Tanzania exported 80% of its Tanzanite to the United States until the publication of the Wall Street Journal article.

BBC: Tanzania fights US gem boycott

The report does, however, recognise the massive anomalies between Tanzanite sales abroad and revenue received from the gemstone in Tanzania itself.

BBC: Tanzania fights US gem boycott

He said he was optimistic about his US trip, which will begin with talks in Washington with representatives of companies that are boycotting Tanzanite.

BBC: Tanzania fights US gem boycott

The study has been submitted to the Tanzanian government and is due to be presented on Friday at the first ever Tanzanite seminar in Tuckson, Arizona.

BBC: Tanzania fights US gem boycott

Today, as cable shopping networks bloom like kudzu, we stuff our closets with Grip-N-Flip kitchen utensils, mixers with dough hooks, tanzanite bracelets and vanilla candles so rank they knock out power lines.

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