This tanzanite crystal exhibits super clarity, and is exceptionally sharp. For a crystal of such size and gemminess, I think the price is pretty fair It weighs about 18 grams and several nice stones could easily be cut from the gemmier top half in particular. The blue color is vivid, and present on both axes which is unusual (in other words, it doesn't have tne usual blue/purple dichroism on a and b axes). With production waning in Tanzania, as of 2005 here, specimens of this quality have already become scarce.

Most collectors know about the zoisite var. tanzanite gem mines in Arusha, Tanzania but this is the first I have heard of zoisite from Baja, Mexico. The main crystal is 8.3 cm in length and is doubly terminated and apparently twinned. The crystal is lustrous and translucent with dark golden amber color.There is an impression from what was another zoisite crystal on the upper third of the main crystal, but to me this adds to its beauty.