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Tanzania, Manyara

Lossogonoi Ruby, Tanzania

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: ruby, corundum.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: ruby in metamorphic host

Lossogonoi/Landanai ruby occurrences documented in gemology.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Remote arid plateau

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