MINERALS BRNO
18.-19.11. 2023

To ensure continuous improvement of the international sales exhibition MINERALS BRNO and to enhance the prestige and quality of the range of products on offer, we have decided to define the categories of exhibited goods from the 29th fair edition onwards (November 2013). Starting this edition of MINERALS BRNO, only the range of products listed in the Product Categories will be allowed to be showcased as per the defined exhibition specifications.

MINERALS

• natural minerals
• crystals produced in laboratories if duly marked so, including a warning about their high solubility in water
• additionally coloured minerals, reconstructed stones (additionally coloured chalcedonies, agates etc.)      

PRECIOUS STONES

• rough precious stones (raw material to be ground)                                                                                                                                                                              
• processed precious stones (tumbled)
• precious stones processed with plane cuts, faceted or in other shapes (balls, pyramids, eggs, animals)                                                                                                         
• synthetic processed precious stones and other additionally treated  precious stones  accepted by gemmological practices (e.g. radioactively radiated stones, thermally treated stones, oiled stones, doublet, triplets, etc.)                                                                                                                                                                     

JEWELS

• jewels and fashion jewellery made of minerals and precious stones
• jewels made of additionally coloured minerals or reconstructed stones (additionally coloured chalcedonies, agates etc.)      
• jewels made of synthetic stones
• metal fashion jewellery, metal fashion jewellery with beads
• glass fashion jewellery     

 NATURAL PRODUCTS

• shells, conches
• sea and freshwater shells
• other sea species  
• modern shark teeth
• recent incest  
• mother-of-pearl, coral

FOSSILS

• fossilised vertebrates
• fossilised invertebrates
• insect in amber 
• fossilised plants, fossilised wood 
• non-fossilised remnants and imprints of other than recent organisms
• traces of the activities of other than recent organisms (bioglyphs) or their imprints
• fossilized organisms other than recent organisms that have become fossilised
• hard parts of organisms: teeth, bones, egg shells, carapaces, etc.
• remnants of prehistoric trilobites, dinosaurs and mammoths

HEALING STONES

• healing stones
• orgonites
• chakra stones and jewels 
• chakra objects with minerals or precious stones content

HOME ACCESSORIES AND DECORATIONS MADE of MINERALS or PRECIOUS STONES

• products made of minerals and precious stones (paperweights, clocks, inkstands, statuettes, bowls, vases etc.), salt lamps, lamps made of precious stones, pictures and mosaics made of precious stones
• products made of wire with precious stones or beads

MINERALOGICAL AND GEOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT

• jewel metal pieces, components for jewel making
• geological hammers, compasses, gemmological instruments, microscopes, abrasive materials, stone saws
• specialist literature    
• packaging and display materials for collectors and jewel makers               
• miner’s items (pit lamps, postcards, maps, statuettes with mining motifs etc.)