At the center of this story stands The Rare Gemstone Company, a Nairobi-based firm that has spent five decades transforming raw stones from East Africa’s earth into heirloom treasures—while pioneering ...

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 -- ...

Saniniu Laizer said he wants to use his $3.4 million to improve his community and build a school Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

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, ...

A Tanzanian man has hit the biggest jackpot of his life. Saniniu Laizer, a subsistence miner, working in one of the tanzanite mines, discovered two largest tanzanite gemstones. The government handed ...

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 – weighing 9 ...