Jewelry

[gertrudecloset]

[Marp]

Maybe Tanzanite or Iolite.  Hard to tell from that photo.

[elated]

It looks like a purple sapphire.

[Kachina624]

Could be an African Amethyst.  Horrible photo for identification purposes.

[Desertdi]

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[Kachina624]

@Desertdi    Never heard if a color changing Tanzanite.  Must be a synthetic stone.

I have a very large ring that's a synthetic Alexanderite that is similar.

[Desertdi]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@Desertdi    Never heard if a color changing Tanzanite.  Must be a synthetic stone.

I have a very large ring that's a synthetic Alexanderite that is similar.

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@Kachina624    I purchased a "bella luce cz tanzanite" line bracelet that looks pretty good to me!!   di

[Kachina624]

@Desertdi   Here's mine.  It must be 25+ct.  It's too big to wear but the silver work is exquisite. It changes from teal to deep wine.  I got it from a dealer in Bangkok from whom I bought a lot of jewelry.   The stone is so big, it doesn't photograph well.  Needs good light. 

[gertrudecloset]

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@Marp wrote:

Maybe Tanzanite or Iolite.  Hard to tell from that photo.

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I've done this quite a few times in this section and we all have fun guessing which stone it is @Marp .

[gertrudecloset]

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@Desertdi wrote:

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@Desertdiyou got it!

Yepper.  I was shocked.  I was reading something on Youtube about Tanzania and the Massai people.  The men in this village closest to the mine use these various colored pieces of rough tanzanite (zoisite) when playing a local game.

I was watching them go down into the mine and grade them and so on.  The mine is near Mt. Kilimanjaro (never knew this).  The mineral zoisite comes in more than one color (like diamonds and sapphires and garnets do).  They call other colors of Tanzanite "fancy" or pink or orange tanzanite.  Some are pleochroic.  Many are heat treated as well.