Tanzanite Prices

[beekeeper]

Is it just me, or has anybody else noticed that over the past week or so, Tanzanite prices have gone DOWN. JTV used to sell their tanzies at about $750 or $800 a carat. Lately, it's been closer to $350 - $400 ... and even lower. It's confusing the heck out of me. Not sure if they are bracing us for the "big increase" they go on and on about, or if maybe they have been hiking prices just for profit ... ???

Any ideas?

[Hellfire]

It is possible that jewelry television is starting to give them a run for their money.

I used to think QVC charged a little too much for their jewelry, but my QVC pieces have held up over the years. My jewelry store pieces have not:(
I am very pleased with ALL of my purchases from QVC and the cost.

[mystylady]

Maybe they made a HUGE purchase & can afford to lower the price temporarily because the larger the buy, the better deal they get on the gems which they pass on to us. The big price increase is most definately going to happen... according to Scott, the company that controls Tanzanite is right now having all the Gem & Jewelry vendors and retailers re-price their Tanzies according to the color grading scale. The SECOND that the color grading scale is announced to the public, BAM! Get your gem quality COLOR Tanzies while you can, while they're affordable. And it's all about the color. I believe it when JTV says something is going to happen gem-wise because it almost always does. Damn I wish I could afford one of those big honkers!

[beekeeper]

Oh I totally believe that the increase is coming ... I just thought it was so odd at the bargain low prices they have been selling their tanzies this past week. I mean, either this morning or last night (can't remember) they sold a good color tanzie, 1.15 carat ... for $189. When was the last time we saw prices like that? 2 years ago ... at least!

[mystylady]

Did you see Scott this morning selling those Tanzies???? He was literally jumping up out of his seat! He reminds me of a hyperactive kid who "knows the answer" "OOOH OOOH PICK ME PICK ME"! LOL Don't get me wrong, I love the info he gives (sometimes more info than actual gemstones) but us gem geeks just yuck that up! I HATE IT WHEN SCOTT JUST PUTS A GEM IN THE TWEEZERS AND DOESN'T MOVE IT AT ALL FOR LIKE 5 MINUTES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[beekeeper]

He probably does that on stones that don't have as much play of light. I've noticed that when Cheryl comes across a stone she doesn't like ... she'll come right out and say ... no, I don't like this stone, don't buy that one ...

[pebbles]

First of all they all lied about the availability of Tanzanite. If you go to the Caribbean or Mexico, the jewelry stores are packed with it and it is of much better quality than you see on TV. As mentioned on the QVC TVTS board, Tanzanite is heat treated. It comes out of the ground brown and it may fade so buyer beware. If you do buy it from a TV show, get it appraised. That lavender stuff is very poor quality. A good T. looks almost like a good sapphire. It's deep purple/blue with flashes of pink.

[Linda Lou]

I gotta fantastic deal on a 1.65 ct. oval, cobalt blue tanzie. I purchased it from a woman who had opened her first jewelry store in a local mall. She admitted to me, when I offered to work for her to help get her set up, that she got many of her pieces from JTN. She only took $400 for that stone, as thanks for helping her. That same stone has now tripled in value.

[beekeeper]

Pebbles, JTV has come out and said that they bought a lot of their current tanzanite from the Caribbean dealers, cuz after the last Hurricane season, they didn't have enough customers to buy ... so they were desperate to sell.

I'm sure they all exaggerate to a certain degree.

The thing I like about JTV, is that they offer every level of tanzanite ... from the light blue, to the rich museum quality, in both loose gems and jewelry. QVC, HSN, ShopNBC (etc) are all pretty limited in their selection, and most of that is the lighter colors.

[Hellfire]

I'm laughing my head off because I thought this thread was over at QVC. LOL!

Were some of you thinking I was blonde?

I find it soothing watching this channel late at night just before I doze off. All those
pretty colors and stones;) Shoot me, I am blonde. LOL!

[beekeeper]

You are dazzled by the sparklies ... you are dazzled by the sparklies ...

HEY, that's a great way to go off into dreamland if you ask me! :-)

[mystylady]

I don't think I could sleep without it! I wonder if I ever dream that I'm a Tanzanite spinning lazily on the turntable of life... LOL!

[pebbles]

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Hellfire:
I'm laughing my head off because I thought this thread was over at QVC. LOL!

Were some of you thinking I was blonde?

