Description
All of our Minerals & Crystals are 100% Genuine Specimens & come with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Tanzanite is the blue/violet variety of the mineral zoisite (a calcium aluminium hydroxyl sorosilicate) belonging to the epidote group. It was discovered by a Tanzanian Jumanne Mhero Ngoma in the Mererani Hills of Manyara Region in Northern Tanzania in 1967.
Very rarely found in nature this piece of Tanzanite has been heat treated from green zoisite to form this beautiful and distinct colour.
Location found: Tanzania
SIMILAR TO SEEN: The image shows an example of the single specimen you will receive. This will be picked from our stock box graded and with a size within the minimum and maximum size range indicated. It will not be the exact specimen in the photo, the colours, shape, size and style may vary as with any natural item.
