Due to its widespread availability across the world

Once considered to be the stone of Venus

All of my cast designs are made by a small foundry located in Portland

Rock Crystal is the purest variety of quartz and is transparent and completely colorless

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Tanzanite (December) Birthstone Choker earrings Due to its widespread availabilityTanzanite Tanzanite may be a relative newcomer to the world of colored stones, but it was one of the most exciting gem discoveries of the 20th century. Blue stones emerging from Tanzania were identified as the mineral zoisite in 1962. Not until 1967, though, did prospectors locate the primary source for this December birthstone: the Merelani Hills located in northern Tanzania. It was eventually named tanzanite in honor of its country of origin. The