Governador Valadares Gem Dealers PART 3
Warehouse and manufacturing of gemstones and mineral specimens in Governador Valadares, MG, Brazil
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Amethyst Flower Mine
Open Pit Amethyst Flower in Getulio Vargas, RS, Brazil
Petrópolis, the Imperial City and Rio de Janeiro - GEMSTORM 2009
Activities of interest in the cities of Petrópolis and Rio de Janeiro during Gemstorm 2009. geominetour.com
Agate Mine
Open Pit Agate Mine in Salto do Jacui, RS, Brazil
Amethyst Geode Mine
Underground Amethyst Geode Mine. Tunnel made on Basalt
The Giant Crystals of Brazil documentary of Patrick Voillot
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The ‘Garimpeiros’ make a run towards the exit of the mine gallery; they have placed dynamite in the walls that will explode in a few moments. An abundant amount of dust pushes its way out through the gaping hole. The three men take their time for the air to become breathable again... They enter with a rapid heartbeat as always, but this time a gap has opened up, leaving us to discover a major fault, in which lies a monster. A rock crystal that visibly weighs an estimated 5 tons.
This documentary will allow you to take a glimpse into the world of Brazilian ‘garimpeiros’ that search for the largest crystals in the world: the Giant Crystals.
In the city of Araçuai, in Governador Valadares, the miners, the dealers and the collectors have no limits as to the weight or the size of the gems they collect.
You enter deep into their lives, discoveries, and their traditions.
Along the way you will also discover the mine of Capon near The Ouro Preto which produces the Imperial Topaz with colors ranging from golden yellow to mauve.
Then the South of Brasil, in a town called Amethyst, you step into the depths of the earth to discover amethyst geodes so large, a human body in its entirety may enter within. These geodes were formed in lava lakes at the time of the great dinosaurs.
These exceptional gems are used in Brasil for esoteric practices and in New Age ceremonies which you will gracefully enter through this film.
You can then view in this documentary, the most beautiful crystals, which are exported to the collections of museums, such as the Museum of Natural History in Paris, now closed for the general public’s eyes to see.
You will then witness before you, creative works of art of Munsteiner’s Jewelry collections, realized from these giant crystals of Brazil.
Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, 2007
Paragliding location in Niteroi, Brazil
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Visit our friends in Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro on December 27, 2007.
Niterói is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeast region of Brazil. This city was founded on November 22, 1573 by the Tupi Amerindian chief Araribóia (who later was converted to Roman Catholicism and given the Christian name of Martim Afonso, after the Portuguese explorer Martim Afonso de Sousa). It makes Niteroi the only Brazilian city to have been founded by a non-Christian, non-assimilated Brazilian Amerindian.
The Niterói Contemporary Art Museum (Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói — MAC) is situated in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and is one of the city's main landmarks. It was completed in 1996.
Designed by Oscar Niemeyer with the assistance of structural engineer Bruno Contarini, who had worked with Niemeyer on earlier projects, the MAC-Niterói is 16 meters high; its cupola has a diameter of 50 meters with three floors. The museum projects itself over Boa Viagem (Bon Voyage, Good Journey), the 817-square meter reflecting pool that surrounds the cylindrical base like a flower, in the words of Niemeyer.
A wide access slope leads to a Hall of Expositions, which has a capacity for sixty people. The saucer-shaped modernist structure, which has been likened to a UFO, is set on a cliffside, at the bottom of which is a beach. In the film Oscar Niemeyer, an architect committed to his century, Niemeyer is seen flying over Rio de Janeiro in a UFO which then lands on the site, suggesting this to be the origin of the museum.
Guanabara Bay on its Western shore lays the city of Rio de Janeiro, and on its Eastern shore the cities of Niterói and São Gonçalo. Four other municipalities surround the bay's shores. Guanabara Bay is the second largest bay in area in Brazil (after the All Saints' Bay), at 412 square kilometers (159 sq mi), with a perimeter of 143 kilometers (89 mi).
