Rare Gemstones

The Brilliant Gems Collection

The Pleochroic Gem

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.