Gems found in Tanzania

When you talk about gems in the world, there is no way you can skip to mention Tanzania. If you don’t mention then you intend to hide the whole truth about Gems in Tanzania. Always give somebody what he deserves.

Tanzania is believed to be the second country with higher amount of gemstones reserves after Madagascar.

Gems have little attention in Tanzania compared to precious metals. Precious metals especially gold and silver are known to most of Tanzanians and the business of the same is booming on daily basis. For gemstones is different story.

Few Tanzanians who know about gems. When you talk about gemstones, few people will refer to Diamond, Tanzanite, Ruby and garnets only. But there are more types of gems in Tanzania.

This page is aimed to provide knowledge of

gems which are cheaply available in abundant compared to precious metals. On top of that, they also command higher price than gold. The knowledge also will help Tanzanians to venture into gem business rather than everybody thinking of precious metals.

Whenever you see any colored stone within your vicinity, think about gems and not just gravels or pebbles. Refer to this page or any Gem lab for identification. You might be playing with a gem worth a millions of dollars!

Agate

Morogoro:

Amazonite

Tanga : Luguruni handeni

Morogoro : Kilosa Gairo

Amethyst

Kigoma: Mbirira Kasulu

Morogoro: Rubeho Kilosa and Tungi

Dodoma: Winza Mpwapwa

Alexandrite

Ruvuma: Tunduru

Aquamarine

Ruvuma: Tunduru

Manyara: Mbulu

Apatite

Manyara: Hanang- Gallapo

Tanga: Korogwe-Umber Valley

Dodoma: Mpwapwa

Mbeya: Chamloto

Mtwara: Newala- Nagaga

Aventurine

Njombe

Calcite

Morogoro:

Dodoma

Pwani

Lindi

Chrysoprase

Dodoma: Chamwino, Itiso-Haneti

Chrysoberyl

Ruvuma: Tunduru

Citrine

Morogoro: Rubeho Kilosa