When I investigated this, I found that the Garbatula mine produces standard blue Sapphire, not golden. Later, the African told me that the mine was in fact at Garbatula in the central region. This is supported by the fact that deposits of large gemstone rocks do not occur in geographically flat regions. Using local people from the area, I investigated this claim and they all reported that there were no mines in this area. However, when I met the man in 2016, he sold me a smaller amount of this very hard to find rough stone, which he claimed came from a region of Kenya that is close to the border of Somalia. In 2009, Tanzim Khan purchased a huge amount of rough goldsheen sapphire from an African trader, who agreed not to sell to anyone else.
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