Back in the day people were more relaxed about moving precious stones around the world. Consider, for example, the low-key arrangements for the famous Jonker diamond, which was shipped by ordinary ...

A small-scale miner from Tanzania become an overnight millionaire on Wednesday after he sold two rough tanzanite gemstones said to be the largest ever found in the country. Saniniu Laizer, 52, ...

CNN — A team of Tanzanian miners has discovered the largest tanzanite stones ever seen in the country's history. Saniniu Laizer, 52, a Maasai small scale miner and his team found the two stones -- ...

A new museum boasting the five largest lunar meteorites found on Earth and likely the largest and best collection of Maine minerals and gems ever assembled will open next month in what might seem like ...

A Tanzanian miner made another discovery of one of the rarest gemstones on Earth, possibly earning the small-scale miner millions of dollars — again. Saniniu Laizer, 52, recently discovered the rare, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (CNN) — A team of Tanzanian miners has ...