Tanzanite Rocks

Here is another article on interesting tanzanite facts.  As always, my sarcastic interpretations are in blue. “Maasai tribesmen discovered Tanzanite in 1967, supposedly after lightning struck and caused a bush fire which heated the raw brown zoisite into the vivid blue-purple. Whether this is true or not is debatable.

Interpretation:  Lightning is not always bad, what a cool story, and a good analogy for life.  I don’t know how it’s a good analogy, just that it is.
Maasai tribes are also said to believe that Tanzanite is the stone of birth because of its blue colour, and they give tanzanite to their wives when they have their first children.

Interpretation:  Makes having kids a lot more fun.

In February 2006 TanzaniteOne Ltd. announced that they were moving forward with their marketing strategy to make Tanzanite “the” birthstone. They plan to market the rare gem as a stone one would give a child at birth, to celebrate new life.”

Interpretation:  Makes being born a lot more fun.

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