Guanabara Bay is 31 kilometers (19 mi) long and 28 kilometers (17 mi) wide at its maximum. Its 1.5 kilometers (0.93 mi) wide mouth is flanked at the eastern tip by the Pico do Papagaio (Parrot's Peak) and the western tip by Pão de Açúcar (Sugar Loaf).
Rio de Janeiro, commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, 6th largest in the Americas, and 26th in the world.
The city was the capital of Brazil for nearly two centuries, from 1763 to 1815 during the Portuguese colonial era, 1815 to 1821 as the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Algarves, and from 1822 to 1960 as an independent nation. Rio is nicknamed the Cidade Maravilhosa or Marvelous City.
President Costa e Silva Bridge, commonly known as the Rio-Niteroi Bridge, is a box girder bridge located at Guanabara Bay, in the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. It connects the cities of Rio de Janeiro and the municipality of Niterói. It is currently the longest prestressed concrete bridge in the southern hemisphere, and the sixth longest in the world. From its completion in 1974 until 1985 it was the world's second-longest bridge, second only to Lake Pontchartrain Causeway.
Fort Coligny was a fortress founded by Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1555, in what constituted the so-called France Antarctique historical episode.
For protection against attacks by hostile Indians and the Portuguese, Villegaignon built the fortress with the help of the 500 colonists who travelled with him in two ships armed by the king of France, on a small island called Serigipe by the Indians of the region, near the mouth of the large Guanabara Bay.
The Fortress of Santa Cruz da Barra 1765 is located on the eastern side of the bar of Guanabara Bay , in the neighborhood of Jurujuba , municipality of Niterói , State of Brazil 's Rio de Janeiro.
Crossing fire to Fort St. John and the Fort Tamandaré Laje , was the main defensive structure of the bar of Guanabara Bay and the city and port of Rio de Janeiro during the Colony and the Empire. It is furnished to the present day, attracting an average of two thousand visitors per month, guided tours, every hour, lasting about 45 minutes. He is currently the headquarters of the Division Artillery of the 1st Army Division .
Some authors repeat, incorrectly, that the early occupation of the site dates back to an improvised defense by Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon the entrance of the bar (1555), with two artillery pieces and forces occupied by Portuguese in the context of campaign 1565 - 1567 , forgotten that the narratives of coeval sources apply to trying to install a battery in the Flagstone Island, fortified by the Portuguese much later.
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Tocha Olímpica / Rio 2016
No dia 04 de junho a cidade de Mamanguape irá receber o revezamento da tocha olímpica em alusão aos jogos olímpicos 2016. A chama dos jogos que simboliza a união e congraçamento entre os povos estará percorrendo as principais ruas da nossa cidade, fechando o revezamento no estado da Paraíba. Vista-se de verde e amarelo e venha participar conosco desse momento histórico para a nossa cidade e a nossa gente.
Confira mais informações em rio2016.com/tochaolimpica
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Canal Rio 2016
Honduras Train
New train for Honduras
MOV06522.MPG alpercata jogando capoeira em new york parte 3
alpercata jogando capoeira em new york parte 3
DSCF1244 Divinópolis-2010 Dª MadalenaMinas Gerais State, Brazil By Paulo S. Stefanelli Silva
Divinópolis-MG
Por que MINAS GERAIS é o MELHOR ESTADO do Brasil?
Hoje é dia de mais um resumão, e dessa vez vamos falar sobre Minas Gerais, sua história e principalmente tudo o que você pode fazer e conhecer nesta terra. Spoiler: Não dá pra acreditar que tudo isso faz parte do Brasil.
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Mantena 6 anos (Part VI)
Projeto Mantena Global Care comemorou seu sexto ano de existencia em grande estilo no Newark Museum com uma apresentacao de sua historia. Todos envolvidos no projeto estiveram presentes, inclusive autoridades consulares como o Consul Geral em New York Sr. Osmar Chohfi, Junia d`aFonseca, representantes do City Hall e diretores do Museu. A apresentacao ficou por conta de Beatriz Leitzke. Parabens Projeto Mantena Global Care.
