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Gem Stone Mining Brazil
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From the http://www.VideoSource.com Global Village Travel Guide and DVD, Brazil . Stock footage available from http://videosource.com/search.html • Transcript: • THE STATE OF MINAS GERAIS IS SO LITTERED WITH CRYSTAL, • SPARKLING ORES AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES THAT THE LAND • IS ALMOST ALWAYS SMOLDERING AS A RESULT OF SUN STARTED FIRES. 01.30.41 • HERE THE EARTH'S CRUST HAS BLOSSOMED, • YIELDING BEAUTIFUL CLUSTER'S OF EVERY • IMAGINABLE TYPE OF NATURAL CRYSTAL......... • ALTHOUGH SOME OF THESE UNUSUAL CRYSTALS ARE MERE • ATTRACTIVE CURIOSITIES, SOME OF THEM, SUCH AS • VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE BERYL FAMILY ARE AMONG • THE MOST VALUABLE SUBSTANCES KNOWN TO MAN. • WHEN THE EARLY BANDIERANTES BEGAN • SEARCHING THESE HILLS FOR DIAMONDS • AND EMERALDS, THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT • BRAZIL WOULD ONE DAY BECOME THE WORLD'S • LEADING PRODUCER OF GEMS AND COLORED GEMSTONES. • PERHAPS NO ONE KNOWS MORE ABOUT THE FASCINATING WORLD OF • BRAZILIAN GEMSTONES THAN THE MAN WHO FIRST INTRODUCED • BRAZIL TO THE ART OF GEM CUTTING, JULES SAUER; • Brazil is the paradise of gemstones • and the aquamarine......primary deposits • .......In 1963 the first emeralds were found • ........tourmaline • ....... amethyst • brazilianite • OPAL • Imperial topaz • THE CAPOA MINE, OPERATED BY AMSTERDAM SAUER IN • RODRIGO SILVA NEAR OURO PRETO IS ONE OF THE FEW • PRODUCING IMPERIAL TOPAZ MINES IN THE WORLD TODAY. • HERE THE TOPAZ YIELDING MATERIAL IS HYDRAULICALLY • DISMOUNTED USING WATER FROM A NEARBY HOLDING POND. • THE MATERIAL IS THEN MECHANICALLY TRANSPORTED TO • THE BEGINNING OF A SERIES OF FLUMES AND SCREENS • WHERE IT IS CAREFULLY CLASSIFIED AND SEPARATED. • HERE THE MATERIAL IS FURTHER CLASSIFIED BY A VIBRATING SEPARATOR. • IN THE FINAL STAGE OF THE PROCESS, • 23.08~ BELTROUGH THE PROMISING STONES ARE HAND PICKED FROM AMONG • THE QUARTZ CRYSTAL AND OTHER MATERIAL THAT HAS BEEN • CONCENTRATED FROM THE ORIGINAL SLURRY. EVEN IN THIS HIGHLY • EFFICENT MINE, IT TAKES TONS OF RAW MATERIAL TO PRODUCE • EACH CARAT OF PRECIOUS IMPERIAL TOPAZ • THE FINEST STONES FROM THE MINES IN MINAS GERAIS • AND ELSEWHERE IN BRAZIL EVENTUALLY FIND THEIR • A. SAUER SHOP • WAY TO THE JEWELER'S SHOP WHERE THEY ARE ARTFULLY • TRANSFORMED INTO THE CENTERPIECES FOR SOME OF • THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL JEWELRY. • BECAUSE OF THE LOW COST OF LABOR, AND THE AVAILABILITY • OF QUALITY GEMSTONES IN BRAZIL, THE BARGAINS TO • BE FOUND IN THE FINE JEWELRY SHOPS OF BRAZIL • BRING BARGAIN SEEKERS HERE FROM AROUND THE WORLD. • AND THERE'S NO BETTER PLACE TO BUY THEM THAN IN THE • FINE SHOPS OF RIO ....... • THE LURE OF THESE BEAUTIFUL STONES IS SO GREAT THAT • ALMOST NO ONE LEAVES BRAZIL WITHOUT AT LEAST ONE • OF THESE BEAUTIFUL COLORED GEMSTONES. • THE VALUES TO BE FOUND IN BRAZILIAN GEMSTONES • ARE LEGEND, BUT YOU MUST BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU BUY....... • EVERYONE HAS A BARGAIN WAITING FOR THE UNWARY TOURIST..... • ......SOME OF THE CHEAPER ONES OFFERED BY THESE BOYS ON • THE STREETS MAY EVEN BE COLORED GLASS IMITATIONS... • AUDIO GUARANTEE • ANYONE SERIOUS ABOUT PURCHASING FINE JEWELERY • WOULD DO WELL TO LEARN A LITTLE ABOUT THE FOUR C 'S. • BEFORE THEY BUY, AND TO BUY FROM ONE OF THE • ESTABLISHED REPUTABLE FIRMS THAT HAVE OUTLETS • A SAUER OUTLET SIGN • IN ALL THE MAJOR CITIES.
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