Miners preparing to go down a tanzanite pit.

Tanzanite prices rise after slump
US commands  85% of market

Tanzanite prices have picked up tremendously in the world market after a brief period of slump which has been affecting various gemstones worldwide. Local and International mineral dealers have stated. 

Sammy Mollel the chairman for Tanzania Mineral Dealers Association said the price slump during the bad times had actually affected only the low-end cuts weighing less than one gram but higher-end cuts starting from 1 gram going up, still commanded great pricing and stable market demand. 

The United States of America is the major buyer of Tanzanite accounting for around 85 percent of the total blue gems business. Benjamin Hakimi the president of New York Gem Dealers Association commented that; “Even though Tanzanite prices fluctuate like other gemstones, the price of better goods has been stable and actually slightly up in recent month,” he said through a written statement. 

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Canadian tourist dies in motor accident

Road carnage in northern  Tanzania roads  continues to claim more lives.

A Canadian tourist, Elizabeth Ryan (21)  died in a motor accident on September  13 at 5 pm at Arkatan area along Arusha-Dodoma road where  also six colleagues from Germany and the USA were seriously injured after a tyre burst that led the vehicle they were traveling in to overturn

According to the Arusha Regional Police Commander Basilio Matei, the vehicle, a Land Cruiser with registration numbers T779 AJG was heading to  Lake Manyara National Park were they were  expected to also  to do voluntary work  under the auspices of an organization known as Cross Culture Solution.

The vehicle was hired from Mauly Tours  of Moshi.

RPC Matei listed those who were  rushed to Doctor Mohamed’s hospital (Kaloleni – Tanki la Maji) for treatment as Naomi Cheever (24) a citizen of Germany and a Tanzania tour guide Jaffer Msaki (25).

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Harrowing account
Killer leopard hooked to ‘Nyama Choma’ 

A Canadian medical doctor who was the first person to attend a  French boy attacked   by  a leopard on October 1, 2005  at the Tarangire Safari  Lodge on Wednesday took two hours  to narrate a harrowing  account of what  happened on that fateful evening.  

As Dr. Scott Markey told the High Court presided by Judge Kakusulo Sambo that he tried to resuscitate the dying boy after the leopard attack but  it was too late, the mother of the kid Mrs Cecile Pereira broke into tears. Other relatives were visibly also overwhelmed with emotion.  

Dr. Markey had been to the lodge since September 30, 2005, a day before the French couple, Mr. Pereira and his wife  and  their son Adrien went there.  

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