AN IMPRESSING PERSONALITY

At international trade fairs, the name Andreas Guhr stands for the highest quality as for many years of experience, reliability and an international, exclusive network. As the managing director of the Mineralien Zentrum Andreas Guhr GmbH and co-founder of Verband des Deutschen Mineralien- und Fossilien Fachhandels (DMF International Association of German Specialty Traders in Minerals and Fossils), the International Association of Paleontological Suppliers and founder of the known Hamburger Mineralientage (Hamburg Mineral Days), one of the largest trade fairs in Germany, Guhr is considered an important figure.

In addition to leading a successful business with fossils and minerals, he has also led expeditions to the most distant corners of the world.
He explored emeraldmines in Columbia, in 1992 he organized the German-Mongolian expedition to the Gobi desert and accompanied a team of scientists from GEO magazine, which searched for meteorites in the Sahara. Further expeditions during the next years through Turkey, Afghanistan and Persia led the adventurer with his keen sense for the beauty of precious stones to rare finds in caves, mountain ranges and stone deserts.

Andreas Guhr, born in Hamburg/Germany, is in the meantime considered one of the foremost international experts on minerals, fossils and gems. The certified gemologist and diamond appraiser is also expert for minerals and fossils, appointed by the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Stages

1968

Until 1971 studies at the University of Fine Arts, Hamburg

1971

Establishment of the Mineralienzentrum Andreas Guhr GmbH

1979

Establishment of the Hamburger Mineralientage

1986

Jointly responsible founder of the DMF International (Deutscher Mineralien- und Fossilien-Fachhandel Verband/ German specialized trade association for minerals and fossils)

1995

Author of "Crystal Power", published by Findhorn Press Ltd., Dyke/Scotland

1998

Establishment of the ESG (European Society of Geological Services), an independent business which plans and implements international excavation and expedition projects

2004

Opening of the natural history museum "Steinzeiten" (Stone ages), Hamburg, Germany

2009

Opening of the REDGALLERY, located in the centre of the cosmopolitan city of Hamburg/Germany