The Chapada Diamantina mountains in Bahia, in Brazil’s north-east, are still dotted with the dug-out stone huts of the diamond miners who gave the range its name. The country’s rich supplies of precious and semi-precious stones mean its jewellers have always had a ready supply of product.
But it is only in the past 10 years that they have begun to develop an original style. Today, thanks to a flourishing economy, a growing middle class and increasingly sophisticated buyers, the domestic luxury jewellery market is thriving.
