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Gem Expedition in Tanzania
Day 1 Landanai - We headed to the Naberera mining area to see Tourmaline. The road to the ruby mine was unfortunately too inaccessible due to the weather.Day 2 At Lemshuku we were able to see Tsavorite rough from the small scale miners and visit some of these mines...
Sri Lanka Gem Safari Feb 2022
Our recent trip to Sri Lanka February 2022Feeling the need to escape the confinement that the CoVid Pandemic has smothered on the world, we decided to take advantage of the relaxing of travel restrictions and head to Sri Lanka. Our first trip to Sri Lanka in 2018 was...
Rosh Pinah Geological Tour
The Rosh Pinah Geo Centre is situated in the small mining town of Rosh Pinah in southern Namibia. It was created by Exploration Geologist Gisela Hinder. The Centre houses a beautiful collection of Rosh Pinah and extended Namibian specimens. If you are travelling in...
Fosagams Namibia Tour 2018
Still waking up dreaming of our recent trip to Namibia...... The 2018 FOSAGAMS Namibia trip was all it promised to be. Dusty, long distances and a sense of exhilaration that only rockhounds can relate to, as we crisscrossed Namibia on a whirlwind expedition visiting...
In search of the Big Blue
Our recent trip to Sri Lanka was extended so that we could visit Ratnapurna, City of Gems, to search for Blue Sapphire. Read about our field trip to Ratnapurna and a sapphire mine.