Fashion + Beauty
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Tanzanite Blues
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- by Jeffrey, on Thu Oct 15, 2009 7:22pm PDT
Just a quick note about Tanzanite, the beautiful blue stones are
mined only from Tanzania. Don't think you can buy a
Tanzanite ring or necklace for $50. You can't.
Tanzanite is getting more rare and harder to mine.
Tanzanite is mined in primative mine shafts, some as deep as
1000 feet. In 1998, flooding rains poured into those shafts and
killed 160 miners. Since then, the government has taken safeguards
to minimize this from happening again. The full fascinating story
is found at www.gemsplusg.com /. Typical mine
and typical workers. But boy what beautiful gems.
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