Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Tanzanite

Views:
Watches:
ESM760147

Tanzanite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania (United Republic)
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.2 × 1.2 cm
Description

A lustrous terminated deep blue tanzanite crystal with internal reflexions (blue-red dichroism through c-axis)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tanzanite

Variety Of: 

Zoisite

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al3}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.10
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania