Tanzanite (singular)

Tanzanite is a Homeworld Gem and an original character made by BlueWhiteLight.

Appearance
Tanzanite has a purple complexion with shoulder-length dark purple hair and has purple eyes with black pupils with eyelashes. She wears shoulder pads and wears a skirt that covers her legs. Her chest has the Blue Diamond insignia. Her gemstone is located on her forehead. Her gemstone is located on the centre of her forehead.

Personality
Tanzanite is described as a scary gem who isn't afraid of threatening gems regardless of how high-ranking they are or not and her own pearl.

Abilities
Tanzanite possesses standard Gem abilities including bubbling, shapeshifting, fusion, regeneration, agelessness and superhuman strength/durability.

Trivia

 * She used to own a pearl.
 * Her pearl ran away and became a Crystal Gem.

Gemology
Gemstone Information Tanzanite is the blue and violet variety of the mineral zoisite (a calcium aluminium hydroxyl sorosilicate) belonging to the epidote group. The gemstone was discovered by Manuel de Souza in the Mererani Hills of Manyara Region in Northern Tanzania in 1967, near the city of Arusha and Mount Kilimanjaro. Tanzanite is only found in Tanzania, in a very small mining area (approximately 7 km (4.3 mi) long and 2 km (1.2 mi) wide) near the Mirerani Hills.

Tanzanite is noted for its remarkably strong trichroism, appearing alternately blue, violet and burgundy depending on crystal orientation. Tanzanite can also appear differently when viewed under alternate lighting conditions. The blues appear more evident when subjected to fluorescent light and the violet hues can be seen readily when viewed under incandescent illumination. In its rough state tanzanite is colored a reddish brown to clear, and it requires heat treatment to remove the brownish "veil" and bring out the blue violet of the stone.

The gemstone was given the name 'tanzanite' by Tiffany & Co. after Tanzania, the country in which it was discovered. The scientific name of "blue-violet zoisite" was not thought to be consumer friendly enough by Tiffany's marketing department, who introduced it to the market in 1968. In 2002, the American Gem Trade Association chose tanzanite as a December birthstone, the first change to their birthstone list since 1912.