HISTÓRIA
O trabalho do Projeto Mantena Ajuda começou em fevereiro de 2004, quando um grupo de pessoas idealistas reuniu-se na casa da Solange e Renato Paizante para descobrir uma maneira de ajudar as crianças pobres de sua cidade natal, Mantena-MG, no Brasil. Desde aquele pequeno começo, o Projeto Mantena Ajuda, estabeleceu e mantém trabalhos, investindo na melhoria de vida das pessoas.
MISSÃO
Nossa missão é melhorar a qualidade de vida das pessoas pobres, especialmente as crianças, nos Estados Unidos da América, Brasil e ao redor do mundo, através de programas de educação e saúde, direcionamos a nossa ação para as pessoas carentes nos seus diferentes níveis de idade e necessidade. Fundamos programas e suportamos organizações que desenvolvem atividades junto as comunidades carentes em diferentes partes do mundo, ajudando-os com alimentos, roupas, material escolar e assistência médica preventiva.
Island Escape - Mindelo
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Island Escape - Cruzeiro 3 Continentes
23 de Novembro a 9 Dezembro de 2006
(Video Oficial de apresentação dos portos/Official video of presentation of the ports)
29/11/2006 - Mindelo (S. Vicente - Cabo Verde)
Na cidade de Mindelo encontra-se um desenvolvimento e uma prosperidade raros nas outras ilhas, sobretudo graças ao seu porto de águas profundas — o Porto Grande — que serve de escala transatlântica para navios de todas as nacionalidades.
Em Mindelo respira-se uma atmosfera muito própria e um ar cosmopolita trazido pelo Porto Grande. Esta atmosfera única é indissociável do calor humano e da hospitalidade das suas gentes. É a sua faceta de cidade amante do lado divertido da vida que lhe confere o rótulo de capital da diversão do país: bons restaurantes, frequentes animações com música ao vivo e, sobretudo, uma agradável convivência que a sua gente procura e cultiva. Ao clima ameno, pautado por uma temperatura suave, juntam-se o arranjo cuidado dos lugares públicos, o património histórico bem preservado e um movimento cultural permanente. É talvez esta multiplicação de manifestações de vivacidade que levam a considerá-la a cidade mais acolhedora e atraente do país. Há quem diga que aqui nasceu a morabeza e aqui continua a ser a sua sede.
Mindelo é o resultado de duas grandes influências, a colonial portuguesa e a britânica, denunciadas ao virar de cada esquina nos seus arruamentos e na arquitectura dos seus belos edifícios. Destacam-se o Palácio do Governador, a Câmara Municipal, a Pracinha da Igreja -- o berço da cidade, a partir da qual foram construídas as primeiras casas e traçadas as primeiras ruas --, a Avenida Marginal -- com a réplica da Torre de Belém de Lisboa --, o Fortim d'el-Rei -- a construção mais antiga existente em Mindelo e com uma soberba vista panorâmica sobre a cidade e a baía, -- a Alfândega Velha -- hoje Centro Nacional de Artesanato, único local instituído como guardião dos riquíssimos testemunhos da arte cabo-verdiana.
A cidade tem uma vida nocturna fervilhante. O ponto de encontro para a ronda de bares e discotecas é na Praça Nova de onde se parte para descobrir a riqueza e diversidade da música cabo-verdiana com mornas, coladeras, funanás e kizombas. Um dos pontos altos da animação da cidade é o Carnaval de Mindelo que ocorre na mesma data do Carnaval brasileiro e europeu. Perto de Mindelo realiza-se anualmente o famoso Festival de Música da Baía das Gatas.
