MINERALS BRNO
18.-19.11. 2023
International Sales Exhibition of Minerals, Fossils, Jewels and Natural Products
MINERALS BRNO November 2014 - Final Report
The November MINERALS BRNO 2014 exhibition offered an excellent opportunity to purchase natural Christmas presents which was confirmed by the high number of visitors. Thus, Minerals Brno made an early start of the Christmas sale events at the Brno Exhibition Centre.
Basic statistics
Exhibitors
The 31st Minerals Brno exhibition held
between 15th – 16th November 2014 was attended by a total
of 188 exhibitors from 11 countries.
The largest number of exhibitors arrived from the Czech Republic (135), there
was also a large number of exhibitors from Slovakia, Poland and Hungary, some
exhibitors came from Germany, Austria, Italy, India, Pakistan, Romania and
Armenia. The total number of foreign exhibitors was 53.
| Country |
Number |
% |
| Czech Republic |
135 |
72 % |
| Poland |
15 |
8 % |
| Slovakia |
12 |
7 % |
| Hungary |
10 |
6 % |
| Germany |
6 |
4 % |
| Italy |
2 |
1 % |
| Austria |
1 |
1 % |
| India |
2 |
1 % |
| Pakistan |
2 |
1 % |
| Romania |
2 |
1 % |
| Armenia |
1 |
1 % |
| Total |
188 |
Visitors
The
November Minerals Brno exhibition was visited by 5,993 paying visitors. Free admission tickets were also distributed, and these were used by
1,070 visitors. The exhibition
was attended by a total of 7,063 visitors.
The November Minerals Brno exhibition took place on the ground floor of hall B.
The range of products on display included jewels, precious stones, minerals and collectors‘ stones, natural products, fossils, decoration and home accessories made of minerals and precious stones, specialist literature and other mineralogical and geological gear.
Exhibition specialisation – product categories
Since November 2013, product categories have been
introduced along with the list of unpermitted and forbidden exhibits, exhibits
are checked during the Minerals Brno Exhibition– Minerals Brno this become a
specialist exhibition.
Supporting programme
The November Minerals Brno exhibition also had an
informative and educational part in the form of a supporting programme consisting
of supporting exhibitions dedicated to three topics: Mineralogical riches of Jeseníky, Contemporary jewel
stones and examples of the work by the accomplished jewel maker Karel Votipka.
Mineralogical riches of Jeseníky
Our thanks for cooperating on the supporting programme
go to our long-term exhibitor and partner of the MINERALS BRNO exhibition, Mr. Luděk
Kráčmar, who greatly contributes to the preparation, lends exhibits from his
collection to the exhibition and who is also the author of the exhibition texts.
We also wish to thank the Regional Museum in Olomouc, Mr. Lukáš Křesina, Mr. Martin
Svoboda, the company e-gems.eu and Mr. Jan Hovorka who lent exhibit from their
collections to this exhibition. Thus, the visitors could admire the variability
and richness of the minerals in the region of Jeseníky including rare examples
and specimens of rare minerals.
Contemporary jewel stones
The exhibition dedicated to Jeseníky was complemented
by the exhibition on Contemporary jewel stones which was prepared by our
long-term exhibitor Mr. Jan Čepelík. The exhibition was dedicated to specimen
of gems that are currently used in jewellery making and examples of synthetic
substitutes for gems, artificial stones and it also touched upon fraud attempts
in the mineralogical market. The part dedicated to synthetic products and
frauds was accompanied by texts. We wish to thank Mr. Jan Čepelík for preparing
the exhibition and for lending exhibits. Some of the exhibits were on lent from
Mr. Luděk Kráčmar.
Jewels by Karel
Votipka
The third part of the supporting exhibition was
dedicated to the profile exhibition with examples of jewellery designed by the
world famous jewellery maker Karel Votipka. Karel Votipka brought himself some
of the jewels and he also took part in arranging his jewels. We wish to thank
Karel Votika and Luděk Kráčmar who organised the exhibition.
We will continue the profile exhibition of designer’s jewellery - in the coming November exhibitions we plan to gradually introduce other leading personalities of designer jewellery.
MINERALS BRNO in 2015
The exhibition will continue being held twice a year
also in the next year.
May 2015
The 32nd MINERALS BRNO exhibition will take place
between 23rd - 24th May 2015 and it
will also offer public wine tasting of wine entered into the 22nd edition of
the international GRAND PRIX VINEX exhibition. The MINERALS BRNO exhibition will take place in May without
a supporting exhibition.
November 2015
The 33rd MINERALS BRNO exhibition will take place
between 14th - 15th November 2015.
During the November edition, the Minerals Brno 2015 exhibition will include again a supporting programme consisting of a supporting exhibition. Next November‘s exhibition will focus on mineralogical localities of the former Soviet Union countries.
We look forward to seeing you in May 2015 at the 32nd edition of MINERALS BRNO, which will take place between 23rd – 24th May 2015 in Hall B at the Brno exhibition centre.
