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Tanzanite is a blue-to-violet variety of the mineral Zoisite. It is celebrated for its remarkable pleochroism, meaning it exhibits different colours (blue, violet, and sometimes reddish-brown) when viewed from different crystal axes. The desired deep blue-violet colour is nearly always achieved through heat treatment of the naturally brownish material. It possesses a beautiful vitreous lustre. Due to its intense, sought-after colour and single-source origin, it is a highly prized and rare gemstone used in high-end jewellery.

Tanzanite is known as the "Stone of Spiritual Exploration and Integration." It is a high-vibrational stone that powerfully links the Heart, Throat, Third Eye, and Crown Chakras, facilitating deep spiritual insight, clear communication, and intuitive perception. It is especially effective at integrating the spiritual world into the physical, helping the user to translate psychic knowledge into practical understanding. Tanzanite promotes emotional composure, calmness, and the courage to live from the heart, supporting inner wisdom and the honourable pursuit of truth.

Hardness: 6.5 to 7 on the Mohs scale (it is reasonably durable but sensitive to thermal shock and requires careful handling).

Chakra: Primarily the Throat Chakra (for communication), Third Eye Chakra (for intuition), and Crown Chakra (for spiritual connection).

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius, Gemini, and Libra. It is also a traditional birthstone for December.

Benefits: Enhances spiritual insight, intuitive perception, and psychic ability, facilitates communication of high-vibrational truth and wisdom, aids in emotional composure, calmness, and stress relief, supports spiritual integration and inner wisdom, and accelerates personal and spiritual growth.

Source: Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania (the only known commercial source in the world).

How to use Tanzanite

Place it in your home: Keep a piece in a meditation space or office to promote mental clarity, high-vibrational energy, and clear communication.

Meditate with it: Hold the stone or place it on your Third Eye Chakra during meditation to quickly access deeper levels of spiritual insight, enhancing psychic abilities and facilitating connection with the divine.

Carry it: Keep a piece in your pocket or bag, especially when facing a challenge that requires profound insight or communication, drawing on its energy for clarity and wisdom.

Wear it: As jewellery (a pendant close to the throat or third eye is ideal) for continuous access to its calming, wisdom-enhancing, and spiritually integrating vibration throughout the day. Practise care due to its thermal sensitivity.

Use for inner work: Use the stone when seeking to translate dreams or abstract spiritual information into practical, actionable steps, helping to ground the wisdom into your daily reality.