| | Book | Hitge specimen, Bruce Cairncross photo; (bottom) Gem-quality green chromian diopside crystals on large...member of a family that has been in the East African gem and mineral industry for three generations - starting...(Taita), malaya (Samburu), chrome (Taita). of the gem and mineral bounty of East Africa to the world market...established East Africa as an important source of fine gem material. Furthermore, the region has produced some...sources of some interesting material (for example, the gem-quality tourmaline that can be found in Rwanda). |
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