Considerada como a capital cultural do país, Mindelo tem escolas primárias e secundárias, jardins, bancos e uma vida nocturna que nada fica a dever à da capital, Praia. Mindelo foi a Capital Lusófona da Cultura em 2003. O aeroporto localiza-se 7 km a sudoeste da cidade, perto de São Pedro.
29/11/2006 - Mindelo (S. Vicente - Cape Verde)
Mindelo, is a port town on the Cape Verde in the northern part of the island of São Vicente. Mindelo is also the seat of the parish of Nossa Senhora da Luz, and this island's municipality. It has a population of about 70,000 inhabitants (50,000 in the mid-1990s) and is the second largest city in Cape Verde after Praia.
The town is home to 96% of the entire island's population.
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Lightning Struck, Brazil
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The sad reality of Mariana's victims tragedy.
This Documentary shows a Humanitarian Campaign by Direct Auto Mall which started in December 2015.
The Bento Rodrigues dam disaster occurred on November 5th, 2015 when an iron ore tailings dam in Bento Rodrigues, a subdistrict of Mariana, Brazil, suffered a catastrophic failure, causing flooding and at least 17 deaths, many more injuries and a massive environmental impact affecting rivers, beaches, and wildlife. This incident has been described as the worst environmental disaster in Brazil's history. However, the tragedy of Mariana stood as an important lesson: when people come together as one and unite in one purpose magic can happen, and working together we can do much more than unthinkbale.
Beryl Aquamarine Gemstones at the Raleigh Mineral Show
This is a video showing the beautiful colors of the beryl mineral gemstones. The video was taken at the Raleigh gem and mineral how at the NC State Fairgrounds in March 2012.
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˌbɛloɾiˈzõtʃi]; Beautiful Horizon) is the sixth largest city in Brazil, the thirteenth largest city in South America and the sixteen largest city in the Americas. The metropolis is anchor to the Belo Horizonte metropolitan area, ranked as the third most populous metropolitan area in Brazil, the eighteenth most populous in the Americas and the thirty-seventh largest in the world. Belo Horizonte is the capital of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil's second most populous state.
The region was first settled in the early 18th century, but the city as it is known today was planned and constructed in the 1890s, in order to replace Ouro Preto as the capital of Minas Gerais. The city features a mixture of contemporary and classical buildings, and is home to several modern Brazilian architectural icons, most notably the Pampulha Complex. In planning the city, Aarão Reis and Francisco Bicalho sought inspiration in the urban planning of Washington, D.C. The city has employed notable programs in urban revitalization and food security, for which it has been awarded international accolades.
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Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈminɐz ʒeˈɾajs]) is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte, is a major urban and finance center in Latin America, and is the sixth largest municipality in Brazil, after the cities of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Brasilia and Fortaleza, but its metropolitan area is the third largest in Brazil with just over 5,500,000 inhabitants, after those of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of presidents of Brazil; Brazil's current president, Dilma Rousseff, born in Belo Horizonte, is one of them.
With an area of 586,528 square kilometres (226,460 sq mi) (larger than Metropolitan France) it is the fourth most extensive state in Brazil. The main producer of coffee and milk in the country, Minas Gerais is known for its heritage of architecture and colonial art in historical cities such as São João del-Rei, Congonhas, Ouro Preto, Diamantina, Tiradentes and Mariana. In the south, the tourist points are the hydro mineral spas, such as Caxambu, São Lourenço, Poços de Caldas, São Thomé das Letras, Monte Verde and the national parks of Caparaó and Canastra. The landscape of the State is marked by mountains, valleys, and large areas of fertile lands. In the Serra do Cipó, Sete Lagoas, Cordisburgo and Lagoa Santa, the caves and waterfalls are the attractions. Some of Brazil's most famous caverns are located there. In recent years, the state has emerged as one of the largest economic forces of Brazil, exploring its great economic potential.
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Gem mining and the Environment Rathnapura
Gem mining and the Environment Rathnapura