2 legends, 2 gem & mineral ground on the free Club 49 adventure map
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Lake NatronLegend A shallow soda lake in northern Tanzania running over pH 12 and frequently above 40 C, with some water reaching 60. Sodium carbonate concentrated by evaporation means the lake will calcify the body of anything that dies in it,... Open it on the map · Read the story
Merelani’s neighbour: Tanzanian ruby & the UmbaGem & mineral ground Beyond tanzanite, Tanzania is one of the most varied gem countries on Earth: the Umba valley in the northeast yields sapphire and ruby in an unusual spread of colours, Longido produces ruby-in-zoisite (the green-and-red stone... Open it on the map
Stone Town, ZanzibarLegend A town built out of coral stone on a promontory off Unguja, which is why it is that colour, and famous for its carved doors, some cut with verses of the Qur’an and others with Indian lotus motifs, because this was where the... Open it on the map · Read the story
Tanzanite (Merelani)Gem & mineral ground Tanzanite is found in exactly one place on the planet: a few square kilometres of hills at Merelani, in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. A Maasai herder found the first blue crystals in 1967, and the violet-blue gem... Open it on the map
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