Over looked by mount “Kilimanjaro”,
In 8 sq miles in the City Arusha near the “Merelani hills”,
limited quantities from our earths depths do we borrow,
the pseudo name “Tanzanite” draw many thrills,
A unique gem from the “Zoisite family”,
beautiful bright blue to purple in colour and rare,
discovered 1960, renamed for popularity
only found in Tanzania to be completely fair.
Colour and clarity Rates high in the world,
as one of the most amazing in jewelry you see,
so many relationships, love endorsed and toes curled,
forever in our lives this rare glistening stone shall be.
Contest - A Gem For Your Verse
Sponsor - Carolyn Devonshire
25/10/2016
Categories:
zoisite, africa, beautiful, beauty, nature,
Form: Rhyme
T - Trichroism strongly exhibited this rarest gemstone
A - According to orientation will display violets blues or greens
N - Native to Tanzania
Z - Zoisite relative one of the most powerful stones for psychic ability
A - A good stone for protection, clearing karma and bringing balance
N - Naturally possesses orthorhombic crystal structure
I - It is a good stone for manifesting desires through vision and will
T - Tones connect 5th, 6th and 7th Chakras
E - Energy balanced with the moon
Categories:
zoisite, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Acrostic
I have lay dormant for too long now
slept in the shadows,undiscovered.
Until the all knowing mind and
excited eye of a Masai shepherd
extracts me from my mountainous shell.
From ultramarine to lilacy violet,
christened the Blue Zoisite
Adopted by Tiffany who cried in despair
'It sounds too much like suicide'
Renamed Tanzanite, after its origin
a most precious, unique purple gem,
or am I, not purple but yellowy-brown
A lavender hue,some might claim.
A newbie compared to the oldest of rubies
a rebel that will not be mined.
Immaculate elegance, exclusively
the most dazzling of earthly designs.
27th July 2011
Categories:
zoisite, nature, science,
Form: Free verse