The company was founded in 1994 in the city of Salto do Jacuí - RS, having as initial activity the cutting of agate stones. In 1995, the company ceased cutting and started working with agate in its raw state for export. In this period, the stone was purchased from manual miners (miners) and miners who used heavy machinery for extraction.
It was then carried out the commercialization of agate with the company Hugo Arend, located in Carazinho - RS, belonging to German immigrants arrived in Brazil in 1908 for the exploration of Brazilian agate stone - who immigrated due to the exhaustion of the agate mines in Germany.
In the middle of 1997, with the use of rented machinery, JR Mineração started not only to commercialize, but also to extract agate stone at Fazenda da Barra, located in the municipality of Salto do Jacuí - RS. In 1999, the company was transferred to the area now called Pedreira do Araçá, also belonging to the municipality of Salto do Jacuí.
Until the year 2000, the stone extracted by JR Mineração was sold to the company Irmãos Lodi, located in Soledade - RS, and, from that year on, the sale and export to Germany and China began, being this its main buyer market; and in 2016 began to export also to Romania.
(JR Mineração carried out its extraction activities on leased land until 2005, when the company acquired the property.)
JR Mineração also exports to Romania, and is known to be the largest agate stone deposit in the world, considered the best agate quality.
In 2019 the company reshapes its logo and begins a new cycle of its history.
And, in 2021, we decided to separate JR Mineração from the JR Store, creating a new concept and a new history of the gem store: GM Cristais.
We will always continue as a family, growing together, but now the GM CRISTAIS inicia uma nova história para loja, que agora cria uma marca própria para voar no mundo dos Cristais esotéricos, da Decoração e muito mais.
Enquanto isso, a JR Mineração manterá sua produção e Ágatas brutas para comércio interno e exportação. Para ver os produtos, click here.
