By David Adamson

Did you know that while other gemstones can be found naturally in more than one country, Tanzanite is mined only in Tanzania. This makes Tanzanite even more exclusive, more precious and more desirable.

Tanzanite is a modern gemstone. The newest one in fact as it was discovered in 1967.  Its popularity is increasing as more and more people discover this amazing gem.

Although Tanzanite is a vivid blue gemstone which looks a lot like sapphire, aesthetically, it has an advantage over coveted sapphire. Tanzanite's strong trichoism properties makes this a very interesting gemstone. From some angles, un-treated Tanzanite appears blue. From other angles, it appears purple or brownish yellow. The most prized tanzanite stones have a lilac hue overlaying the beautiful blue shade.  These are the ones you should look for when choosing a quality Tanzanite and you can easily identify them just by looking at the gem as you turn it, it should be a vivid deep blue with flashes of lilac to pink.

Tanzanite was made popular by Tiffany and Company. In fact, Henry Platt of the New York Jeweler, Tiffany gave Tanzanite its name. If you love Tiffany jewelry, tanzanite is a gemstone to get.

Tanzanite is a blue version of zoisite. It is not very hard, being 6.5 to 7 on the Mohs scale (diamonds are a 10 on the Mohs scale). Hence, tanzanite should be handled with care. Do not put clean it in an ultrasonic bath. Do not let it come into contact with acids.

Tanzanite has an beautiful aura of mystery, with its deep blue color and purplish (lilac to violet) hues that give it a mysterious aura. Both are very cool colors and look fabulous with black and silver and other cool shades. Unfortunately, the brownish yellow hue, the third color in the mix clashes with the other two and is considered undesirable. However that brownish shade is always made to disappear by slightly heating the stone and this is usually done right at the mine or the cutters..

The prices of Tanzanite have more than doubled from 2000 to early 2012. Back in 2000, the per carat price for tanzanite was $600. In early 2012, per carat wholesale prices of Tanzanite have risen to $1,500. Now, Tanzanite One Ltd., a tanzanite company has established a DeBeers like hold on the tanzanite industry, which means prices of tanzanite are likely to soar.

Tanzanite is a December birthstone as declared by the American Gem Trade Association. It was the first gemstone added to the list since 1912. But like Diamond -which is the April birthstone – anyone can wear it as it is such a stunning gemstone.

So, if you do not already own one of these beautiful Tanzanite gems or maybe you do but feel that one is never enough.  I highly recommend that you acquire one soon as the price is only going to increase as the availability of higher quality Tanzanite decreases.



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