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Ruby and sapphire deposits of the anorthosite type are known in the Umba River Valley and in the region of Longido in northern Tanzania, near the Kenyan border. They are bodies of metamorphosed ultramafic rocks, which are part of the older Precambrian Usagaran group of granite gneisses, crystalline schists, quartzites, and dolomites within the Mozambique foldbelt.

Ref: E.Ya. Kievlenko, Geology of gems, 2003, p. 59

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Localities in this Region

Tanzania

Arusha Region
- Karatu District
  - Manghola
- Lake Manyara
  - Magara mine
- Longido District
  - Mundarara Mine
  - Muriatata hills
    - Ruby occurrence
- Ngorongoro district
  - Loliondo
    - Nani Hill
Dodoma Region
- Haneti-Itiso area
- Mpwapwa District (Mpwampwa)
  - Mpapwa
    - Rubeho Mtn
    - Winza
Manyara Region
- Simanjiro District
  - Landanai (Landenai)
  - Lelatema Mountains
    - Merelani Hills (Mererani)

Tanzania

Manyara Region
- Simanjiro District
  - Lelatema Mountains
    - Merelani Hills (Mererani)
      - Mawaya pit
      - Samax Mine
Morogoro Region
- Gairo District
- Mahenge
- Uluguru Mts (Uruguru Mts)
  - Morogoro
    - Marble occurrence
Rukwa Region
- Sumbawanga District
  - Kalambazite
Ruvuma Region
- Mbinga District
  - Amanimakoro
- Songea Urban District
  - Songea
- Tunduru District
  - Tunduru
Shinyanga Region
- Mwadui
  - Williamson Mine (Mwadui mine; Mwaudi kimberlite pipe; Wilsons pipe)
Tanga Region
- Umba River (Umba Valley)
  - Gerevi Hills

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