| FINE Tanzanite Jewelry |
| Tanzanite and Diamond Rings |
| $384 to $1400 |
| Tanzanite and Diamond Pendants |
| $285 to $900 |
No recent gemstone discovery has had more of an impact on the world gemstone market than Tanzanite. Portuguese prospector Manuel d'Souza discovered this gem in Tanzania in 1967 while searching for Sapphire.
Tanzanite was named after its country of origin by Henry Platt, vice president of Tiffany & Co. in New York, one of the world's most famous jewelers who began a marketing campaign to introduce Tanzanite to the public in the 1980s.
Supremely Rare
Tanzanite is supremely rare, coming from only one place in the world, the Merelani Hills of Tanzania, a 4 square kilometer area 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.
