5 Reasons Why Tanzanite Jewelry Is So Intriguing And Exquisite
Tanzanite was the gemstone phenomena of the latter-20th century, discovered in 1967. This mesmerizing violetish-blue gemstone easily made its way to the list of collector’s and the jewelry boxes of women the world over. What makes tanzanite jewelry so popular is so much more than the fascinating hues of the gemstone. Here are 5 reasons why the world finds jewelry made with tanzanite so very intriguing:- 1. As the story goes, during a massive storm, a lightning strike started a fire near the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro where a Masai herder later noticed several brilliant blue stones in the ground. It was found that the high temperature had turned the otherwise brown minerals blue and thus, tanzanite was born. 2. Tanzanite is extremely rare - it is found in a four kilometers wide and two kilometers long area at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro. The likelihood of finding tanzanite anywhere else on earth is one in a million, making it a thousand times rarer than diamonds. 3. Geologists around the