Brazil Geo Mine Tour
Minas Gerais, in south-east Brazil, is the heart of the country's gemstone industry, and this geo mine tour was built around it. The first stage (8 days and 7 nights, with a 12-day extension) covers the coloured stone world. It starts with Imperial topaz and euclase in Ouro Preto, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and a lecture at the Federal Mining University Museum of Mineralogy. Next come the emerald mines in Itabira, then north to Governador Valadares and Teófilo Otoni for the fields of tourmaline, aquamarine, chrysoberyl, alexandrite and blue topaz.
Minas Gerais is home to the major gemstone companies in Brazil and the centre of its growing jewellery industry. In Teófilo Otoni, a tax-free trade centre, visitors see FIPP, the gemstone show where buyers can meet and purchase at the source, from the humblest garimpeiro (independent miner) to the largest producers in Brazil.
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