Tanzanite, the English name Tanzanite, is derived from place names. It is a kind of vanadium-containing zoisite (V-Zoisite). Because it was discovered in Tanzania, Africa in 1967, the international gemstone community named it "Tanzania Stone", or tanzanite for short. Tanzanite is calcium aluminosilicate and belongs to the epidote group of minerals in mineralogy. C'est [...]