I find it soothing watching this channel late at night just before I doze off. All those
pretty colors and stones;) Shoot me, I am blonde. LOL!
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Maybe it's a good thing but I don't get this channel. I sure would love to see it though. I hope you all don't mind if I post over here about gems in general.

[beekeeper]

No problemo Pebbles! The more the merrier! :-)

[mystylady]

Heck yeah Pebbles, do come back often to dish! We've all got much more in common than just JTV! If you've never seen the shows, you can watch live online at Jewelrytelevision.com just click on the "Watch JTV Live" button on the home page. I'd be curious to see what you think about it!

[mystylady]

I was over at Wikipedia.com (FANTASTIC site btw!) and of course searched out "Gemstones" and wound up finding out a very interesting fact about Tanzanite... and I quote or in this case, Paste...

In February 2006 TanzaniteOne Ltd. announced that they were moving forward with their marketing strategy to make Tanzanite "the" birthstone. They plan to market the rare gem as a stone one would give a child at birth, to celebrate new life.

I never heard about this! Have any of you? They want to make Tanzanite "THE" birthstone? But...but... we ALREADY HAVE Birthstones... for the MONTH YOU WERE BORN IN!

Here's the link to where I found this little tidbit of information:
SPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMen.wikipediaSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMwiki/Tanzanite

That TanzaniteOneLtD group is gettin' out of control, if you ask me... am I the only one who thinks this???

[jewelfreak]

I heard that people in Japan have made it sort of a new tradition to give a tanzanite to a baby when it was born. Don't know if this is true or not, but I recently saw a show on Japan - Tokyo, specifically - and they really do and buy some wild stuff - at amazing prices! Did you know a cup of coffee in Tokyo is $10!!!!! It wouldn't surprise me if the bulk of tanzanite is going to Japan, because they can sell it there for twice the price that we pay. When I watched the show, I noticed that when they converted the prices to US dollars, everything was twice the price that we pay, or more. Hence the 10 coffee, even at starbucks, we only pay about 5 bucks.
As far as the carribean market, the reason they have so much is because people go there with the intention of buying tanzanite - so they would have to have a lot - supply in demand. When places like Japan and the Carribean have the bulk of it, it can only naturally decrease the amount available, rarity, and price everywhere else. I mean, even if we could buy a tanzie from the Carribean at half the price, do we really have the extra 2000 bones to take a cruise there in the first place? I think we are better off to pay a little more here at home.
And I think that it is probably right that that JTV just got a good buy. I don't believe JTV just raises the prices on anything - It seems they sell by a strict ratio depending on the price they paid for it. But who knows. But I truly believe we all need to be getting what we can afford as soon as we can. Something BIG is about to happen, I truly believe that. Oh, by the way, a lot of tanzanite DOES come out of the ground brown, but not ALL. Unfortunately, I doubt that we will ever really know which ones. But, I say, who cares!!!! I haven't heard of anyone having a faded Tanzie, but you never know...

[mystylady]

$10.00 for a cup of coffee?? Their minimum wage must be through the roof! That's just crazy.
I don't know where I read/heard this but I think the Tanzies that came out of the ground blue had some way of being in the bright sun or was hit by lightning or something to make them blue. I know that lightning striking was how it was first discovered... the lightning turned the brown stones blue.
WHAP!

[jewelfreak]

Very interseting info about the lightening, Mysty.
Yeah, I saw a special about tokyo on the travel channel or maybe discovery - if you get the chance to watch, it is very interesting.
I don't know what the minimum wage is, but I know that people there work very long hours, eat out almost all the time, and have very tiny apartments because there is such a high population and people spend so little time at home - most of them one room efficiency style apartments. They are also having a problem on the outskirts of the city from developers who literally FORCE people to sell their houses and buildings so they can build more skyscarapers and whatnot. If people refuse to sell, they just bulldoze the place and the people get nothing.

[mystylady]

Well that's just harsh. Those poor people! I can't believe that they can get away with that. From what I've seen on TV, living in Tokyo would be like living in a sardine can. An expensive harsh sardine can.

