aka Anyolite, Ruby-in-Zoisite
Ruby zoisite is a unique metamorphic gem.
Ruby-in-Zoisite: Ruby-in-Zoisite is also known as anyolite and is the natural combination of ruby and zoisite (the same mineral as tanzanite) in the same specimen. Ruby-in-Zoisite was first discovered in 1954 in Tanzania and has a hardness of 6.
Zoisite has three known forms: anyolite (a green matrix containing rubies), tanzanite (transparent, blue-violet containing strontium), and thulite (opaque pink crystals containing manganese).
zoisite (n) is a mineral which includes tanzanite (blue), thulite (pink or red) and anyolite (green).
Occurrence:Tanzania (tanzanite), Kenya (anyolite), Norway (thulite), Switzerland, Austria, India, Pakistan, and the USA.
Zoisite
Physical Properties ...
Source: Tanzania (Tanzanite), Kenya (Zoisite: Anyolite), Norway (Zoisite: Thulite)
Birthstone: December (Alternate: Turquoise, Zircon) ...
Zoisite has three know forms of which Tanzanite is considered a gemstone. Other forms are anyolite, a green matrix containing rubies, and thulite, opaque pink crystals containing manganese.
Anyolite (metamorphic rock - zoisite, ruby, and hornblende)
Aquamarine (light blue variety of beryl)
Asbestos (fibrous serpentine- or amphibole minerals)
Avalite (A chromian variety of Illite.)
Aventurine (variety of quartz) ...
 See also: Zoisite, Mineral, Stone, Gemstone, Color
  
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