Knowledge / Skills: Rocks & Mineral Formations

Knowledge / Skills: Rocks & Mineral Formations

The camp provides you with an opportunity to visit an ancient mine to learn formation of minerals such as tourmaline, green garnet and the rare Tanzanite which is only found in Tanzania. You will learn the formation and diverse colors of minerals as a result of interplay between variables such as pressure, tectonic mixing, heat, cooling/solidification and time. Variations of such variables determine the variations of minerals in a particular location. The knowledge of rock and mineral formations is intriguing