Mundarara Mine

The mine is well known on the wider mineral market as a prolific source of ruby in zoisite, which is sometimes sold as ‘anyolite’.

The mine opened in the late 1980s, and has produced many tons of pinky-red corundum, typically surrounded by green Zoisite, and used for carvings and cabochons rather than faceted.

The rubies are arguably largely corundum, as they are not of a gem grade.

Further reading:

• Mindat lists 13 minerals at the location.

If you are interested in other classic Tanzanian locales we may have stock from the following locales.

Tanzanian locales

• Mundarara Mine, Longido District, Arusha Region, Tanzania

For the rest of our Tanzanian stock, see below.

Tanzania