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Watch | Largest ever recorded tanzanite gemstones found

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Tanzanite is one of the rarest gemstones found on Earth. They are precious gemstones. Two of the largest tanzanites were found by Saniniu Laizer in one of his mines in Tanzania. It was first found in the foothills of Kilimanjaro in 1967.

The northern Tanzanian region of Manyara is the only known place where the stones are found. These gemstones are coveted by jewellers for their…

Nickel (symbol Ni and the atomic number 28) is a chemical element first discovered in 1751 by Swedish chemist Axel Fredrik Cronstedt. Thought to be one of the main constituents of the Earth's core, nickel is one of the many metals that make modern day life work. The strong, silvery-white metal is found in everything from the batteries in our televisions to the stainless steel in our kitchen sinks.

Fortunately for viewers, nickel is also found on YouTube.

For people unrelated to the mining industry, the term “mining equipment” often conjures up thoughts of bulldozers and small-scale excavators. That couldn’t be further from the truth.

The mining industry is full of lean, mean, giant machines. The sector employs some of thelargest machines the world has ever seen, and they’re only getting bigger. From trucks and excavators to draglines and scoopers, we reveal the biggest and baddest mining machinery in the mining industry.

While the search for silver dates back as early as the 4th millennium B.C. it wasn’t until the mid-15th century when the precious metal began to be extracted in massive quantities. Today, more than 671 million troy ounces of silver are mined around the world annually.

The video below reveals the silver mining process as shown at the Silver Valley mining complex in northern Idaho.