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Discovered in 1967, tanzanite is found only in a single area of Tanzania, at the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro in the northern part of the country. The source is located on the traditional land of the Maasai, the indigenous African ethnic group of semi-nomadic people who live in Kenya and northern Tanzania. As part of [...]

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What is the difference between SIMULANT, SIMULATE, SYNTHETIC and HYBRID? Recently, the term ‘simulate’ became another name for a simulant. They are one and the same. The basic definitions are as follows: A SIMULANT, looks and feels like its natural counterpart. For diamonds, there are a myriad of simulants, some are common, others are not…some [...]

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