Gem Hunting in Tanzania - Mahenge spinels
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Downtown – Gem Hunting in Tanzania

6 December 2007

Since the late 1960’s, East Africa has been home to some of planet earth’s greatest gem discoveries. And yet, little has been written about certain of these finds. In the autumn of 2007, the authors set out to fill in the gaps, specifically regarding Tanzania’s Mahenge, Songea and Tunduru regions. http://www.lotusgemology.com/~rubydick/index.php/library/articles/147-downtown-gem-hunting-in-tanzania

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Tsavorite – The Untamed Beauty

5 May 2007

http://www.fieldgemology.org/gemology%20tanzania%20ruby%20sapphire%20spinel%20tsavorite%20alexandrite%20emerald%20tunduru%20songea%20morogoro%20merelani.php http://www.fieldgemology.org/Tsavorite_article.php http://www.ruby-sapphire.com/tsavorite-untamed-beauty.htm http://www.fieldgemology.org/Spinel_article.php  

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Kenya: A Gem Safari

15 April 2007

Introduction to Kenyan gems and gemstone mining in Kenya. Gemstone mining in East Africa does not have the long history like gemstones mining in Central Asia (Afghanistan), South East Asia (Burma) and South Asia (Sri Lanka) but during the last few decades countries located on the East African Mozambique Belt like Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and…