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Historical Lapidary Mill Tour - Idar-Oberstein, Germany

RubbleRockAndGem.com https://linktr.ee/rubblerockandgem Idar-Oberstein was a famous cutting center in Europe for centuries. It has since fallen behind in the commercial cutting game as Asia and South America have begun to take over. However, some of the best Lapidary artisans still come from this town. They have generational experience and have another level of craftsmanship compared to the rest of the world. Sadly, I lost my phone in the taxi on the way home, so Much of the video I had is gone. From mine tours, to production facilities, as well as master tradesmen's workshops and museums, etc. However, we were able to salvage enough to show you the ancient cutting mills. The mills predominantly worked agate, and never had a use for the amethyst and smokey quartz they found within the agate nodules. In, I believe the early 1900's?, the Roma came over and taught them faceting- which took them from home decor and cabs to gemstones.