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Tsavorite — specimen 0094, photo © NMNHS
Tsavorite — specimen 0094, photo © NMNHS

Tsavoritespecimen 0094

Origin

East Africa
Kenya
Tsavorite — specimen 0094, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.57 ct; size: 8.60 | 4.40 | 3.11 mm; shape: coffin; colour: medium slightly yellowish green; very slightly greyish; clarity: eye clean; cut: excellent; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; excellent step cut style. Source: Jeffery Davies, Jeffery Davies Fine Jewelry & Gemstones.

Other specimens
Tsavorite — specimen 0142Tsavorite — specimen 0638Tsavorite — specimen 0178

More information from ‘Classification’


Green to emerald green variety from Kenya and Tanzania; discovered in the early 1970s; named for Tsavo, Kenya.