Exposol- Latin Americas Biggest Gem and Mineral Fair

This is my first attempt at a blog. My website has still not left the “under construction” fase. I hope to get it there soon, but in the meantime I thought I would get some practice by starting a blog. Exposol was the perfect opportunity to get started. Exposol is Latin America’s largest gem and mineral fair. Minerals from all over Brazil are available, and it is a great time to find rare and extreme specimens. Buyers from all over the world come to find collector quality items. The fair however is just where the action starts. Soledade, the city that hosts the event, is in Rio Grande do Sul and is a major center for the Brazilian mineral business. There are dozens of companies that are involved in mining, production, jewelry design, and lapidating. There the business that starts at the fair gets fleshed out into bigger deals. I’ll soon post more pictures and tell you more about what happened at Exposol.