Small-scale Tanzanian miner Saniniu Laizer struck a rare-gem lottery for the third time this summer, unearthing a 14-pound hunk of tanzanite worth $2 million. In June he had mined two stones, weigh… ...

A team of Tanzanian miners has discovered the largest tanzanite stones ever seen in the country’s history. Saniniu Laizer, 52, a Maasai small scale miner and his team found the two stones ...

A small-scale miner from Tanzania become an overnight millionaire on Wednesday after he sold two rough tanzanite gemstones said to be the largest ever found in the country. Saniniu Laizer, 52 ...

A small-scale miner from Tanzania made another record discovery of one of the world’s rarest gemstone this month, hauling in a precious, 14-pound stone valued at $2 million, according to a re… ...

Tanzanian Miner Becomes Millionaire Overnight After Finding the 2 Biggest Tanzanite Stones Ever. Saniniu Laizer said he wants to use his $3.4 million to improve his community and build a school ...

Magufuli inaugurated the wall around tanzanite mining concessions in northern Tanzania in April 2018, in an attempt to control illegal mining and trading activities. At the time he said 40% of ...

Rarer than diamond but hardly known, Tanzania is struggling to take advantage of a unique natural resource, as the BBC's Lerato Mbele reports.

MERERANI, Tanzania (APTN/CBS Newspath) - A small-scale miner in Tanzania has become an overnight millionaire after unearthing two of the biggest rough tanzanite gemstones ever found. Tanzania's ...

The government of Tanzania paid Saniniu Laizer nearly 2.9 million euros for the precious tanzanite gemstones, which will be kept in the country's national museum.

A team of Tanzanian miners has discovered the largest tanzanite stones ever seen in the country’s history. Saniniu Laizer, 52, a Maasai small scale miner and his team found the two stones ...

On the periphery of Tanzanite One is a network of small corrugated-iron huts, stone mounds and pits. These are artisanal miners digging for tanzanite stones.