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English: • Tanzanite from Tanzania documentary o... Deutsch: • Der Tansanit aus Tansania Dokumentarf... French: • La tanzanite de Tanzania documentary... Italian: • La Tanzanite dalla Tanzania documenta... Spanish: • La Tanzanita de Tanzania documentary d... Chinese: • 坦桑尼亚的坦桑石紀錄片Patrick Voillot Russian: • Танзанит Танзании документальный фил... Japanese: • Tanzanite is a rare blue-purple gemstone, produced by the earth's natural processes. It is unique in this unique place in the world. gem is extracted in extremely precarious conditions, sometimes even medieval. This film will take you on an adventure into the bowels of the earth alongside the miners who descend into endless passages. These labyrinths wind through graphite for several kilometers long. Some miners stay there for 18 hours at a time, enduring temperatures of around 50°C. The gems discovered are collected by the mine owner and it is the Maasai who come to buy them there. They have a monopoly on the trade in tanzanites between the mines and the trading posts of Arusha where they resell them. After having cut them and then improved some of them, some foreigners settled in this city sell them and export them to major trading destinations such as the States -United States, Europe, India and other Asian countries. In this film, you will follow each step of the tanzanite route. Today, the exploitation of Tanzanite has made the city rich In Arusha, some Maasai build buildings with their profits. Some even, in fits of madness, throw wads of banknotes from the top of their buildings to celebrate their success. Shortly after his discovery in 1968, the jeweler New -yorkais Tiffany began to market this gem in the world, he made it rise to the rank of second best-selling blue stone in the United States after the sapphire. He will make you discover his creations made with this fascinating stone that is the Tanzanite.