<P> Tanzanite is the blue and violet variety of the mineral zoisite ( a calcium aluminium hydroxyl sorosilicate ) belonging to the epidote group . The gemstone was discovered by Manuel d'Souza in the Mirerani Hills of Manyara Region in Northern Tanzania in 1967 , near the city of Arusha and Mount Kilimanjaro . Tanzanite is only found in Tanzania , in a very small mining area ( approximately 7 km long and 2 km wide ) near the Mirerani Hills . </P>
<P> Tanzanite is the blue and violet variety of the mineral zoisite ( a calcium aluminium hydroxyl sorosilicate ) belonging to the epidote group . The gemstone was discovered by Manuel d'Souza in the Mirerani Hills of Manyara Region in Northern Tanzania in 1967 , near the city of Arusha and Mount Kilimanjaro . Tanzanite is only found in Tanzania , in a very small mining area ( approximately 7 km long and 2 km wide ) near the Mirerani Hills . </P>
tanzania is the only country in the world with a unique gemstone called
tanzania is the only country in the world with a unique gemstone called
Tanzanite
Tanzanite