The discovery of Tanzanite:

The ultimate blue gemstone was discovered on the foothills of the mighty Mt. Kilimanjaro in East Africa’s Tanzania. The stone was named by Tiffany & Co. after the county of its discovery.

Dissimilar to some notable gemstones that have been in existence for quite a long time, tanzanite has been found quite recently. 

The original story of tanzanite’s disclosure recounts Maasai herders who discovered blue precious stones in the Merelani Hills close to Arusha, Tanzania, while tending domesticated animals in 1967. They advised a miner named Manuel d’Souza, who instantly enrolled claims with the public authority to start mining. 

At first, d’Souza thought he was mining sapphire diamonds, however the gem was before long distinguished as a dynamic blue assortment of Zoisite—a mineral stone that had been around since the mid 1800s. 

Tiffany and Co. perceived this blue jewel’s capability to equal more costly sapphire and consented to become its main distributor. Rather than publicizing “blue zoisite”— which sounded excessively similar as “suicide”— Tiffany named the gemstone “tanzanite” to feature its exclusive geographic beginning. They presented it in 1968. 

An estimated 2 million carats of tanzanite were mined before the Tanzanian government nationalized the mines in 1971. The public authority isolated the mines into four segments, or squares, in 1990. Tanzanite One Mining Ltd., the world’s biggest tanzanite maker, holds the rights to Block C, which is bigger than different squares joined. 

An autonomous review from 2012 recommends that at a creation pace of 2.7 million carats each year, Block C’s tanzanite stores might exhaust in 30 years. 

Tanzanite might not have the long history of different gemstones, however with such restricted supplies and quickly developing fame, it is profoundly valued for its uncommon beauty and excellence.

This gorgeous blue gemstone has taken the world by storm. 

At first Tanzanite was bought as a substitute for blue Sapphire since it was less expensive, yet presently Tanzanite stands immovably in the gems and jewelry market all alone.