East Africa's ‘Great Rift Valley’ is one of the greatest gem producing locations on Earth, and has become something of an issue concerning Ruby. Discovered in the 1960’s, Kenya and Tanzania’s Rubies surprised everybody with their remarkably beautiful color, varying from light to dark red.

Reputed for its tsavorite, tanzanite and rhodolite garnet the exploration of this gem rich geographical feature only began in the last fifty or so years. In this time this massive area has continued to surprise with quality yields of alexandrite, sapphire, color-change garnet and countless other gem varieties.