Please post pictures of your tanzanites!

[Chicago Girl]

Thanks

 

[Barrett]

crystal

 

[Kim Bruun]

I LOVE tanzanite. Here's mine:



It's one of my first gems - I've had it for at least a decade, and it's still one of my favourites. I don't know the exact weight, but I'd guess it's about 1.20 carats.

 

[Barrett]

Great stone, Kim! I like it!

 

[JewelFreak]

Very nice, Kim. Barrett, your crystal makes me drool. I could look at it all day.

--- Laurie

 

[Kim Bruun]

Great stone, Kim! I like it!

Thank you, Barrett - it's not big, but the colour (slightly darker and deeper IRL) is good for its size. And I've had it for more than a decade, so I doubt it's coated.

Your crystal is gorgeous - tanzanite forms such beautiful crystals, and yours is not exception. Fantastic colour, too!

 

[Catmom]

I love the color of tanzanite so will greatly enjoy this thread. I only personally have one though which I have set in a pendant. Here is the stone pre-setting and post setting......

 

[Tanzigrrl]

Here's a link to a thread from a year ago when I brought home my big tanzanite (I don't have those photos on this computer so I had to link to an older thread):

[URL='https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/back-from-nyc-with-a-new-tanzanite-treasure.161034/#p2928752']https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/back-from-nyc-with-a-new-tanzanite-treasure.161034/#p2928752[/URL]



I hope to collect several more. My favorite stone!!!

 

[Barrett]

Catmom your stone is excellent!! I like that color. Not to dark and not to light. Nice.
Tanzigirl, of course I don't need to tell you your stones are sweet...you/we already know this..LOL

 

[Tanzigrrl]

The round one was my first ever Tanzanite. Purchased (in full tourist style) in St. Thomas. 2.05 carats. My first love.
It is currently in a diamond surround setting as a pendant (shown below), but I just don't like the style anymore so I'm going to try to find a match for it (8mm round) and have it made into a pair of earrings. (Keep the diamond surround, but add post and friction backs).

Attached is another view of my avatar ring, it's a 3.98 carat Tanzanite.

My largest, the 8.56 carat Tanzanite is in the thread I linked in my previous post, but I don't have any other photos of it on this computer. I hope to have it made into a custom necklace in the somewhat near future. I've been sitting on it for a year, planning and planning. Almost ready to pull the trigger and get it done.

 

[Tanzigrrl]

Barrett - you made me smile. Thanks very much, my friend! You have quite a Tanzanite there, yourself!

 

[Chicago Girl]

Tanzgirl, I'm obsessed with your tz ring. It's so perfect! Honestly seeing a picture of your ring was the catalyst for my strong interest in tz!!

 

[Tanzigrrl]

Aww, Chicago Girl, thank you so much! That ring is one of the only things I've ever bought pre-made. I saw it in the case and I Had. To. Have. It.

PS. I was once a "Chicago Girl" myself. 2000-2005. 5 very happy years in Chi-town.

 

[Catmom]

Catmom your stone is excellent!! I like that color. Not to dark and not to light. Nice.
Tanzigirl, of course I don't need to tell you your stones are sweet...you/we already know this..LOL

Thank you Barrett! My stone was cut by Michael E and while on the smaller side, 1.59ct, it is from "Block D" material and is loupe clean. Your crystal is absolutely gorgeous!

Tanzigirl, your ring is among my very favorites. The color is so amazing!

 

[Tanzigrrl]

Ahhh, y'all are making me blush. There's nothing like someone complimenting you on your 'pride and joy' stones.

Thank you, Catmom. Your Tanzanite is quite nice, too. And D block, to boot!


ETA: proper spelling of your not "you're" Geez. I know better. Typing too fast I guess

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Here is my 2.77ct unheated naturally blue tanzanite from Precision Gem.


It's in 18k rose gold now

 

[Arkteia]

A pendant with tanzanite from Lisa Elser. Two upper photos from the appraiser, the lower one, mine. It looks very saturated blue. Like a good sapphire.

 

[AGBF]

There are some beautiful stones in this thread, but Barrett's crystal made my jaw drop! I'll post a shot of my tanzanite ring, but it isn't a great one. It's my, "stock photo".

AGBF

 

[Enerchi]

I'm in awe of the beautiful tanzanites you lucky people have!!! I love Deb's "stock photo"!

They are all gorgeous !!! I think I'm like you, Chicagogirl, I'm developing a very serious "NEED" for a tanzanite!!!

 

[colorluvr]

This stone used to be in a ring that my mom wore. It was a ring I bought for the stone only because I thought the ring was ugly, but my mom loved the ring so she wore it occasionally.

Unfortunately, she wasn't aware that tanzanite can be easily damaged, so by the time I got the ring back, the facets on the top of the stone were in pretty bad shape.

I took the ring to my jeweler when I lived in OR and he sent it to his lapidary for an estimate. He suggested that I just "buff" out the facets on the top of the stone because there was so much damage... also, once the stone was removed from the setting, I realized that it was a very shallow stone, so I told them to go ahead with "buffing" the top of the stone, not knowing what I would end up with....

So... I now have a buff topped stone with a faceted pavillion and it looks just like a drop of water... surprisingly, I really like it! It will become a pendant someday.

 

[marcy]

You all have some beautiful tanzanites. Here are my RHR.

 

[marcy]

Here are my earrings. I will get my pendants and bracelet photos tomorrow. DH is asleep already and I hate to go wake him up just to get them out.

 

[NKOTB]

Mine is also from Gene at Precision Gem, and unheated. 1.96 ct.

 

[kgizo]

Fun thread! 6.49 tanzanite pendant. Pic taken outside on a sunny day. The extinction IRL isn't as bad as the pic, but the pic displays the right color.

 

[Chicago Girl]

These are all so beautiful!! For those of you who purchased your tanzanites from an online vendor, please share the vendor too! This will be my due diligence thread before I purchase my own TZ.

 

[Tanzigrrl]

My vote is for meeting with Adam at Paraiba International. Going there (NYC) to see the stones in person helps a lot, too.

 

[Kim Bruun]

NKOTB, I love the cut of that stone! An Kgizo, fabulous colour, and what a beautiful piece of jewelry! Love your ring, Tanzigrrl, and, and... So many lovely tanzanites in this thread. I never tire of looking at good tanzanite.

 

[Barrett]

another crystal

 

[Barrett]

more tanzy crystals

 

[Barrett]

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