by Kelvin | Nov 5, 2026 | tanzanite-jewelry
Somebody asks me about this most weeks. They've seen a blue stone in a window back home, or a friend has a ring they can't place, and they want to know: is it tanzanite or sapphire, and which one should I buy? Fair question. Lay a good tanzanite next to a good blue...
by Kelvin | Nov 3, 2026 | tanzanite-jewelry
Picking tanzanite is usually the quick decision. People walk in already sold on the stone. Then they stand at the counter for twenty minutes, sometimes longer, going back and forth between a ring and a pendant, phone out, texting a sister to ask what size finger Mum...
by Kelvin | Nov 1, 2026 | tanzanite-jewelry
Round about October, the emails change. Fewer people ask about game drives and more ask some version of the same thing: my wife, son or best friend has a December birthday, what do I get them? I've got an obvious answer, and it's sitting in a display case next door....
by Kelvin | Sep 14, 2026 | tanzanite-jewelry
Here's the question we get asked most at the jewellery counter: why bother with tanzanite gem tours at all, when you could just buy the finished ring and skip the half-day out to Merelani? It's a fair question. The honest answer is that a tour and a shop purchase...
by Kelvin | Aug 29, 2026 | tanzanite-jewelry
A customer in our Arusha gallery held up a ring last month and asked me straight out: “Is this actually rarer than a diamond, or is that just something you tell buyers?” I get asked some version of that most weeks. The answer is yes, and it’s not a...
by Kelvin | Aug 14, 2026 | tanzanite-jewelry
Most people who come on one of our gem tours have already bought tanzanite before — a ring, maybe a pendant picked up on a previous trip. What actually gets them, every time, is standing on the ground where it all came from and realising just how small the area is. A...
