tanzanite

English

Tanzanite

Etymology

Tanzania +‎ -ite

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtænzəˌnaɪt/

Noun

tanzanite (countable and uncountable, plural tanzanites)

1. A trichroic violet-blue variety of the mineral zoisite mined in Tanzania, used as a gemstone.
   • 2012 March, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, page 128:

     Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.

Synonyms

• blue zoisite, vanadium zoisite, pleochroic zoisite

Hypernyms

• zoisite

Translations

gemstone mined in Tanzania

• Finnish: tansaniitti
• French: tanzanite (fr) f
• German: Tansanit m
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• Korean: 탄자나이트 (tanjanaiteu)
• Russian: танзани́т (ru) m (tanzanít)

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Tanzanite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “tanzanite”, in Mindat.org‎^[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃.za.nit/

• Audio (Paris):

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Noun

tanzanite f (plural tanzanites)

1. tanzanite

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Italian

Etymology

From Tanzania.

Noun

tanzanite f (plural tanzaniti)

1. (mineralogy) tanzanite