Tanzanite is a member of the zoisite minerals known as blue zoisite. It was first discovered in Tanzania, Africa in 1967. Tanzanite is very rarely a pure blue and usually exhibits rich purple overtones. Tanzanite is a brittle stone, and although it can be worn daily, care should be taken to protect it from knocks, pressure, and extreme temperature changes. Do not use a home ultrasonic to clean jewelry with tanzanite.

Legend says that Masai cattle herders first noticed this stone some 30 years ago after a fire caused by lightning burned areas in Tanzania. The herders noticed that brown zoisite crystals had turned a deep blue-purple due to the heat from the fire.

This stone activates several chakras from the heart to the Crown and links the mind with the heart.

Assists in:

• Promotes compassion

• Raises the user’s consciousness in a meditation

• Calms the overactive mind

• It brings a peaceful understanding of the user’s own heart

• Assists in speaking the truth

• Communication

• Assist a person who overworks to slow down.

• Enhances psychic abilities.

• Elevating moods to bring in peace.

On a physical level, it can assist in:

• Treatments for skin disorders

• Mis-alignments of the spinal column

• Disorders of the eyes

  Chakras that it is associated with Heart, Throat, Third eye, Crown

Astrological signs associated with Sagittarius, Gemini, Libra