The living museum
of precious stones
Thirty years of expeditions in mines across the world, 280 gemstones told, 22 documentaries filmed on five continents. Come in: here, stones have a story.
Three ways in
Curious beginner or seasoned enthusiast — choose your door.
I. — The Encyclopedia
280 gemstones told
Properties, deposits, inclusions, legends. Explore by color, family, birth month or zodiac sign.
Browse the gems →
II. — The Films
22 documentaries
52 minutes deep inside the mines, from Burma to Colombia. The screening room is open — admission is free.
Enter the room →
III. — The Expeditions
Travel with us
Working mines, gem markets, lapidaries: head into the field with Patrick and Maxime. Ten seats per trip.
See the trips →From the mine to your jewel box
Maxime Voillot, certified gemologist, selects certified stones at the source — sapphires, rubies, emeralds, spinels — no middleman, full traceability. The knowledge lives here; the stones live at MVG.
Acquire a gem ↗
“It is amid the highest mountains and the densest forests that I met the men who bring gemstones out of the earth. Such is the life I have chosen.”