[jewelfreak]

living in Tokyo would be like living in a sardine can. An expensive harsh sardine can.
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You ain't kidding!! I'd still like to see Tokyo, though. Great shopping! And I want to play
Pachinko -it's this cool game thats a combo of slot machines and pinball. Apparently everyone there is addicted, and it's a multi billion dollar industry. The funny thing is, SPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAM is illegal there. So you get paid out in ball bearings instead of quarters or tokens like you would in SPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAM. Then you take your ball bearings around the corner, where they have tiny little booths sandwiched between buildings where they "buy" the ball bearings! That's the loophole so they can get away with it! Or you can use your ball bearings to buy prizes.

[mystylady]

Weird! I'm an unlucky gambler and I'd totally lose my ball bearings right off the bat! lol

[francesca]

Jackasses! The last few days every gem show host has been yammering away that they haven't had a tanzanite stone in the building for A MONTH AND A HALF!!!! That is a flat out lie! How do they look their Mothers in the eye? How do they look at the camera and say that? Jackasses!

[jewelfreak]

Wow! I can't believe they said that! With the exception of the last week, all I have seen on JTV every time I flip on the channel is Tanzanite!!! Less, this week than normal - unless I just haven't benn catching it - but still! How can they say something that is so obviously a lie?

[mystylady]

I'm not ragging on Cheryl but she made a comment recently about only showing Tanzanite 4 times in either 2004 or 2005! FOUR TIMES??? Hello? Puh leeze.

There's a 26 item turntable on right this very second with nothing but Tanzie stones! Damn! They're heartstopping! Must....Have....Sparklies....
Tanzanite can almost hypnotize me! lol

I've NEVER seen them not have ANY, although there were times when there was considerably less. What's up with that? They shouldn't say they don't have something and then show it, that's just wrong.

Holy SchNikes! These Tanzies are drop-dead! *faints* Ohhoohoohoooo! I want one!!!!!!

Number 9 kind of looks like mine but mine is probably a lot smaller than that one is. It is, after all the "Elite Tanzanite Collection" turntable.

[Hellfire]

LOL@Mysty.
It's too late for me to have my heart stopping and my tongue drooling over jewelry.

I'm off to bed you die hard sparkly hounds! Enjoy!

[mystylady]

Pleasant Dreams! Don't let the rough edges "bite" ...lol... especially on those square cuts!

[jewelfreak]

"Elite Tanzanite Collection" turntable.
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Elite? I have seen $149 and below jewelry turntables labeled with that word! It always makes me laugh - "Best Of The Red Carpet" 99.99 and below!!! LOL!!! Do you think JLo wears a 99 dollar JTV ring on the red carpet? Please! Where's the garbage can? Wait! I ...think... I'm ...gonna ...... Hork!!!
Anyone awaiting the day we will see the debut of the 99 cent turntable? lol Or maybe 3 for a buck...

[mystylady]

No these were humongo honker Tanzies with Top Gem color and size... not for the faint of heart!
She was showing other things and would cut to the turntable on the "seguay" between items and would show requests made from it.
You can check out the whole turntable on the JTV.com site by clicking on Airing Now" and then "Weekly Product Recap" and go to Cheryl's show Thursday 8pm to 12:00 and go to Turntable 5
I don't know if this link will work, but:
SPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMwww.jewelrytelevision.com/index.aspx?tid=11403&show_id=59638&tbl_num=5

Yeow!

[jewelfreak]

I'm just messin' with ya Mysty. I know what you meant, but I love the adjectives they put with some of these turntables - like best of the red carpet with the 29 dollar tanzanite ring on it! You just gotta laugh!

[mystylady]

They do "push it" a bit lol

Angie and Sheree are showing a BEAUTIFUL 14K white gold 7.10 ct emerald cut London Blue Topaz ring w/ 2 Trillions on either side of it! I can't take my eyes off of it! Buh LING!

Oh, and it's $119.99!
MYC068-size

You've GOTTA see this & tell me what ya's think!

[beekeeper]

Very pretty Mysty! I love emerald cut stones ... they look so regal!

It is kind of funny, about how much they go on and on about how limited their tanzanite supplies are, yet JF is so right ... every time I flip to JTV, they are showing tanzanite! I'm not complaining ... cuz I adore the stone ... but sometimes, I think they just talk to hear their own voice. I'd rather they just play that same old music they always play, and let us shop the trays!

