Gem mining area 70 km from Arusha, where tanzanite was first found in 1968.
Subdivided in four claims (A, B, C, D) and additional mines.
The occurrence of gem-quality tanzanite and grossular has been found to occur mainly in boudinaged pegmatitic veins and hydrothermal fracture fillings. These fracture fillings occur in brecciated and hydrothermally altered graphite-bearing gneiss in a mineral association containing glass-clear quartz, diopside, zoisite, graphite and calcite.
For full locality listing click here. Alternatively: Click here for heirarchical list of localities in Merelani Hills (Mererani), Lelatema Mts, Arusha Region, Tanzania
| 'Apatite' - 7Apatite-(CaF) - 7Axinite-(Mg) - 7Calcite - 7'Chabazite' - 7Chalcopyrite - 7Diopside - 7, 9Dravite - 7'Fuchsite' - 7Graphite - 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 6Grossular - 7Gypsum - 7Hematite - 7Heulandite-Ca - 7Karelianite - 7Kyanite - 7Laumontite - 7 | Mesolite - 7Phlogopite - 7Prehnite - 7, 6Pyrite - 7Pyrrhotite - 7Quartz - 7'Scapolite' - 7Scolecite - 7Siderite - 7Sillimanite - 7Sphalerite - 7'Stilbite' - 7'Tanzanite' - 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 6'Tourmaline' - 7Tremolite - 7'Tsavorite' - 7Zoisite - 7 |
34 minerals listed.
Locality Key| 1 | A-Block Mine, Merelani Hills (Mererani), Lelatema Mts, Arusha Region, Tanzania | | 2 | B-Block Mine, Merelani Hills (Mererani), Lelatema Mts, Arusha Region, Tanzania | | 3 | C-Block Mine, Merelani Hills (Mererani), Lelatema Mts, Arusha Region, Tanzania | | 4 | D-Block Mine, Merelani Hills (Mererani), Lelatema Mts, Arusha Region, Tanzania | | 5 | Machakecho workings, Merelani Hills (Mererani), Lelatema Mts, Arusha Region, Tanzania |
| | 6 | Mawaya pit, Merelani Hills (Mererani), Lelatema Mts, Arusha Region, Tanzania | | 7 | Merelani Hills (Mererani), Lelatema Mts, Arusha Region, Tanzania | | 8 | Opec pits (de Souza pit), B-Block Mine, Merelani Hills (Mererani), Lelatema Mts, Arusha Region, Tanzania | | 9 | Samax Mine, Merelani Hills (Mererani), Lelatema Mts, Arusha Region, Tanzania |
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