Pederneira: A Rainbow of Colors

The world-famous Pederneira Mine. Never in the history of mineral collecting has a single mine produced such variety and excellence when it comes to Tourmaline. Come with us underground listen to the stories of how some of the finest tourmalines in the world came to market. With photos and videos of tourmalines never seen before, this is mineral eye-candy at its best.

In this film you'll learn the history of the Pederneira, as told by the owners, of how it went from a coffee plantation into one of the most prolific tourmaline mines in the world producing world-class specimens year after year.

You'll hear the behind-the-scenes stories of the famous pockets that produced the tourmaline specimens we all love. Pockets like:

1999 - Keke’s Pocket - 0:10:02
1999 - The Second Era - Dada’s Pocket - 0:14:34
2000 - Giant Quartz Pocket - 0:17:36
2000 - Sharon Stone Pocket - 0:22:40
2000 - The Proud Pocket - 0:31:28
2001 - The Rocket Pocket - 0:35:15
2001 - The Afghan Pocket - 0:42:29
2002 - 18% Pocket - 0:44:42
2002 - The Big Blue Pocket - 0:45:54
2004 - The Grandon Pocket - 0:52:25
2004 - The Azul Bien Grande Pocket - 0:55:51
2004 - The Bi-Color Steel Pocket - 0:59:01
2005 - Burkhard’s Pocket - 1:05:51
2006 - The Violet Pocket - 1:09:34
2006 - The Blue Gem Pocket - 1:10:38

“It’s amazing when I look back to when I began documenting the history of the Pederneira Mine and how much there was to share with people. Working with my mining partners in gathering the history, Dr. Federico Pezzotta in better understanding the geology, Bryan Swoboda in making the film and Wendell Wilson in writing the Mineralogical Record issue, my vision of telling the whole story began to take shape. For the past five years we have been working on accurately documenting this story and sharing the details of what I experienced and witnessed at this mine. These intimate details are known by so few, as collectors only see part of the story when they come to shows or they visit with me. Happily, now they can have a more complete perspective
of the mine and share with me in what has become so
ingrained in my life - the amazing Pederneira Mine.”

Daniel Trinchillo, 2015

This film was originally released as a DVD bundled with the Jan/Feb 2015 issue of the Mineralogical Record - The Pederneira issue. BlueCap Productions continues to enjoy this wonderful partnership with the Mineralogical Record to bring our films, for free, to the mineral-collecting public.

SPECIAL NOTE: We are releasing this film so that it is FREE to the public via YouTube. This is in reaction to the current new Coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping the world. So in this time of self-isolation, we at BlueCap Productions wanted to try and provide at least a little relief to the mineral collecting community with this free copy of this film. Please enjoy and be safe.