[jewelfreak]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH, Mysty, that ring is awesome. I'm a sucker for emerald cuts. You know, I never cared for London Blue until recently. I had only seen it on TV and wasn't thrilled, and then I saw one in person in Kaufmann's, and fell in love. It is the most gorgeous, rich blue, without being too dark like sapphire often is. One of these days I'll get one. My misssion in life is to have a piece of jewelry for each kind of stone in the world. I also vow to have one of every color of topaz - which I am already well on my way to achieving. My next purchases will be my tanzie and a dendritic agate.

[beekeeper]

If anyone is interested, shopathometv.com is going out of business and liquidating everything. You can get a good deal on tanzanite (and other stones I'm sure) jewelry, but you've got to hurry. 14k gold rings with 1 carat tanzie (single stone) + diamonds ... $300. There are many others ... I'm considering buying some just for the stones.

Only drawback, you can't return them.

[mystylady]

Oooh thanks for the tip, Bee!
Buzz Buzz!

[Fezmydoodle]

Yes, I've bought sooo much from them since Monday, including tanzanite, alexandrite, gold bracelets, etc. I bet people will buy and resell on Ebay. Some rings I have bought just for the setting -- I'll take their stone out and put in one of mine from my collection.

Let us know what you get!!!

[Unregistered]

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beekeeper:
Very pretty Mysty! I love emerald cut stones ... they look so regal!

It is kind of funny, about how much they go on and on about how limited their tanzanite supplies are, yet JF is so right ... every time I flip to JTV, they are showing tanzanite! I'm not complaining ... cuz I adore the stone ... but sometimes, I think they just talk to hear their own voice. I'd rather they just play that same old music they always play, and let us shop the trays!
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Tanzanite, whatever you might hear on JTV, is not at any limited supply. My friend, a certified gemologist who specializes in the colored gemstone trade said, quote, "You can fill semi-loads of the stuff. This gemstone will not run out in anyones lifetime anytime soon."

[Linda Lou]

I so agree. All one has to do is go to one of the Arusha or Levian shows, usually sponsered by WhiteHall Jewelers, or May Co. Dept stores, to see the overabundance of tanzanite. Since it's a one-source stone, they are making us believe it's in short supply, but so much of it exists out there, even if they never mined another stone.

[Fezmydoodle]

Good then. I'll keep my collection at my two 1ct stones. It's not my favorite anyhow, a little soft on the scale for me to wear.

[jewelfreak]

No, tanzanite is not rare... but nice quality ones are rare just like any other stone. But regardless, demand drives price up, so if you want it - you gotta pay the bucks, rare or not. Remember - diamonds are not rare either. Even large, nicer quality ones are not terribly rare. But DeBeers controls them, and if we want them we have to pay the price or do without.
Also, there could be a billion great tanzies in the world, but if there are two billion people that want them, that creates a certain rarity as far as supply in demand goes, and consequently higher price tags because the people who can afford it will pay for it.
Did you all know that large, fine quality tanzies are actually harder to find then small ones? A strange but true fact that truly boggles my mind. But I just read that it my new gemstone book. Maybe that's whay the bigguns on JTV sell a lot less as far as price per carat then the small ones.

[pebbles]

When you go to the islands, every store has showcases full of them. I have a pear shaped tanzie that's bezel set so I feel it's safe but I worry about it fading. Jewelers have told me that could happen.

[beekeeper]

Saw Paul Deasy on HSN last night, talking about how most of the stuff other shopping channels tell us about tanzanite is flat out wrong.

I don't care if its rare, abundant, mined out or anything otherwise ... I love it! I want as much of it as I can get my hands on!

I really hope it doesn't fade ... that would be horrific! :-(

[Fezmydoodle]

They seem to hype EVERY stone...like spessartite, chrome diopside, etc. Can't they just sell them for their qualities not just that they are going, going, almost gone from the earth.

[beekeeper]

but then we wouldn't be besides ourselves over the $30,000 a carat pariaba tourmaline ... that they sell for $1200 a carat! lol ...

I think they talk to hear themselves talk ... some more than others (Tamara).

At the end of the day, they are just trying to make a sale.

[jewelfreak]

The Paraiba they seel for 1200 per carat is pure garbage - bad color if any at all, cloudy and chalk full of inclusions. So of course they don't charge 30,000 for it - it's not 30,000 Paraiba.

Yeah, I totally agree with the fact that JTV hypes there gemstones way too much. On the other hand, how many retail stores out there have you seen even carry GOOD tanzanite? I see one or two nice stones for every 100 bad ones in the stores. The fact of the matter is, where can you buy this quality short of going to the Carribean? If it was abundant, every store would sell it.

