TANZANITE

Etymology

Noun

tanzanite (countable and uncountable, plural tanzanites)

A trichroic violet-blue variety of the mineral zoisite mined in Tanzania, used as a gemstone.

Synonyms

• blue zoisite, vanadium zoisite, pleochroic zoisite

Hypernyms

• zoisite

Source: Wiktionary



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