Poised between lush blue, vibrant violet, and rich purple, exotic tanzanite is found in only one place on earth, near majestic Mount Kilimanjaro 🏔

Found in 1967 by Tiffany & Co., tanzanite is a relatively new stone compared to other precious gemstones that have been discovered for thousands of years. 🕰

The size of a tanzanite gem influences its color. 

If you have two stones of equal saturation, the larger stone will have a richer apparent color - because the distance that light travels through the stone influences its perceived color.

Today, nearly all of the gems being sold as "tanzanite" have a blue color that has been produced or enhanced by heating.