Citação em artigo acadêmico dos autores Henrique Chaves Joncew, Paulo Roberto Antunes Aranha e Adolf Heinrch Horn, publicado no periódico REM – International Engineering Journal.
Gemstone mining in Brazil dates back to the 16th and 17th Centuries, when the Portuguese Crown, similarly to the Spanish Crown with the El Dorado in the Amazon, stimulated expeditions to the interior after mythical emeralds (Reis, 2010; Holanda, 2014). At present, Brazil plays a major role in the market of gemstones, with most originating from the Eastern Brazilian Pegmatite Province (Paiva, 1946; Putzer, 1976). The Santa Rosa Pegmatite Field – SRPF (Netto et al., 1998), 40km SW of Teófilo Otoni, hosts several artisinal digs, some active since the 1930’s.
REIS, F. P. O imaginário metalista luso-brasileiro colonial: a Serra das Esmeraldas na segunda metade do século XVII. Cordis, v. 3-4, p. 1-12, 2010. Available at http://revistas.pucsp.br/cordis/article/view/9546. Accessed 07 January 2016. [ Links ]