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Personally,Date: 2/10/2010 2:14:07 AM
Author:chictomato
Hi there I saw this Pink Tanzanite (Zoisite) being describe as very rare and its considered as 'collector stone'. So what exactly defines 'collector stone'? And just how rare is pink Zoisite? An also what should the ideal color be? Is this a good example? or is this tgt TIA!
Date: 2/10/2010 3:22:24 AM
Author: ma re
I don''t have answers to all of your questions, but I can tell you that generally speaking, collector stones are those that are not abundant enough to be widely marketed (advertised). You will see them in some (more or less) specialized places being sold every now and then, but due to rarity you''ll probably never see them at B&M stores or shopping networks. I also heard pink zoisite is rare, but I don''t know what the best color would be. Probably as intense as possible, with a great coverage all over the stone and the one that looks nice even without any treatments - so pretty much what stands for every other stone. But I really don''t know what the tonal range is for pink zoisite i.e. do they only come in lighter shades or can be more vivid and intense as well.
True, I really forgot about that aspect.Date: 2/10/2010 5:38:25 PM
Author: crasru
I always thought that stones that were beautiful but unfit for jewelry (e.g. sphalerite) were also called collector stones.
Date: 2/11/2010 4:00:37 AM
Author: Swala
Non blue zoisites should be called ''colored zoisites'' or ''fancy zoisites'' rather than ''pink tanzanite'' as tanzanite refers to the blue zoisite
Orange and pink zoisites are among the rarest of colored zoisites; green and yellow for instance are much more common.
Brown zoisites are the other hand have nothing to do with either orange or pink. Many future tanzanites were brown zoisites before being heated.
The one I see here - if the color on my screen is close to the reality - is a nice and rare gem. I have no idea of the weight and price but the gem is very well cut and the color is all but common.
I wouldn''t let the brittleness put me off tanzanite in general. My mother has a ring with a tanzanite that she wears on special occasions only, and after more than 15 years, it still doesn''t have a single mark on it (if it were me, though, I wouldn''t dare having a tanzanite set in a ring). Tanzanites, in the range of blue, violet, and lavender, can be spectacular gems, fiery and glowing thanks to their dispersion and level of colour saturation - as a collector, I wouldn''t want to be without at least one (luckily, I have two trillions and several raw crystals).Date: 2/10/2010 7:46:44 PM
Author: chictomato
Thank all for the input! I thought it was an interesting, different color will make a good addition to my little collection. But after reading up and thinking through, I had decided not to look for one as its brittleness just reminded me of the hard time I been through to set my peridot
Hi Swala is the pink Zoisite known as Thulite? tksDate: 2/11/2010 4:00:37 AM
Author: Swala
Non blue zoisites should be called ''colored zoisites'' or ''fancy zoisites'' rather than ''pink tanzanite'' as tanzanite refers to the blue zoisite
Orange and pink zoisites are among the rarest of colored zoisites; green and yellow for instance are much more common.
Brown zoisites are the other hand have nothing to do with either orange or pink. Many future tanzanites were brown zoisites before being heated.
The one I see here - if the color on my screen is close to the reality - is a nice and rare gem. I have no idea of the weight and price but the gem is very well cut and the color is all but common.