What are the different colors of tanzanite?

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What gem stone is teal?

Teal sapphire is a unique and special variety of corundum that features two of nature’s most majestic colors: deep ocean blue and vivacious green. This incredible combination perhaps explains why many experts today consider this gem the next revolution in multi-colored sapphires.

What is the best color for tanzanite?

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Tanzanite is usually either blue-dominant, or violet-dominant. Though personal preference should be considered before making a tanzanite purchase, it is generally accepted that blue-dominant tanzanite is a better option from an investment point of view, as it is more rare and likely to yield a higher return.

Is there a blue tanzanite?

Physical Properties of Tanzanite Tanzanite is a blue color-variety of the mineral zoisite. Blue to bluish purple to bluish violet. The color of commercial stones is almost always produced or enhanced by heating brown or green zoisite.

Can tanzanite be green?

Green Tanzanite is very rare, especially if it is a more pure green with less of a yellow modifier. Very yellowish green stones (ones that are almost more yellow than green) are called “Combat Color” by the miners and are not as rare or as valuable.

What is blue Wing tanzanite?

Tanzanite’s color can be a very bright, intense blue. In exceptional tanzanites, the color is an intense violetish blue with red flashes of pleochroic color coming from within the stone. Due to the gem’s strong pleochroism, fashioned examples typically show a mix of both blue and violet colors in a wide range of tones.

Why does my tanzanite look purple?

Tanzanite owes much of its beauty to an unusual gemological property called pleochroism, the ability to exhibit more than one color. When viewed from different directions, tanzanite can look blue, violet, purple, bronze or even gray. This is because Tanzanite is a trichroic gem.

Is Blue Green tanzanite valuable?

About twenty years ago vivid green Tanzanite hit the market for a very short time. This material was similar in color to chrome Tourmaline and was very attractive and quite valuable. Material that is available today has a mix of yellow and or blue with the green and is not as desirable or as valuable.

What is Peacock tanzanite?

A carryover of Tanzanite mining, Peacock Tanzanite is a rare, untreated version of the well known Zoisite. The green to greenish-blue color zoning is due to the trace element Chromium. Peacock Tanzanite is a beautiful blend of purple, blue and green that resembles the captivating colors of Peacock Feathers.