The Tanzanite Diaries

Welcome to the Tanzanite Diaries

Take a peek at all of the pictures from this week’s episode.

A rough tanzanite crystal in its natural brownish yellow colour, before heat treatment

How Tanzanite usually looks coming out of the ground before it has been heated.

Photo courtesy of Venus Tears https://www.venus-tears.jp/sg/blog/2016/06/30/tanzanite-the-fifth-king-of-the-gem/

Pear-shaped tanzanite pendant inside a looping diamond frame, laid on weathered wood

After it is heated you can notice the shifts in colors from shades of brown and yellow to violet and blue.

Three cut tanzanites side by side: two pear shapes and an emerald cut, deepening in colour from blue to violet

Without any heat treatment this type of Tanzanite will appear violet, blue, and green. We call it Peacock Tanzanite

A hand wearing an oval tanzanite ring with a diamond halo

The saturation of color depends on how large the gem is, the larger it is the more color it displays, and the richer the color is.

A carved figure of an elephant in ruby-in-zoisite, the pink ruby forming the body against green zoisite

Ruby in Zoisite- We said it was a cute elephant!

Map of northern Tanzania with the Merelani hills near Arusha circled in red, the only place tanzanite is mined

You can find Tanzanite in only one locale- Tanzania, specifically in the Merelani region where you can also find our Mint Garnet.

Graphic showing the tanzanite colour range as a spray of gem shapes, from green and lilac through to deep violet blue

Shades of Tanzanite

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Until next week- Gem Junkies