Dodoma, July 8 (IANS) At least five people were
killed and one was seriously injured when a
tanzanite mine collapsed in northern Tanzania,
police said Sunday.
The mine accident occurred Saturday night in
Manyara region's Mireran area, reported
Xinhua citing regional police commander Akili
Mpwapwa, who added the accident occurred at
midnight when miners were searching for the
tanzanite -- a purple-blue shimmering stone --
underground .
The latest accident followed the one in which
14 people were killed April 1 in Moshono area.
Tanzanite, a gemstone discovered by Maasai
tribesmen in 1967, is found only in northern
Tanzania. In 2005, a leading gemstone miner
said it unearthed the world's largest tanzanite
stone weighing about three
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