Tanzanite

Tanzanite

The exotic gemstone Tanzanite was discovered for the first time in 1967, and currently mined in only one place on Earth– Tanzania, East Africa.

Tanzanite is the variety of the mineral zoisite, and comes in a variety of blue indigo violet colors with a deep saturated blue hue being the most valuable and sought after. 

The hardness 6 - 7 on the Mohs Scale suggests Tanzanites to be a soft and brittle stone, which should be worn carefully and treated very gently.

Tanzanites share the month of December as a birthstone along with Turquoise and Zircon.