Tsavorite — specimen 0178, photo © NMNHS

Tsavorite — specimen 0178

Origin

East Africa

Kenya, Coast Province, Taita-Taveta, Tsavo

Data

Weight: 0.22 ct; size: 4.35 | 3.59 | 2.03 mm; shape: pear; colour: medium green; very slightly greyish; clarity: eye clean; cut: good; treatment: none.

Notes

Very clean specimen; mixed style cut with large window.

Other specimens

More information from ‘Classification’

Tsavorite

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