A father-of-30 children and a miner, now an overnight millionaire.
The joyful incident happened in Tanzania, after digging up two massive chunks.
Gemstones is one of the world’s rarest gemstones worth $3.35million.
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The Tanzanian government handed Saniniu Laizer a cheque for 7.74 billion Tanzanian shillings
($3.35million) for the two dark violet-blue stones during a trading event in the northern region of
Manyara on Wednesday, June 24.
He discovered the rarest gemstones which weighed 9.2kg and 5.8kg in the north of the country last
week.
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The father of 30 children who has four wives vowed to use some of the money to build a school and a
shopping mall in his community, where many parents can’t afford to pay for their children’s
education.
President
John Magufuli Tanzania president phoned to congratulate Laizer .
And ened the conversation with
‘This is a confirmation that Tanzania is rich,’
During the presentation of his cheque.
