DODOMA, July 3 -- Mount Mautia, located in Kongwa District, Dodoma Region, contains rare minerals found nowhere else in the world apart from Tanzania and Zimbabwe, prompting geologists to call for the protection of the area, which they say holds significant potential for future scientific and economic benefits.

The call was made in Kongwa by the Manager of the Geology and Mineral Research Division at the Geological Survey of Tanzania (GST), Maswi Solomon, who said the area, rich in yoderite mineral (green-purple) and piemontite mineral (red-pink), could also become a potential tourist attraction.

The geologist said Mautia Hill contains minerals that were discovered in 1959 by an American researcher, but the area has not gained internati...