One stone I will agree with JTV on is Tsavorite. Who sells it? Nobody! I have seen ONE ring in retail and it was 1500 for small stones, maybe a carat total weight. And has anyone seen Spessartite or Chrome Diopside in retail? I surely haven't.

Remember - there are a LOT of rare stones in the world - far rarer than Pariaba, colored diamonds, Tanzanite, etc. The problem is, if there is no demand for them, it can seem like they are not rare when in actuality they are, it's just that nobody wants them, or knows they exist. I know that if the average knew there where better options than ruby, sapphire and emerald available (chrome and spessartite for example) they would buy those, but unfortunately, the average consumer doesn't, so they buy the same old crap. But I garuntee you all, when stones like Chrome Diopside hits the mainstream - watch out! We're gonna see a huge rush on it and prices will go sky high.

I mean, we've known about Tanzanite for the last few decades, but it has only been truly popular and sought after for a few years.

[mystylady]

The hype is getting so hype-y that it's almost comical.
Just today, on Summer Gem Fest on HSN I heard them refer to themselves, several times, as "The Number One Retailer Of Colored Gemstones In The USA". Sound familiar??? I thought JTV had that "Title"! Sounds like a lot of Hooey to me.
JF I've never seen quality tanzie in a retail store... no I take that back. I've seen ONE Trillion, 9 mm... loose, and on a PEDESTAL in the showcase with a gynormous pricetag attached. The pedestal was a thin, clear stick-like thing. Beautiful Tanzie but so overpriced that it was almost there for "show". They had a Spessartite Garnet on one too and a Lightning Ridge Opal. Also a Madiera Citrine. In all the time I've ever gone there (a few years) no one has ever purchased anything off of the "sticks". It's like they're saying "yeah we know about these stones... but ya can't buy them cuz we've driven the prices through not only our roof but, well, pretend that our building is a skyscraper".
Display. The rest was "the usual". And not very good at that.

[Fezmydoodle]

My issue is do we REALLY know what is limited. From the mines to the stores, is the public correctly informed. The less we know, the more $ for all of them. I have found quality gemstones of all rarities at higher line jewelers; I wouldn't expect JCPenney to carry the same though. Jewelry shows usually have lots of exceptional stones/jewelry.

I agree that Tsavorite seems harder to find. As far as spessartite goes, I don't know if it is as rare as they say (JTV, HSN) because it has been around for a while. Not sure if it will be a big hit, it is rather orange afterall. Chrome diopside is nice (I love anything green) but sooo soft, softer than Tanzie. Collectors like it but I don't know if the general public will tolerate an easily scratched stone.

Maybe I need to schedule an exotic vacation and tour some mines, or just buy one of those crystal balls the shopping networks seem to have.

[Unregistered]

According to every one at these shopping channels even topaz is getting rare. HEllo. If I could dig deep enough in my ground i probably would hit a vein. All the channels are just trying to cover their expenses. It is
HOOEY. I talked to a major jeweler and tanzanite is safe for at least 20 more years. Remember alexandriite was found in another location. So it's not Russian. Who would be able to tell>And as always no matter what an appraisal says it is not worth a dime unless you have a buyer willing to pay YOUR price. PERIOD. That goes for jewelry gems cars houses. etc. So get over it shopping channels.

[mystylady]

Yeah, they make it sound like the ground is on the verge of RUNNING OUT OF EVERY GEMSTONE IN THE WORLD and well, you wouldn't want to MISS OUT OR ANYTHING, WOULD YOU??
Tactics. Ploys.

[jewelfreak]

You just have to use your own judgement. I take everything that JTV says with a grain of salt, and then see what and whatnot the retail stores are offering, and for how much. If you see a lot of any stone in a lot of different stores, then it probably isn't rare. If you see it in a high end store, it may be rare, but the price tag will tell the real story.

Basically, I don't care if it is or isn't rare. If it is a beautiful piece at a good price, that's all I care about. Sure, is Bytownite rare? Yes, but do I care? No!

[mystylady]

Bytownite? Sheesh! I never even heard of it! Is it nice?

Did you happen to catch HSN's Summer Gem Fest? They have "exclusive rights" to a pretty cool looking gem; I forget what the name of it is, but it's clear Quartz with Copper-Bearing Tourmaline "speckles" or inclusions in it that are a bright aqua blue. Kinda cool looking!

