Presentation :

Names) :

• Zoisite*: Tanzanite, Anyolite, Thulite.

Etymology :

• Zoisite: Named after the Austrian naturalist S. Zois (1747 - 1819) (Werner, 1805).
• Tanzanite: From the name of the country where it was discovered and the only country where it is found (to date), Tanzania (Gübelin-Weibel, 1976).
• Thulite: From the ancient name of the northernmost coast of Norway, Thule (Brooke, 1823).

Group, Family:

• Epidotes Group | Zoisite family.

Color :

• Light blue, Blue, Dark blue, Blue-mauve, Violet (Tanzanite).
• Dark Magenta, Apple Green, Green (Anyolite and/or massive variety).
• Dark green, Blue-green, Purple-brown, Colorless, Gray-white, Magenta (Thulite and/or massive variety).
• Red-magenta, Pink to Red-purple, Dark yellow to Orange, sometimes Shimmering, sometimes Changes color.

Chandelier:

• Vitreous, Pearly on the cleavages.

Origin :

• Tanzania (Tanzanite), Pakistan, Australia, Africa, Namibia, USA, etc.

Crystal system:

• Orthorhombic: Dimorphic with Clinozoisite.

Chemical composition :

• Ca2Al3Si3O12(OH).

Density :

• 3.10 to 3.45 generally around 3.35

Hardness :

• 6 to 7

Breakage:

• Irregular, Fragile.

Line color:

• White.

Shock resistance: 

• Fragile.

Coloring:

• Blue (Tanzanite): Vanadium in form V4+ in octahedral coordination and V3+ in octahedral coordination | Violet brown: Vanadium in V3+ form in octahedral coordination | Green: Chromium in Cr3+ form in octahedral coordination.
• Pink (Thulite): Manganese in Mn3+ form presumably in octahedral coordination.

Transparency:

• Transparent, Translucent to Opaque.

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Name :

•  Ruby (variety of corundum).

Etymology :

• Ruby: From Latin Rubeus = red (Wallerius, 1747).

Group, Family: 

• Hematite Group, Corundum Family.

Color :

• Red, red-magenta, sometimes under shades of purple to pink, Sometimes Asterism, rarely shimmering, sometimes trapiche.

Crystal system:

• Trigonal.

Chemical composition :

• Al2O3

Coloring:

• Chromium in Cr3+ form in octahedral coordination with sometimes minor participation of Vanadium and Iron in V3+ and Fe3+ form

Transparency:

• Transparent, Translucent, Opaque

Chandelier:

• Glassy

Origin :

• Myanmar (Burma), Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Tajikistan, Africa: Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, etc.

Virtues and benefits of Ruby Zoisite:

• Ruby Zoïsite also shares the virtues of Ruby and Zoïsite or Tanzanite.
• Ruby Zoïsite is the clever balance of the properties of Zoïsite (Green) filled with Love and Positive Energy, and Ruby (Red) Stimulating, Authoritarian filled with Strength and courage.

Physical virtues:

• Strongly activates the Liver and pancreas.
• On the Heart Chakra, it allows a great liberation of the respiratory tract by lifting the lead cap which sometimes compresses our chest.
• Strongly stimulates the Heart, hypertensive people will take care to have very short sessions so that their heart does not race too much.
• Useful in case of fatigue or loss of energy.

Virtues on an emotional and mental psychological level:

• Powerful emotional healer.
• Helps relieve grief and anger.
• Helps repair a broken heart, and supports during bereavement.
• Opens and fills the heart with love, towards yourself and others, allowing you to receive tenderness.
• Allows us, in the face of despair and discouragement, to transform our energies into positive and constructive attitudes.
• Gives strength to live, bravery, courage, it will strengthen your creative thoughts and your mental energy.
• Protects from harmful influences, thus opening you to the pleasure of the present moment.
• Perfect for anyone who wants to start a new life.
• Helps combat fatigue during intense or prolonged efforts.
• Helps to acquire stability and the ability to assert oneself.
• Useful for people who need to increase their authority or their strength of persuasion.
• Very good heart stone, which then allows you to open up to others.
• Ideal for renewing bonds of friendship and love.
• Also allows the heart to reconnect with its past.
• Allows you to understand past mistakes.
• Allows you to have this long-awaited courage to start a new life.
• Encourages us to respect our commitments, to take our responsibilities, both Family and Professional.
• Guides its wearer towards Harmony between Giving and Receiving, between Justice and Accuracy...

Spiritual virtues:

• Very Spiritual Stone.
• Very Powerful Base Stone which, placed on the Root Chakra, will allow deep and lasting rooting.
• Recommended for people who too often have their heads turned towards the Stars, who sometimes forget that they have chosen to live incarnate with their feet on Earth, with material contingencies.
• Very energizing for both the body and the mind.
• On the 3rd Eye it opens the channel of our Intuitions, develops our Psychic Gifts.
• Ruby Zoisite, the combination of these two stones then makes it possible to connect two Chakras, root and heart.
• Endstone.
• Allows you to carry out your projects without hesitation.

Chakra:

• Master Heart.

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