Tanzania

Tanzania

Tanzania gave the world tanzanite, the violet-blue zoisite discovered in 1967 in the Merelani Hills near Mount Kilimanjaro and found nowhere else on earth. Beyond tanzanite, the Umba Valley and Tunduru fields produce a vivid array of sapphire, spinel, garnet, and the rare chrome-green tsavorite. Tanzania's gem fields are among the most exciting and varied of the modern era.