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Tsavorite — specimen 0142, photo © NMNHS
Tsavorite — specimen 0142, photo © NMNHS

Tsavorite — specimen 0142

Origin

East Africa
Tanzania
Tsavorite — specimen 0142, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.73 ct; size: 6.87 | 5.28 | 3.08 mm; shape: pear; colour: medium yellowish green; slightly greyish; clarity: slightly included; cut: good; treatment: none.
Notes

Clean specimen; mixed style cut with large window.

Other specimens
Tsavorite — specimen 0094Tsavorite — specimen 0638Tsavorite — specimen 0178

More information from ‘Classification’

Tsavorite

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


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