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Loose Gemstones |
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The
shining green tsavorite is a young gemstone with a
very long geological history. Its home is the
East-African bushland along the border between
Kenya and Tanzania. The few mines lie in a
uniquely beautiful landscape of arid grassland
with bare, dry hills. It's dangerous country, the
habitat of snakes, and now and then a lion
patrols, on the lookout for prey. There, near the
world-famous Tsavo National Park, that history
began.
So
why is the stone called a tsavorite or tsavolite
when it is actually a green grossularite and comes
from the colourful gemstone family of the Garnet?
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The
nomenclature of gemstones follows certain rules.
According to modern mineralogical methods,
gemstones are given a name which ends in 'ite'. In
honour of the Tsavo National Park, with its
abundance of game, and the Tsavo River which flows
through it, the former president of Tiffany & Co.
Henry Platt, who had followed the developments of
the gemstone from the very beginning, proposed the
name 'tsavorite'. Sometimes the term 'tsavolite'
is used. However, both names denote the same
stone, the latter version simply having the Greek
suffix '-lite' (stone). |
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Tsavorite Garnet
Loose Cut
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We can Supply Loose Tsavorite
Garnet Gemstone
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A)
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Round |
2 MM to 10 MM |
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Oval |
3x5 MM to 15x20 MM |
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Pears |
3x5 MM to 8x12 MM |
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Trillion |
3x3 MM to 15x15 MM |
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Marquise |
2x4 MM to 4x8 MM |
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Square |
4 MM to 20 MM |
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Octagon |
3x5 MM to 15x20
MM |
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