Merelani Hills
Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
Range of hills known for interesting mineral specimens, especially known for tanzanite.
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Roscoelite mica from Merelani Hills, Tanzania
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Tanzanite from Merelani Hills, Tanzania
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The site does produce a range of minerals – mindat lasts 47. It is the type locality for 3, Axinite-(Mg), Merelaniite, and Richardsite.
It produces fine specimens of various minerals, but by far the best known from the area is the zoisite – the blue variety known as tanzanite.
Further reading
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-5699.html
- https://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Merelani+tanzanite+mines%3A+Lelatema+Mountains%2C+Arusha+Region%2C…-a0208461314
- https://lotusgemology.com/resources/articles/144-working-the-blueseam-the-tanzanite-mines-of-merelani
If you are interested in other classic Tanzanian locales we may have stock from the following locales.
Tanzanian locales
- Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
- Mundarara Mine, Longido District, Arusha Region, Tanzania
- Nani Hill, Loliondo, Ngorongoro district, Arusha Region, Tanzania
For the rest of our Tanzanian stock, see below.
Tanzania
Minerals from Tanzania