"My father was a kind of Brazilian Indiana Jones... He discovered and collected many of the rare pieces that are now in museums of the United States and Germany."

"I was raised amid rocks. I always had an enormous fascination for them. My grandfather, Paulo Nercessian, was an Armenian immigrant and he began to work as a crystal prospector in Cristalina, Goiania, a central-eastern city of the country. After a short time his undertaking grew considerably and he began buying mines. My father, Levon Nercessian, joined in with him and dedicated himself to the more adventurous side of the business, the work of exploration - he was a kind of Brazilian ...

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