Tanzania’s Treasure

In Tanzania, the people speak of a legendary occurrence. Once — many, many years ago — a bolt of brightest lightning struck a piece of earth. But this was no ordinary lightning strike. The ground that was touched by this brilliant energy from the heavens yielded a magnificent stone. Tanzanite – the world’s rarest precious stone.

Tanzanite comes in varying different shades of blue. The darker the Tanzanite, the more valuable the stone is. There is only a very limited amount of Tanzanite in the world. Every piece of Tanzanite originates from a 6 km strip of land in Tanzania.