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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 strong natural crystal form with a rich violet-blue body color and a noticeably transparent to translucent interior. The crystal shows sharp faces, clear vertical growth lines, and a tapered, sculptural shape that gives it a refined look even in rough form. Depending on the angle, the color shifts from a cooler blue-violet to a softer lavender tone, which gives the piece more depth than a flat, uniform stone. It is a small but striking specimen, with enough clarity and shape to show why natural tanzanite crystals are so appealing on their own.
Many people are drawn to tanzanite for its association with perspective, intuition, and personal transition. It is often chosen by those who feel they are moving into a new phase and want a stone that symbolizes insight, calm thinking, and meaningful change. Its blue-violet color gives it a quiet intensity that many people find both elegant and grounding.
Quantity: 1pc
With this product, you will get the actual stone in the photograph.