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setting. Tsavorite Necklace [G9000] Hover over color tiles above
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Earth About this object The yellow gold necklace is set with 14
pear-shaped faceted tsavorite garnets. They have a total weight
of 30.79 carats and are a beautiful medium yellowish-green
color. The tsavorites graduate in size and are very well-
matched. One of the rarest and most prized garnets in jewelry
today is this brilliant green variety of grossular garnet called
tsavorite. The most desirable tsavorites are an intense green to
blue-green and can sometimes be confused with emerald. The color
is due to the presence of vanadium. Tsavorite was first
discovered in 1967 in northern Tanzania and again in 1970 in
Kenya’s Tsavo National Park by world renowned geologist,
Campbell Bridges. In 1971, Mr. Bridges was granted a permit to
mine the Kenyan deposit. In 1973, this va