{"id":24864,"date":"2021-08-01T17:36:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T00:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platearjewels.com\/?p=24864"},"modified":"2022-09-06T09:04:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T16:04:21","slug":"tanzanite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/tanzanite\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzanite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/platearjewels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/tanzanite-raw-mineral-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/tanzanite-raw-mineral-.jpg 400w, https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/tanzanite-raw-mineral--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/tanzanite-raw-mineral--300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tanzanite<\/strong> is known as <strong>gem Zoisite<\/strong> or <strong>blue\/purple Zoisite.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Origin<\/u><\/strong>-: Discovered in <strong>1967<\/strong> when <strong>Tiffany Jewelers<\/strong> introduced it to the market in the <strong>Mererani Hills<\/strong> of <strong>Northern Tanzania<\/strong> near the city of <strong>Arusha<\/strong> and <strong>Mount Kilimanjaro.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Color<\/u><\/strong>-: Purple to blue, Bronze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Hardness<\/u><\/strong>-: 6.5 on the Mohs scale with an orthorhombic crystal structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Birthstone<\/u><\/strong>-: December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Zodiac sign<\/u><\/strong>-: Virgo and Sagittarius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Luster<\/u><\/strong>-: Vitreous, pearly on cleavage surfaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Streak<\/u><\/strong>-: White or colorless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Occurrence<\/u><\/strong>-: East African state of Tanzania in a volcanic basin called Merlani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Metaphysical Properties<\/u><\/strong>-:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cStone of magic\u201d that helps with spiritual awareness and psychic insight.<\/li><li>&#8220;Workaholic&#8217;s stone&#8221; because it helps you slow down and take it easy, brings success in more areas of life.<\/li><li>It relieves stress, depression and enhances composure, poise and harmony.<\/li><li>To transmute negativity.<\/li><li>Physically it is said in healing folklore and crystal healing to be beneficial for stress related illnesses and high blood pressure in particular.<\/li><li>Tanzanite is related primarily to the throat and third eye chakras.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Handling<\/u><\/strong>-:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Ultrasonic<\/strong>: Unsafe; never clean tanzanite with ultrasonic cleaners.<\/li><li><strong>Steamer<\/strong>: Not safe.<\/li><li>The best way to care for tanzanite is to clean it with warm, soapy water.<\/li><li><strong>Acids<\/strong>: Attacked by hydrochloric and hydrofluoric acids.<\/li><li><strong>Heat<\/strong>: Fuses under jeweler&#8217;s torch; sudden temperature changes may cause cracking.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Enhancements<\/u><\/strong>-: Virtually all tanzanite is heat treated (approx. 500\u00b0C), which converts the brown pleochroic color blue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tanzanite is known as gem Zoisite or blue\/purple Zoisite. Origin-: Discovered in 1967 when Tiffany Jewelers introduced it to the market in the Mererani Hills of Northern Tanzania near the city of Arusha and Mount Kilimanjaro. Color-: Purple to blue, Bronze. Hardness-: 6.5 on the Mohs scale with an orthorhombic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24864"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24984,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24864\/revisions\/24984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}