Next is the brilliant Blue Topaz. This helps folks like you as we constantly buy and sell large quantities of these and other fine Gems. Definitely, the best selling stone in America for the past few years has to be Tanzanite. We continue to have a reasonably good stock of these beautiful Gemstones in hand. Purchases are slightly more difficult than in the past due to various Government regulations in Tanzania.
Bribery is a way of life in most of Africa.
As I understand the new regulations, no one except a citizen of Tanzania can be a miner and only a Citizen can have a valid mining claim to work. Most of the outsiders are from Kenya and have no right to be in, work or do any business in Tanzania. Other Government Civil Servants then saw another way to get in on the cash flow from Tanzanite. Rules were imposed that only a Citizen of Tanzania could export Tanzanite, so this established another layer of bureaucracy where more bribes were required to get the proper export papers. Today the flow of better Tanzanite Gems has slowed while sales have increased.