Tanzanite 5x3mm. Pears Shape "AA" Color Calibrated Gems ITEM#4825-6441 PRODUCT DETAILS    Stone/Shape: --    Stone/Color: --    Cut: Facet    Size: 5x3mm.  Approx    Weight (pcs.): 0.22 carat. approx    Origin: Tanzania    Color: AA    Clarity: FI (Free Of Inclusions)    Treatment: Heated    Overall Grade: "AA" Price per piece. 15 - 29 30 - 59 60 - 119 120+ $3.74 $3.18 $2.86 $2.57

Tanzanite 5x3mm. Pears Shape "AA" Color Calibrated Gems

 

Price
$3.74 PER piece.

Tanzanite 9x7mm. Oval Shape "AAA" Color Calibrated Gems ITEM#4825-9902 PRODUCT DETAILS    Stone/Shape: --    Stone/Color: --    Size: 9x7mm.  Approx    Weight (pcs.): 1.80 carat. Approx    Origin: Tanzania    Color: AAA    Clarity: EC (Eye Clean)    Treatment: Heated    Overall Grade: "AA" Price per piece. 1 - 1 2 - 3 4 - 7 8+ $499.74 $424.78 $382.30 $344.07

Tanzanite 9x7mm. Oval Shape "AAA" Color Calibrated Gems

 

Price
$499.74 PER piece.

Tanzanite 6mm. Heart Shape "AAA" Color Calibrated Gems ITEM#4825-6434 PRODUCT DETAILS    Stone/Shape: --    Stone/Color: --    Cut: Facet    Size: 6mm.  Approx    Weight (pcs.): 0.70 carat. Approx    Origin: Tanzania    Color: AAA    Clarity: FI (Free Of Inclusions)    Treatment: Heated    Overall Grade: "AA" Price per piece. 1 - 1 2 - 3 4 - 7 8+ $82.36 $70.01 $63.01 $56.70

Tanzanite 6mm. Heart Shape "AAA" Color Calibrated Gems

 

Price
$82.36 PER piece.

Tanzanite 8 to 9mm. Briolette Heart (SD) Shape "AB" Grade 8 Inch Bead Layouts ITEM#4825-20476 PRODUCT DETAILS    Stone/Shape: --    Stone/Color: --    Bead Cut: Briolette    Size: 8 to 9mm.  Approx    Weight (pcs.): 142.00 carat. Approx    Origin: Tanzania    Color: AA    Clarity: MI (Moderately Included)    Treatment: Heated    Length: 8 Inch    Overall Grade: "AB" Price per layout. 1 - 1 2 - 3 4 - 7 8+ $564.45 $479.78 $431.80 $388.62

Tanzanite 8 to 9mm. Briolette Heart (SD) Shape "AB" Grade 8 Inch Bead Layouts

 

Price
$564.45 PER layout.

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The gemstone discoveries in East Africa in the 1960s transformed the jewelry world: new varieties, new colors, and new variations on existing species made that decade the most exciting time in the gemstone industry in our lifetimes.

Tanzanite is the ultimate prize of a gem safari. Its rich purples and blues often have a depth comparable to the finest sapphire. Paler Tanzanite has a delicate periwinkle color like the eyes of Elizabeth Taylor. It is supremely rare, coming from only one place in the world, the Merelani Hills of Tanzania, in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.

The source of its mesmerizing color is that Tanzanite is trichroic: that is, it shows different colors when viewed in different directions. One direction is blue, another purple, and another bronze, adding subtle depths to the color. When Tanzanite is found in the ground, the bronze color dominates. However, with gentle heating, the cutter can watch the blue color bloom and deepen in the stone.

Legend has it that the affect of heat was first discovered when some brown zoisite crystals laying on the ground with other rocks were caught in a fire set by lightning that swept through the grass covered Merelani hills northeast of Arusha. The Masai herders who drive cattle in the area noticed the beautiful blue color and picked the crystals up, becoming the first Tanzanite collectors.

The color of Tanzanite is most intense in sizes above ten carats. Smaller Tanzanites are usually paler in color. Tanzanites, which are more bluer rather than purple tend to be more expensive because the crystals tend to form with the blue color axis oriented along the width of the crystal instead of the length. That means if the cutter chooses to maximize the purity of the blue color, the stone cut from the rough will be smaller and will cost more per carat. The blue color, however, is so beautiful, that the sacrifice is often worth it.

Tanzanite jewelry is a little more delicate than other gemstone jewelry and should not be set in a ring that will be worn during strenuous activity. Never clean Tanzanite in an ultrasonic cleaner or resize or repair a ring set with Tanzanite because the stone could shatter in the heat of a torch. It is available in a variety of shapes and sometimes in large sizes that are perfect for an important necklace.

Color: blue, violet blue, green, yellow, brownish
Hardness: 6,5 - 7
Refractive index: 1.69 – 1.70
Density: 3.35
Chemical composition: Ca2Al3(O/OH/SiO4/Si2O7)
Crystal structure: orthorhombic
Origins: Tanzania

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