[pebbles]

Ahahaha. It makes me think of an ad I saw for real estate in Who Knows Where, Florida. "Invest in this great deal in real estate now. Land is limited. They're not making any more of it."
I have visited the Hall of Gems at the Smithsonian. It's amazing how many varieties of little known gems there are. I never heard of most of them.

The rarest really valuable stone IMO is the Alexandrite. I saw an itty bitty one in St. Thomas for thousands of dollars. It turns colors but basically it's a dark blue stone. I didn't even like it. So there!

[beekeeper]

Alexandrite is my birthstone, and I don't love it. Rare or not, would I want to wear it on my finger ... probably not. Give me a tanzie anytime!

I've seen the bytownite on HSN, and then the exact same pieces of jewelry at TJ Maxx. Some might love it, I'm not one of them.

I've never seen Chrome Diopside, Tsavorite or Spessartite out in the stores, and I look all the time! I see lots of tanzies ... they are typically more expensive than what can can be found at JTV.

[jewelfreak]

"The Number One Retailer Of Colored Gemstones In The USA".
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Actually, JTV says they are the "Number One Retailer of LOOSE gemstones". LOL So I guess HSN isn't copying.

Bytownite is a rather boring stone if you ask me. Not ugly, just okay. Kinda a cross between a Citrine and a Heliodor. What I was getting at was the fact that just because a stone is rare, it doesn't mean we wanna buy it.

I totally agree that JTV sells much better Tanzie than any retailer I've seen. I saw a nice, .45 trillion in a lovely slide at Ultra Diamonds, but they wanted 500 dollars and there was only a three (albeit nice quality) small diamonds. I know I can buy a ring with a much larger, darker stone with a lot more diamonds and a higher gold weight with JTV.

They have "exclusive rights" to a pretty cool looking gem; I forget what the name of it is, but it's clear Quartz with Copper-Bearing Tourmaline "speckles" or inclusions in it that are a bright aqua blue. Kinda cool looking!
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That sounds awesome! But I find it hard to believe that anyone can have exclusive rights to a gemstone. That reminds me of when JTV boasted the same "exclusive" stone they called "cafe' latte quartz" - basically a lighter version of Smokey Quartz. Then I saw the exact same stone on HSN or QVC, just going by another fancy made up name. I think that's the loophole - both places can carry the same stone, but as long as they each call it by a different name, they can claim they have "exclusive" rights on it. It's sad if you ask me.

That Qurtz sounds awesome, though. Off to the HSN site I go....

[jewelfreak]

Okay, I'm back. I found it! It's called Medusa Quartz, and I am in LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!

I HAVE to have the earrings, and quite possibly the pendant and ring, too!!!

Boy, am I in TROUBLE!!!! Mysty - It's all your fault!!!! LOL

[Unregistered]

Some of the cheaper tanzanite jewlery has no luster of blue. Maybe that's why it's so cheap. This am they had a silver 5 carat tanzanite bracelet for $99. I am sure it's junk.

[jewelfreak]

No, the 99 dollar stuff is crap. I'm talking the stuff 500 bones and over. They have some really nice ones on JTV. Even the decent ones in the medium color are better than the ones out in retail. For some reason, every Tanzie I see in retail (with the exception of the slide I just saw and Levian pieces) are lifeless, even if they have good color.

[pebbles]

I think that "exclusive right to a stone" means that they have developed a process to change the look of a stone. They coat cheap topazes to give them a different look and give them an exotic name like 'mystic". Then they copyright the coating. I'm not buying that junk.

[mystylady]

Yes, that's it, Medusa Quartz. They say that they have exclusive rights to it because at one of the shows, Las SPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAM or Tucson, they met with the owner of the mine and said that they would buy all that he had ONLY IF THEY WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT HE WOULD SELL IT TO. So according to HSN, the only 3 on the Planet that have Medusa Quartz are the Owner of the Mine, the Gemological Institute that identified the stone and the inclusions therein, and them, HSN.
Just spreadin' the love, JF! LOL



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jewelfreak:
Okay, I'm back. I found it! It's called Medusa Quartz, and I am in LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!

I HAVE to have the earrings, and quite possibly the pendant and ring, too!!!

Boy, am I in TROUBLE!!!! Mysty - It's all your fault!!!! LOL