Malachite & More from the Congo w/ K&A Artisanal

Thx for the support Dave ❤

I love the pink aand malachinte pieces

Hiya Dave,
Do you know if the mining checked out? I'm told that a lot of Congo mining is controlled by gun-wielding gentlemen using slave labour. I've no idea if that is true, had the person who wrote the article got an axe to grind of their own? Conflict diamonds, I'm told, are controlled by the same people. I would love to know the absolute truth rather than people's opinions.
Stay safe, Steve...

Great vendor. Pick a product, be the best at it, like the Brazilian Crystal yesterday. I can’t afford those Brazilian crystals, but I’m interested in the malachite pieces. Thank you for this!

Ohhhhh how gorgeous 😍
My favorite was the purple one with the little green nodule. Just beautiful!
Thank you for sharing ✌️💜😃

Wow that Cobaltoan Calicite with the Malachite sphere is awesome. I would have bought that.

Thanks for the video brother! I've been missing a lot live shows lately cos I've been busy but I try to get to them when I have time. :)

I'm in love with those rocks! Spectacular pieces. 💚

Malachite is one of the most badass stones for sure!!!

Marvelous Malachite! Just love that green. You are the best, Dave!

Can't wait to visit this booth in a few days! Stunning material by standup folks. I so appreciate your videos Dave.

love this Malachite!

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

Hey Dave! I really appreciate you throwing in a few specimens here and there! I love your videos and your the king of the shows. Makes me "sort of" feel like I'm there! More specimens please! 👍

Dave, thank you so much for all your informative videos! I am a total beginner and heading to Tucson to visit during the last days of the show. Any tips for a beginner in lapidary to bring and which vendors to visit I would so appreciate. Hoping to get there on the last Sunday, exciting! Thank you for your videos!!

Beautiful stuff, could watch a hundred hours on every mineral dealer in Tucson!

Can you imagine crushing marketable specimens for just the metal content? Short-term profits have caused many poor business decisions. There would be more money in collecting and selling interesting pieces but good luck explaining that to a corporate pinhead.

Are there any booths with expensive gemstones rings and necklaces?

does this come from natural stone?. This is the first time I've seen a perfectly green stone like this. is this what is called bronze?

Love this video Dave! Appreciate your host from K&A. Amazing products too for friendly prices. We hope to see more of them in the future!

Seeing these natural stones and wonderful color is very comforting You look gorgeous Khaled

Definitely heading there when we're in town next week, thanks Dave!

Wow….Great variety of Malachite samples and associated off shoots. Thank you for sharing such beautiful specimens…..The quality really shows👍🏼

Thanks so much Dave for the videos. You are a wealth of knowledge and very generous to share with everyone. Really appreciate you highlighting these great vendors for the untrained like me

Watching this really felt warm, like learning more beautiful things that I should know ~ such lovely specimens ~ Thank you ~ I love the music talk too ~ oh WOW the Jungle! Praise God from whom all blessings flow
COBALTO, my new favorite ~ 💗💜🧚🏻‍♀️🔮🤍

Ohh I’d love that sphere where you can see inside that’s a stunner

good video! finally some decent specimens, i love your style of interview and showcasing

Thank you for this video Dave! I just opened a box of malachite eggs, slabs, tumbles, freeforms, and animal carvings from K&A Artisanal. The pieces are great and were each carefully wrapped. Anthony was VERY fast to respond to my emails and to get my order together and shipped out from the show. I have a small retail space here in Pennsylvania and have been wanting to carry more malachite. I am now confident in having a responsible source that is still affordably priced. Thanks guys!

Dave, you are so cool. Thanks!!

A few quality vendors there. I however wouldn't leave without buying something and perhaps even a donation to their orphan non profit.

If you really want to make an impact (more so then you already have) always my friend, remember to put your money where your mouth is. Your reputation, impact, and following will grow and you will bless our community that is lapidary living. God bless you Dave

Oh I’d love to buy some malachite from these deserving guys! Wish I had a million bucks so I could spread it around to these great people- and set you up with every lapidary machine, guitars and all the turquoise you’d want Dave🤩

i promise you that the asian market, especially the SEA, china, india
we love malachite, but the market of malachite here is rip-off and low quality malachite that are priced even 5-10 times higher than those malachite
just try to find a way to sell them in thailand or sea market, i swear people will buy them like cakes

Yo Dave, imma take a wild guess here.. is this the place that called the cops on you and tried to sicced their animal man-child on you? Said he was a wirey short guy, gonna put you in an " kangaroo headlock" or something??.. 🤔😆 after they saw you touch their specimens?.. 😅

Anthony, is euro' metro-sexual' hot. Put him on a shelf with those specimens💎 please.👌😆

Nice!

Too much chatting about nothing, please more stone talk not so much of what tape of music that you like, not interested in open chatter 😮

children are working in these tunnels ....

Awesome 💫