Surely many have heard about the precious stone of Tanzania. This stone is called tanzanite - an extremely rare and expensive stone 💎

Tanzanite is a beautiful blue variety of the mineral zoisite. When exposed to extreme heat, the gemstone changes color from pale blue to bright ultramarine with a violet tint.

Tanzanite's hardness ranges from 6.5 to 7 on the Mohs scale, which is nowhere near as hard as the sapphire (9) it often replaces.

Tanzanite can only be found in one place in the world - in Tanzania in a remote area called Merelani at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro🏔

🇹🇿Tanzanite is now the pride of the gem-rich East African country of Tanzania.

Tanzanite has become one of the most intriguing and coveted gemstones of modern times. Tanzanite is a geological phenomenon. It is 1000 times rarer than a diamond💍 Tanzanite jewelry is extremely valuable and in demand both because of the rarity of the gemstone and because of its beauty.

It is estimated that within the next 10 years no more gem quality tanzanite will be found, only those lucky enough to already own tanzanite now or in the near future will become the first owners of the gemstone.

There are good reasons for the popularity of this gemstone. It has the characteristics of a gemstone: overall beauty, amazing color and rarity, to name a few.

Based on its connection to the Maasai people, who consider blue to be sacred, healing and a symbol of new life, tanzanite is considered a birthstone regardless of the month and celebrates new life and new beginnings🌙

Fun fact: The stone in the heart-shaped necklace worn by Kate Winslet from the movie Titanic was TANZANITE.