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Locality: Merelani Hills, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
Description: Tanzanite has only been known since 1967. The most common telling is that a Maasai herder found violet-blue crystals weathering out of the ground in the Merelani Hills of northern Tanzania. He showed them to prospector Manuel d'Souza, who quickly registered mining claims, hoping he had found sapphire. Other accounts credit a Meru herdsman, Jumanne Mhero Ngoma, with the first find.
At first no one was sure what the crystals were. They turned out to be a blue gem variety of zoisite. Tiffany & Co. became the main distributor, named the gem after the country it came from, and launched it with a big publicity campaign in 1968.
All tanzanite comes from this one small area, where it is mined from folded metamorphic rocks. Hot fluids moving through faults reacted with the rock and grew the crystals, often in cavities or along quartz veins. The colour is linked to vanadium, and tanzanite shows strong pleochroism, looking blue, violet or other shades from different directions.
This one of a kind tanzanite specimen has a rich blue-violet color with a long, narrow crystal form and a sharp natural termination at one end. The crystal shows strong lengthwise striations, glassy luster, and a mix of transparent to translucent areas that let the color deepen and shift depending on the angle. There are also natural white mineral remnants and internal fractures that give it a more rugged, untouched character. It is a slender display piece with good shape, clear zoning, and the kind of natural surface detail that collectors look for in uncut mineral specimens.
Tanzanite is often associated with insight, calm, and thoughtful communication. Many people are drawn to it as a stone that symbolizes inner depth, perspective, and personal growth. Its cool violet-blue color gives it a quiet, reflective presence that people often connect with clarity, intuition, and a steadier state of mind.
Quantity: 1pc
With this product, you will get the actual stone in the photograph.