About Tanzanite

Tanzanite is a blue variety of the gemstone zoisite.  The deep blue of the tanzanite is fantastic, and runs from ultramarine blue to violet-blue. The most coveted color is a blue surrounded by a delicate hint of purple, which has a particularly wonderful effect in larger stones. The well developed polychromaticity of the tanzanite is typical: depending on the angle from which you look at it, the stone may appear blue, purple or brownish-yellow.

Tanzanite continues to fascinate with its unusual, and captivating aura. Its deep blue, almost magical color, with the slightly purple tinge is one of the most extravagant colors known to man. A person who acquires one of these gems is someone who wishes to set himself apart from the ordinary. A person who wears it exudes confidence and individuality.

Tanzanite is an extraordinary gemstone. It occurs in only one place worldwide.  It is blue, surrounded by a fine hint of purple, and is a wonderful color. Thanks to its unusual aura and the help of the New York jeweler's Tiffany, it has rapidly become one of the most coveted gemstones in the world.

It is named after the East African state of Tanzania, the only place in the world where it has been found.  Tanzanite is one of the many magnificent gemstones Africa provides.  Tanzanite was celebrated by the specialists as the "gemstone of the 20th century" on its discovery in 1967.   The first deep-blue crystals  were found in the Merelani Hills near Arusha in the north of Tanzania.    

In Merelani today, the search is carried on for the coveted crystals in several, smallish mines, in some cases using modern methods. As a rule, only small grains are found, but now and again the mineworkers succeed in fetching out a larger crystal.

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