Tanzanite

The tanzanite is a blue variant of gem. There is another pink variant too. Known from a long time in Tanzania, today it is one of the most spread precious stones. It firstly has been described in 1967 by the Indian prospector Manuel de Sanza, who initially thought that he discovered a deposit of sapphires. Later it has been described as a variety of “zoisir” by the German Gemology Society. The tanzanite becomes famous thanks to a necklace with five faceted faces, of an exceptional quality, which belonged to Elizabeth Taylor. The tanzanite makes the heart stronger and it is used for the psychic diseases.
The stone must be dissolved in warm water, than recharged for a short time at the sun. It protects those sign of the zodiac Sagittarius.

Color

The tanzanite can have many colors: blue, green-blue, blue-purple, brown, yellow very often, and it can also colorless.

Etymology

The first minerals have been found in 1967 in the north of Tanzania. The first stones were the transparent blue-violet forms. This mineral is actually discovered as a precious stone, at the New-Yorker jewelry maker Tiffany (firm built by Charles Lewis Tiffany), who names the mineral after the place where it has been found, because the name of zoisite is associated to the English word “suicide”.

Spreading

The only place in the world was it has found the mineral which is formed through hydrothermal processes, are the crystals from “Miralanu Hills” near the Arusha in Tanzania.

Utilization

Thanks to its special transparent proprieties it is used as precious stone and because it is so appreciated it is also very expensive.

Big crystals of tanzanite of many karats very frequently found and they have a special intense cut eye. This determines the color game between dark blue and red-violet, of the mineral. The tanzanite is considered to be the most precious stone, which till now it has only been found in the region of Kilimanjaro.

Manipulation and imitation

Great quantities of minerals which are found in trade as tanzanite are actually thermal treated yellow-brown zoisites. The same are the imitation of blue glass.

Information

Colors: there are a lot of colors for this stone: grey, white, green, green-grey, red-green, pink, bleu marine and it can be colored.

Hardness: 6.6-7 from 10.

The stone is recommended for:

Signs of the zodiac: Sagittarius, Gemini, Libra

Birth month-

Lucky talisman-

Birth day-

Governor planet-

Numerological influence-

Anniversary-it used to be gifted at 24 years of marriage.

Chakra: 5, 6, 7

Others:-

Its effects on the owner:

• -it brings light, protection, security, safety, universal love, peace, friendship
• -it helps focusing and stimulates spiritual and psychic capacities
• -it facilitates and stimulates the communication
• -it promotes the new and helps to the understanding of new beginnings
• -it gives a state of good mood

Health-it helps to the straightening of the spinal column and it is benefic for eyes, hair and hearing.

The biggest tanzanite that had ever been found, a precious stone almost 3 kilos, was extracted in Tanzania. This stone of 220 mm to 80 and 70, had been discovered 270 feet below the earth in a mine room Mirelani, in the north of Tanzania, near to the Kilimanjaro mountain. The tanzanite is one of the most spread precious stones, inside of its limited duration and its very little resistant structure.
Discovered in 1954, having a color of intense blue, it is exclusive found in this region of the country. For the experts, the tanzanite is hydrated calcium and aluminum silicate and a variety of zoisit. A tanzanite of a great quality can reach a very big price. This one which has just been extract from the mine has not been estimated yet.