I'm running out of Gemstone content...Any recommendations?

[Adam95]

I have watched all the gemstone shows on Discovery+ and I'm following pretty much every YouTuber and TikToker who talks about gemstones, but I need more! Any recommendations?

I can highly recommend Gem Hunt and Outback Opal Hunters on Discovery+ but Game of Stones is definitely on fake side of reality tv but still entertaining.

 

[Autumn in New England]

Vlad Yavorskyy is quite the character... have you ever checked out his YT channel? He doesn't post very often though, unfortunately.

 

[LilAlex]

If you feel your knowledge level is plateauing, try the Richard Hughes books.

Most of the online content I have seen is thinly-disguised informercials, whether they disclose or not.

 

[chrono]

I follow the adventures of Vincent Pardieu on FB.

 

[Crimson]

i’ve started watching videos by Lisbon-based gemologist Rui Galopim de Carvalho, just to get a different perspective.This is his video on jade.

One of my old favs is Patrick Voillot.
His videos are a bit like travelogues. This one about colored diamonds of Borneo is fascinating

 

[momofive]

Wow! I think that would be distracting me while I was driving!! LOL

 

[VividRed]

If you feel your knowledge level is plateauing, try the Richard Hughes books.

Most of the online content I have seen is thinly-disguised informercials, whether they disclose or not.

Totally agree, look for books, tons of real content going back decades

 

[T L]

Instagram is now my favorite place to gem browse and learn. Short videos, but tons of them.

 

[Adam95]

Vlad Yavorskyy is quite the character... have you ever checked out his YT channel? He doesn't post very often though, unfortunately.

Interesting! I have visited his website many times before and fantasized about owning one of his spectacular cobalt blue spinel pieces. I didn't even know he had a YT. I will definitely check it out. Thanks!

 

[Adam95]

Instagram is now my favorite place to gem browse and learn. Short videos, but tons of them.

Agreed, same with TikTok. I will browse the hashtags and just search for new gem content but I find a lot of pretty rocks but nobody giving details or the story behind the stones, which is why I like creators like Avi the Gem Guy, corgems, and gemstones.

 

[Adam95]

If you feel your knowledge level is plateauing, try the Richard Hughes books.

Most of the online content I have seen is thinly-disguised informercials, whether they disclose or not.

Definitely true! I will search my local library, and if not check Amazon and ebay. Any Hughes books you recommend to start with?

 

[Adam95]

I follow the adventures of Vincent Pardieu on FB.

Will check him out!

 

[VividRed]

Definitely true! I will search my local library, and if not check Amazon and ebay. Any Hughes books you recommend to start with?

Ruby and Sapphire

 

[LilAlex]

Definitely true! I will search my local library, and if not check Amazon and ebay. Any Hughes books you recommend to start with?

Ruby & Sapphire: a Gemologist's Guide. It will ship straight from Bangkok and it is not a bargain. But there is nothing like it. It is the "new" edition of his classic and long-out-of-print monograph that was like $800, used. Ruby & Sapphire: a Collector's Guide is a lovely picture-book companion (and was released first) but is much shorter and lacks the technical details. I'm sure his Jade one is great, too, but I have not seen it.