Color Challenge Thursday Green - "ZOISITE" ~ © Tiffany E. Reed

Inspired by this post on Zoisite by Hive account@esaia.mystic, I decided to share a bit about this mineral, too! At a wonderful shop in Orlando, Florida, I found a specimen of zoisite circa 2004.

This beautiful piece of green zoisite is flecked by bits of red ruby and black flecks of tschermakite (a variety of hornblende). Such a blend of minerals is usually referred to as Anyolite. For those interested, the website GemSelect.com offers scientific data on the anyolite/ruby-in-zoisite stone, plus information on metaphysical properties, care, etc.

Geology.com reports that zoisite is actually a family of minerals which includes varieties such as tanzanite, thulite, anyolite, and clinozoisite.

By far, the most common member of the zoisite family is tanzanite, which was so named because of its discovery in present-day Tanzania. Part of my collection of "wearable minerals" includes this toe ring with a chip of pretty, pale purple tanzanite.

This piece of jewelry was given to me by someone for whom I'd done some work, as a barter-payment arrangement.

Thanks for exploring the world of "pretty rocks" with me! 😊