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  Introduction

1. Burma

2. Sri Lanka

3. Colombia

4. Hong Kong

5. Thailand

6. Brazil

7. Tanzania

Giving away supplies to schoolchildren near the Merelani Tanzanite Mines.

A couple of friends along the way.

Stopped for directions and a cold one.

Descending a mine shaft, D Block, Tanzanite Mines.

Colorful local Maasai tribespeople.

Beautiful, lush valley near Ngorongoro Crater.

Merelani rough trading village near tanzanite mines.

100+ct gem tanzanite rough.

Examining rough in the Merelani trading village.

2000 feet down in one of the main tanzanite shafts.

Descending a ruby mine. That small track rail is for a cart that brings up the rough.

250ct piece of gem tanzanite rough.

Gem buying office in Arusha, Tanzania

Getting ready to descend into the tanzanite mine.

Meeting an important local dealer in Arusha, known as Bushmaster.

Hanging with the Maasai rough dealers in the buying office.

Examining rough chrome tourmaline in the buying office.

Safari day in Ngorongoro Crater.

Another view in Ngorongoro Crater.