Heavy fires have broken out at Kilimanjaro, a major tourist attraction in Kenya and Tanzania, and Africa’s highest peak. The fire broke out on Sunday afternoon and has not yet been captured, according to Tanzanian National Park officials. Brief media release on Twitter Tanzania National Parks (Tanapa) said the fire …
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Two large tanzanite gemstones discovered by Saniniu Laizer (Reuters) A Tanzanian subsistence miner won the jackpot on Wednesday after the government issued him a check for 7.74 billion Tanzanian shillings ($ 3.35 million) for the two largest Tanzanite gemstones ever found. The two dark violet blue gemstones, each the size …
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A humble Tanzanian miner discovered the world’s largest Tanzanite deposit, worth more than $ 3 million. The two midnight blue gemstones were unearthed in the northern region of the East African country, the only part of the world where Tanzanite can be found, reports Sky News. There, the gem miners …
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Saniniu Laizer has the two tanzanite gems that he mined and sold for $ 3.4 million. Filbert Rweyemamu / AFP via Getty Images Tanzanian miner Saniniu Laizer has become an overnight millionaire by selling two Tanzanian gemstones, the largest ever found in the country, for 7.7 billion Tanzanian shillings ($ …
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