What is the best color for tanzanite?

vivid blue
The top color for tanzanite is a vivid blue. Cutters must examine each piece of rough and determine if they can cut it in an orientation that will yield a finished stone with maximum face-up blue color.

What color of tanzanite is the rarest?

Pink Tanzanite
Pink Tanzanite (or Pink Zoisite, to give it its scientific name) is the rarest of all Tanzanites.

What is the best grade of tanzanite?

The optimum range for Tanzanite is 4—6 where the stone is neither too light or too dark. The very finest stones lie in the 6 range. Saturation is arguably the most important component in the GIA color grading system.

What are the different colors of tanzanite?

Typically gorgeous blues and bluish-purples, Tanzanite also comes in extremely rare and highly collectable fancy colors: Golden, Green, Lilac and Peacock (blue and green).

Should tanzanite be blue or purple?

Tanzanite is usually either blue-dominant, or violet-dominant. Though personal preference should be considered before making a tanzanite purchase, it is generally accepted that blue-dominant tanzanite is a better option from an investment point of view, as it is more rare and likely to yield a higher return.

What color is AAA tanzanite?

medium violet-blue color
Natural AAA These are the top 20%-30% of natural Tanzanites available. They have a medium violet-blue color with slight gray hues. They are moderately to slightly included. This quality is typically used in fine jewelry by leading independent/family jewelers.

Will tanzanite go up in value?

Unlike Diamonds and gems like Tsavorite, Tanzanite prices do not currently increase rapidly on a per carat basis at different carat brackets. Tanzanite value and hence price is very much linked to rarity – the finer the color/clarity/cutting grade the higher the price.

How can I tell if my tanzanite is real?

Therefore, to check its authenticity, view the jewel in natural light and then place it under incandescent light. In natural light, real tanzanites usually showcase a blue hue with a tinge of purple. Under incandescent light, however, the gem will appear more purple and may even display some red or pink flashes.

How can you tell if tanzanite is good quality?

Clarity & Luster It has an attractive vitreous luster and is often of high clarity. Eye visible inclusions can decrease the value of the Tanzanite. The best quality tanzanite is “clean” and free of visible inclusions of any kind that can be viewed only by a jewelers loupe.

Is there purple tanzanite?

Tanzanite owes much of its beauty to an unusual gemological property called pleochroism, the ability to exhibit more than one color. When viewed from different directions, tanzanite can look blue, violet, purple, bronze or even gray. This is because Tanzanite is a trichroic gem.

Is Darker tanzanite better?

The deeper the colour, the more valuable the gemstone, and has been established that consumers naturally gravitate towards gemstones of deeper colours. Tanzanite gemstones of intense colour are more valuable because they occur much more rarely in nature.

What is AAAA grade tanzanite?

Tanzanite Grades Estimates suggest that only about five percent of all Tanzanite is of this grade or better. AAAA – Less than one percent of all material makes this grade. We reserve this stone for the finest jewelry, such as the Iliana and Rhapsody collections. This grade may also be called Vivid.