Is Tanzanite a gemstone:

.Tanzanite is a rare lavender blue colored gemstone.

.Since the intense deep blue is very rare and prized, Tanzanites are mostly heated.

Its price remains very affordable with a color comparable to that of a Sapphire.

.This exceptional stone is only found in Tanzania.

MEANING:

.Tanzanite is associated with creativity and imagination.

It is a symbol of happiness and prosperity.

MYTHS AND LEGENDS:

The legend of their appearance varies according to the versions.

One of them is said to have spoken of violent storms that had started bushfires on the Merelani hills, not far from the famous extinct volcano, Kilimanjaro. The shepherds who had fled far from the disaster eventually returned: it was then that they discovered the blue stones, originally gray-brown, transformed by the heat into superb blue gems.