Company Announcement: Tanzanite Foundation Uses Consumer Research from

Attached please find a press release on: The Tanzanite Foundation has commissioned the Jewelry Consumer Opinion Council (JCOC), a division of MVI Marketing Ltd. (MVI), to conduct consumer research on tanzanite and tanzanite jewelry. The research...

Tanzanite colours perception of gem rankings

It has been 40 years since the first discovery of the tanzanite gemstone in Merelani, Tanzania, by a Masaai tribesman in a mountainous region 40-km south of Mount Kilimanjaro, but the precious mineral is, in the last few years, becoming more...

Singing the (praises of the) blues

Ian Harebottle is hoping for a blue year.

Now tanzanite faces synthetic threat

It is well-known that there are, broadly speaking, two types of diamonds sold in the world – those born of Mother Nature, and the other manmade synthetic diamonds.

Tanzanite prices surge in 2003

A growing demand and increased appreciation of tanzanite have seen the gemstone’s price increase by about 30% in the last year, reports the Tanzanite Foundation.

Tanzanite miner enters UK market

If demand increases significantly, tanzanite mining company Afgem might consider sinking a fourth or even a fifth shaft, stated CEO Mike Nunn at the company’s interim results in November.

Tanzanite mine nears completion

South African vertically integrated coloured-gemstone group, Afgem, which is pioneering a mining, value-adding and global marketing strategy for tanzanite – an exceptionally rare violet-blue coloured gemstone – released its interim...

$20m tanzanite-mine nears completion

Mine development at the tanzanite mine located in Block C of the concession in Merelani in Northern Tanzania for gemstone company Afgem is drawing to a close and is expected to be completed by September this year.