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Songea Sapphire, Tanzania

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: sapphire.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: basaltic sapphire (incl. color-change)

Songea basaltic sapphire field documented in the gem trade.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Deep pits, remote

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