Tanzanite is the without doubt the most exciting gemstone of the century and is one that will have run out within 10 years.

Tanzanite comes from a single 10km area in Tanzania, and is the most popular selling coloured gemstone today; outselling even diamonds in many parts of the world! 

Tanzanite was discovered by Manuel de Souza, a Goan tailor and part time gold prospector in Arusha (Tanzania), when he found transparent fragments of vivid blue and bluish purple gem crystals on a ridge near Mererani, after a brush fire in 1967. 

Two years later it in 1969 it was presented to Tiffany and Co who introduced it to the world. They named it Tanzanite as a tribute to the country of its origin and because it is said to reflect the beauty of a classical Tanzanian night. 

Tiffany and co then went onto launch a huge marketing campaign that created the phenomenon that has the taken the gem world by storm; Tanzanite.

Indeed, Tanzanite is so beautiful that it is often mistaken for Kashmir Sapphire and due to its late discovery and its incredible properties it is the only gemstone to have been added to the official birthstone list by the American Gem Society since 1912.

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