Mads Kornerup of Shamballa Jewels on Brazil

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“In 1990 when I was 19 years old, I had a gap year after school and a friend suggested that I should go to Brazil. I fell in love with the country, its people and the language and was introduced to gemstones. On my 20th birthday, I adventured to Lengois, Bahia (a 1800’s diamond mining area) and climbed on top of Cachoeira da Fumaça. In the following days I visited three waterfalls around Lengois. My next stop was the Island M...