What to Look?
Tanzanite was discovered in 1967 Tanzania and then
named after Tanzania as Tanzanite where it was discovered. It resembles with a
bluish violet sapphire but has a very far less cost. It gained popularity in 1980s
and 1990s. It remained a popular choice in jewellery despite its relative
fragility. Tanzanite stones are rarer and hence more precious than diamonds. On
the contrary, neither do they have the same industrial strength as the other
more common precious gemstones have, nor do they have the same cost. It is
basically come from only a roughly 20-square-mile region in the Melanie
foothills in Tanzania at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro. It is harder to find it
on each successive year. As it is only found in this one location in the world that
is why, Tanzanite’s increasing scarcity also leads to its mounting per-carat
price.
Stones
and Craftsmanship
Both diamonds and tanzanite are too expensive to
use in crafts unless you make handmade jewellery. Since 2012, the Tanzanite
Foundation has funded the Maasi Ladies Project, which features handmade
jewellery of the women who live near the region where tanzanite is mined. Since
2012, these women have made distinctive wire-wrapped jewellery using
tumbled tanzanite. Crafters often use imitation of tanzanite or diamonds in
glass form instead of the real stone, or they use semi-precious stones.
Colour Comparison
Tanzanite stones range in colours from blue to
purple on one hand and can display different colours when kept in the sunlight
based on how they were cut on the other. Moreover, if we compare the colour of
the tanzanite to the colour of deep rich sapphires, then the more blue the
tanzanite is, the more valuable it is. Diamonds are also available in multiple
colours from yellow, pink or blue. The scale for gauging diamond colours begins
with colourless stones, and then moves on to near colourless, pale or faint
yellow all the way to evident colours.
Strength
and utilization
Defectively coloured or flawed diamonds are not out
of the mix. Instead, these diamonds are used for industrial purposes. You can find diamond-cutting blades for art
and home projects. Sometimes diamonds are used as a sharp stone. That Tanzanite
which does not have the potency of a diamond, is a more delicate stone, with a
6 to 7 rating on the Mohs mineral hardness scale, compared with
diamond’s position at 10, the top of the scale. On the whole, it has gain
popularity as a jewellery item and that women like to wear it as a gemstone
instead of diamond etc. For product review and comparison different product and
price checker sites are available on the net.
Price
Comparison
Tanzanite stones price basically depends upon its size, colour, cut and clarity. As far as cut, clarity, colour, overall stone quality, and carats are concerned, Tanzanite stones and diamonds both are equally graded. Though tanzanite is rarer, yet diamonds still stands out as far as cost per carat is concerned. Well-known and high quality jewellers can charge even more for finished jewellery using one or both stones, based on their repute and the excellence of the precious stone situation. Here again, shopping comparison of different jewellers can be seen in the price comparison sites.
