Making jewelry is all about putting a piece of metal, stone and artwork in one place. Your tanzanite bracelet is one such example of perfect placement. Well, making a perfect jewel is a task that takes lots of effort and creativity. Do you know that your tanzanite bracelet comes to you after going through many procedures? Have you ever wondered how the beautiful jewel on your wrist is made?

Let us get a detailed drive-through of the process of making tanzanite jewelry. From the origin of the gemstone to your wrist, let us understand every single detail about all the steps of making your tanzanite bracelet.

Origin And Mining Of Tanzanite

You will not find much about this gemstone in historical lore because tanzanite is a relatively modern gemstone. Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is the only place where this mesmerizing gemstone can be found. It takes many years and extensive temperature and pressure to naturally form tanzanite. Mining of tanzanite is a time taking task and requires skilled labor and safety practices for this process. This is why Tanzania’s government has made strict regulations for the ethical mining of tanzanite.

Cutting And Polishing

After getting extracted from the mines, tanzanite comes into the hands of lapidists. Here stone is separated from the sand and rock particles. After this, it is cut into different shapes with facets and edges. While shaping the gemstone, lapidists ensure to get the best out of the raw gemstone without losing carat weight while minimizing inclusions. Be it an oval cut, marquise cut, princess cut or any other fancy cut, getting a symmetric and refined shape out of a raw stone is an art. After cutting, the gemstone is polished to make its surfaces and facets smooth and sparkling.

Grading The Gemstone

4Cs include these 4 attributes of a gemstone.

Cut:

Gemologists carefully examine the facets and angles of the gemstone and then approve the cut.

Clarity:

With the help of equipment, gemologists minutely check for inclusions and grade gemstones from VVS ( very very small inclusions—flawless clarity from the naked eye ) to I3 (highly included—inclusions are clearly visible from a naked eye.)

Carat Weight:

The cutting and cleaning process of the raw gemstone results in weight loss of the gemstone. So in this step, gemologists measure the final weight of the gemstone.

Color:

Gemstone such as tanzanite comes only in one color, but it has different shades. A gemologist tags the exact color shade of the gemstone after observing it under different lighting conditions.

Designing Or Choosing A Design

By the time gemstone is getting ready for your tanzanite bracelet you can choose from different available bracelet designs. Customer-centric jewelry sellers understand the fact that everyone wants their luxurious jewelry to look different so they give customers to make further customizations in the designs which are on display. The jewelry seller’s team of creative jewelry designers can also help you by crafting an entirely new design for you or by combining your inputs with an existing design. Once a final design is ready there comes the next step.

Turning Design Into Reality

Based on the design or CAD, raw metal is molded into wires and sheets. Right after the raw metal is molded, the engraving process takes place. Engraving is mostly a matter of personal choice. After engraving, these wires and sheets are combined according to the design. Goldsmiths usually use soldering or laser welding to combine these pieces together. During the process of making a structure for a tanzanite bracelet, jewel makers leave room for gemstones according to their setting and size. This is the most critical part of making a jewelry piece because even a minute imperfection in any aspect can make the entire jewel asymmetrical. So jewelry makers pay special attention to this part and make sure that you get the refined and best quality jewel. The next step is to polish the final structure.

Some metals are very soft naturally, so it becomes very difficult to transform such metals into a jewel. These metals are mixed with other metals, making them hard and durable. Although we will not get into metallurgy, it is worth mentioning that these processes also include highly skilled labor and special types of equipment.

Fitting Gemstone Into The Jewel

The next step is to fit the gemstone of a desired carat weight and quality into the bracelet. Fitting the gemstone into the jewel is also a critical step because not all gemstones are as hard as diamonds. Tanzanite is a relatively less hard gemstone. Therefore, the accidental breaking of such a precious gemstone can be a potential loss to the manufacturer or can increase the overall price of the jewel. Depending on the gemstone setting in your tanzanite bracelet, the centerstones and side stones are set into the bracelet. It is another tough task to set all the gemstones uniformly and to keep them intact. In most gemstone settings, a special type of glue is used to keep the gemstones studded into the jewel. Once all the gemstones are fixed, your tanzanite bracelet is sent for the final polishing.

Quality Checking

Once the jewelry piece is ready, it is sent to the quality-checking team. The quality-checking team minutely examines all the details on the basis of set parameters, such as the fitting of gemstones, symmetry in the jewel, and uniformity in the color of the gemstones and metal. In case of any imperfection, they send the jewelry piece back to the corresponding team for rectification. If the tanzanite bracelet is found to have no imperfections, it is then shipped or handed over to the end customer or the sales team.

Only after passing from many hands do you get your tanzanite bracelet. A team of skilled and efficient people works really hard behind every single jewel. So you are not just wearing a bracelet, it is an outcome of hard and efficient work and gemstones studded in it are the blessings of Mother Nature. Handle it carefully!