Tsavorite Garnet (rough and cut set)

Item Description

Tsavorite is a wonderfully brilliant green colored vanadium-bearing Grossular and the best examples are those from Tsavo National Park in Kenya. This locality is one of the oldest and largest parks in Kenya at 13,747 square kilometres. I have only seen a handful of crystallized Tsavorites from this locality, but the gem rough produces some amazing faceted stones. The stone that accompanies this set is a fine "Step Trillion" cut gem with what I consider to be nearly the perfect hue of green for Tsavorite as it's not too dark or too pale. It's a lively stone with wonderful overall color and clarity that matches up wonderfully with the gemmy green piece of rough in host rock matrix. A fantastic set of this world-class material. There are only a few places in the world where Tsavorite has been found, and the material from the first reported locality is still the best in the world.