This is straight robbery
The blacks get paid nothing for the diamonds and the white conquerors get to enjoy the precious diamonds.
Alot of manpower for a semi-precious stone.
Though you might think the miners are not paid much, what they earn in a day may be worth more than what many make in a year.
Man made diamonds are getting better and bigger and soon will be indistinguishable from geologically formed one. So ladies .. a diamond is no longer your best friend and men .. better you buy a jade or opal engagement ring for your girl. BTW, a Russian man invented the man-made diamond process. (Also: Man made diamonds are NOT fake).