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a gem rarer than diamond that exists in exactly one spot on Earth.
means A blue-to-violet gemstone, a variety of the mineral zoisite, found only near Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro.
from Coined in the 20th century by the jeweler Tiffany & Co., who decided that 'blue zoisite' sounded too much like 'blue suicide' to sell. They named it after Tanzania, the East African nation where the stones were unearthed, and stitched the gem to its single homeland forever in a single word.
- only source
- Found solely near Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
- color shift
- Shows blue, violet, or burgundy by angle
- named young
- Tiffany & Co. christened it in 1968
- running out
- Mines may be depleted within decades
- born of fire
- Formed by tectonic heat 585 million years ago
for instance
merelani hills mine — only known significant source of tanzanite, located in northern tanzania near arusha