The Where of Mineral Names: Tanzanite, A Variety of Zoisite, Merelani Hills, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania

Bruce Cairncross

doi:10.1080/00357529.2020.1771156

The Where of Mineral Names: Tanzanite, A Variety of Zoisite, Merelani Hills, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania

Bruce Cairncross

Geology

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Abstract

Tanzanite is a variety of zoisite and not an official IMA-recognized species. Zoisite occurs as colorless, gray-white, yellow, brown, pink, or green crystals, but the name tanzanite is applied only to purple-red and blue-purple crystals. Although zoisite of various colors is known from many localities worldwide, the most famous and desirable is undoubtedly the variety tanzanite, from Tanzania (fig. 1).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	458-462
Number of pages	5
Journal	Rocks and Minerals
Volume	95
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00357529.2020.1771156
Publication status	Published - 2 Sept 2020

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Economic Geology
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