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• Tanzanite is so rare that it is only found in one place in the entire world, Tanzania and hence its name, tanzanite
• For years, Tanzania has complained bitterly over how India has been benefitting from the sale of tanzanite, a rare gem
• The mineral’s value chain extends far beyond its borders across the seas in India’s city of Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan state.

After decades of smuggling allegations, conspiracies of misappropriation and outright accusations of value theft, Tanzania and India have finally come to common ground on mineral research.

For a long time, Tanzania has lamented how India has been benefitting from the sale of tanzanite, a rare gem. In fact, tanzanite is so rare that it is only found in one place in the entire world, Tanzania and hence its name, tanzanite.

However, Tanzania has, for years now, been exporting raw tanzanite while other countries such as neighbouring …