Is Tanzanite a good Investment?

hi I'm Steve Moriarty from moregems.com and tanzanitejewydesigns.com today we're going to discuss investing in tanzanite and what we're going to discuss is why tanzanite the long term and the short-term possibilities for investment sizes to buy shapes to buy and just how to resell once you've decided to sell your tanzanite why buy tanzanite as an investment to me first and foremost is just the sheer beauty of this gem discovered 1967 this is a totally unique gem that displays both blue and purple it can look like a sapphire it can even look like an amethyst but most often it's just a beautiful mix of blue and purple two very desirable colors in a gemstone gemstone so let me show you a couple of the the crystals we have these are natural crystals as they were mined so so these are the natural crystals this one actually is totally natural it has has never been heated these two have been heated and why do we heat them we're taking out a yellow color it's a tanzanite has blue purple and yellow in it and when that yellow is distracted we heat it it disappears and just leaves the blue and the purple so these are very large crystals this one is actually a facet grade gem you can see the the purple on that direction whether you can see the blue or not in this direction um but but this is a big Crystal couple hundred carrots here's some specimens specimen because they're not really facetable or they're worth more as a specimen than they are as a faceted gem because this one has a tip on it that does have a fairly big gem in it and can be cut and it's probably worth as much as the crystal itself also true of this Stone just beautiful colors the other reason we would consider investing in tanzanite is its Rarity tanzanite is considered by many to be a thousand times rarer than diamonds and it's only found in one place on the planet in Tanzania it's a 12 square kilometer mining area and for the for tanzanite that's it once that's gone there is no more to be had so first we'll look at the long-term potential for tanzanite long term we're looking at 10 15 years many people have talked for many years that tanzanite be going out of existence in 25 years and that started 40 years ago so these mines are down as far as 3 000 and more feet into the ground so not only the difficulty of mining you know the possibility that it's just going to end one day which it will and that's what we're looking for in our long-term investment strategy in regards to the short-term investment in tanzanite this has a lot to do with activities of the Tanzanian government they've built a wall completely around the tanzanite mines this is an attempt to stop the smuggling of Tanzanite across the border into Kenya and exports from there thereby avoiding taxes and dealing with the Tanzanian government they've also set up forces these are government-run offices where all gem trade is supposed to take place and the other thing they're doing is trying to sell off Parcels of the tanzanite mining to a larger company previously Block C which there is a b c and d block in the tanzanite Mining and they all produce great Stones you know if people get into this D-Block thing about being the best but all blocks produce beautiful tanzanites tanzanite one used to own C block and I believe that's what blocked that the tanzanite government is is trying to sell off so all these things can have an effect on the future of Tanzanite prices now let's get into just what to buy in tanzanite you know many people want to buy the big 77 carat stone but I generally recommend that you buy smaller Stones nothing wrong with the 77 carat stone if this material goes out of existence they'll be a customer for that Big Stone even though it costs a quarter million dollars but it's much easier to sell smaller gems you know if you're concerned about a quick turnover when you need to investing in smaller Stones is probably a wiser way about it um the top Stone would probably be a three carat stone if they actually were available regularly in top quality it's just very hard to get smaller stones in high quality so I generally recommend the 5 to 15 carrot Stones this is where you can get the finest of gems and regularly you know this this is a size range that's more available and it gets big enough that it it displays the Deep Vivid colors that you're looking for in tanzanite in my past than business tanzanite has wholesaled for as much as 3 000 a carrot so the future potential is that and greater could it be 5 000 a carrot once it goes out of existence at the mines its potential and that's where we get this Stone to be a quarter million dollars and even this three carat stone is pushing close to ten thousand dollars when you're three to four thousand dollars a carrot next I'll discuss the shape and the cut and our quality rating of these gems here's some of the shapes that are available in sizes we range from a three carat oval this is price seven or eight carat this one goes up to 12 karat this is emerald cut antiquer this is square cushion round of course a square brilliant cut and this would be a trillion cut you know the quality is more important most salable are probably ovals and rounds is probably more what we sell but that has somewhat to do with what's available there's more of those available all of these stones in high quality are worthy of investment and when we do quality we use a grading system that's a one to one thousand it involves cut the clarity and the color of the gem and if you take that grading system and you look for those stones that are 950 and above those are going to weed out shallow Cuts low Clarity lesser colors and you're going to know that you have a gemstone worthy of investment in the future when it comes to resale we give you the tools that you need those are the pictures and find videos that we offer on YouTube and these will help you sell on social media or wherever you decide to sell your gems you might want to consider a Gia report which gives credibility we don't do it because the amount of time it takes and the little information it really gives you but for you the credibility of a GI Gia report could be important right now tanzanite quality is the best I've seen it in 45 years we buy at the mines buy direct from Cutters we also cut our own gemstones so we offer you the finest quality available and like I said the quality Now is better than it's ever been if you're interested in investment in tanzanite go to tanzanitejewydesigns.com or give us a call and we can discuss your needs in tanzanite Investments we'd love to hear your thoughts on Tanzanite investment so leave your comments below please like And subscribe if you want to see more educational videos on Gems and Jewelry I'm Steve Moriarty from moregems.com and tanzanitejewelrydesigns.com [Music] thank you

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Keywords: Gemstones, Jewelry, tansanite, tanzinite, Gemsones, yt:cc=on

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Length: 8min 46sec (526 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 20 2023