What are the magical properties of blue tanzanite?

Tanzanite is a bewitching blue crystal — considered by its discoverer to be the most beautiful in the world. But it’s also a powerfully energetic crystal, working the power of air and the sky to bring beauty into your life and open up your mind.

What is tanzanite crystal?

Tanzanite is a stone in the zoisite family, and was discovered in the Merelani Hills. This stunning landscape sits at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania — hence the name tanzanite.

Tanzanite stones don’t show their stunning blue shade until they’re heated. In the volcanic basin of Merelani, the stone’s true form could be revealed.

Tanzanite was only discovered in the 1960s, and mines are expected to run dry any year. Making tanzanite a rare crystal with a stunning colour and big energy.

What are the magical and healing properties of tanzanite?

Tanzanite is a stone of the sky, and useful in air magic.

It’s also known to help us find inner calm, whip away old patterns like a breath of fresh air and open your heart and mind to your own psychic abilities. Let worries blow away as this gem instills a quiet sense of confidence.

How do I use tanzanite?

Tanzanite is a powerful magical crystal, and can be used in many ways.

You can mediate with a tanzanite crystal or tanzanite jewellery. Simply cup the tanzanite crystal or the tanzanite jewellery in your hands (or, if you’re wearing it, press your fingers against it) and feel the stone against your skin. Clear your mind, and focus on how the stone feels on your body or in your hand. Meditate for a moment on the stone, and the ways in which you would like it to work for you.

You can also use tanzanite and its magical properties in rituals, spells and simply by wearing it on your person in your day-to-day life. Check our blog for more details.

How can tanzanite help me?

Tanzanite is a stone of ownership, helping you claim power over your own life. It encourages calm and the resetting of old patterns, helping you bring positive routines into your life while banishing the old like a gust of wind.

Tanzanite is a stone of the third eye chakra, which means it can help you connect to your higher purpose. And, if you do have any nascent psychic abilities, tanzanite can help you believe in them and explore them.

How do I get my tanzanite crystal to work?

There is no direct scientific evidence that tanzanite’s healing properties have a direct impact on your mental or physical health. But tanzanite is considered a powerfully energetic stone. And the cunningfolk of history have passed down rituals to make tanzanite a valuable part of your spiritual practice.

Many cunningpeople empower their tanzanite crystal or jewellery with an intention. To do this, decide what you would like your tanzanite crystal or jewellery to help you accomplish. If you bought your tanzanite crystal jewellery from Cunningfolk, it will be charged by the moonlight and sunlight. And primed to accept this intention. If you bought it elsewhere, you may want to cleanse and charge your crystal before you begin. (Check out how on our blog.)

Once your tanzanite crystal or jewellery is cleansed and charged, sit with it in a quiet, peaceful room. Cup it in your hands. Meditate for a few minutes on what you would like it to help you with. Do you need a breath of fresh air in your life? A reset as expansive as a clear sky? New routines? A push to pursue your own intuitive abilites?

Keep your tanzanite crystal or jewellery on or near your body, where you’ll see it often. Every time you glance at it, your intention will come to the forefront of your mind. And you’ll be reminded of your goals — with the help of your tanzanite crystal jewellery, of course.