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Garnet
Tsavorite
A vivid green garnet discovered in East Africa in the 1960s. Bright and rarely treated, it rivals emerald for colour and is often cleaner.
- Mineral
- Grossular garnet
- Colour from
- Vanadium and chromium
- Hardness
- 7 to 7.5 on the Mohs scale
- Known sources
- Kenya, Tanzania
What to look for
- An intense, pure green
- Brilliance: it is more lively than emerald
- Larger clean stones are rare
CareReasonably durable. Clean with warm, soapy water.
General guidance about the stone. Each actual stone is described individually, with its own photographs and any laboratory report, when you enquire.
Tsavorite, to wear.
Ask whether a ring, pendant, stud earrings or a bracelet with tsavorite is available, in gold, platinum or silver.