Tanzanite is a very desirable gemstone due to its catchy vivid violet blue color, transparency and unique shine. It is a variety of mineral zoisite and its findings and use are not historic, as it was discovered first in the later half of the 20th century in Tanzania near the hills of Mount Kilimanjaro. The name tanzanite was given first by Tiffany and Company to this blue color stone in zosite because of its origin, which is confined only to Tanzania. Now that Tiffany is the world's top renowned luxuary jewelry brand and Tanzanite had the credit to be named after them, it has somehow accentuated its value and fame quickly.
Tanzanite has a single origin, which is Tanzania, so the deposits are very limited, making it a very rare gemstone, much rarer than diamonds. The mining is also halted by the government there, making it even less available now.
These effects are the signature quality of this gem. The term pleochroism means that a stone will show different colors when seen from various directions, and trichroism comes from the word tri, or three; so this turned from blue to violet and contained hues of red and orange in them. This is due to the sensitivity of the gem to light; it has the property of absorbing colors of higher wavelengths in different lightning situations.
The largest tanzanite mined so far is a 3.38 kg, or 16839 carats, by miner "Tanzanite One.".
Due to high demand and expensive price, a lot of imitation tanzanite is coming into markets to be sold, like the color-coated stones or the reheated tanzanite to enhance its color further, even fully fake stones that resemble the original one and are hard to differentiate, so it is necessary to be assured that what you are buying is authentic and lab-certified TZ stones from a legitimate and trusted place.
Due to its rarity, the tanzanites are pulling up high prices. Big-size eye-clean stones with perfect color (D to AAA, AA) are selling beyond $1000/ct easily, but commercial ranges like transparent cabochons can come in range even lower than $10/ct.
Like other gemstones, the price of tanzanite depends on the color, clarity and size of the stone. A loupe clean to near-eye-clean stone with very nice saturated violet color and proper pleochroism will pull higher rates than an included one. Also, the cutting and polishing quality plays a major role here to bring out the color-reflecting property of the gem and determine the rate.
The color of the tanzanite should be pure deep violet blue with no visible color tones of green or yellow in it; otherwise, such stones with a light color or window stones that appear yellow or green are significantly low in price.
Tanzanites are easily found in clean purity, so stones with visible foreign inclusions or heavy fissures fall in commercial grade and are cheap in price.
Tanzanites are much faceted in chequered cut other than regular step and cabochon cutting. The big stones in the mentioned quality are highly priced now due to the limited availability of the gem.
Tanzanite is popularly used in all types of jewelry due to its pleochroism nature, which makes it immensely beautiful and is used in jewelry like earrings, rings, bracelets, necklaces, pendents, etc.
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