01Colour
LightModerateIntenseVividExceptional
Tsavorite runs from light spring green to a deep, saturated emerald green; the finest is a vivid green with a touch of blue, without the yellow that dulls lesser stones.
Tsavorite Beads Necklace
Tsavorite Beads Necklace
Yellow Gold
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The Stone
Understanding tsavorite
Tsavorite is the green garnet discovered in Tanzania in 1967 and named after the Tsavo plains — a vivid green that needs no treatment, from the same hills that give us Tanzanite. Our gemologists grade every tsavorite on colour, clarity, cut and carat. Here is how to read them, and where this piece sits.
This piece · graded by our gemologists
- Metal
- Yellow Gold
02Clarity
IFInternally flawlessSISmall inclusionMIMedium inclusion
Our gemologists grade clarity in three steps: Internally Flawless — nothing to find even under 10× magnification; Small inclusion — a trace only a loupe reveals; Medium inclusion — a natural feature you may find with the naked eye, in a stone chosen for its colour. Tsavorite is usually cleaner than emerald and needs no oil.
03Cut
Tsavorite is brilliant and clean, so cutters favour rounds, ovals and cushions that show its fire; it needs no help from the cutter to glow.
04Carat
Clean tsavorite above two carats is rare and above five exceptional; most fine stones are small, which makes a large one a true collector’s piece.
Details of the stone
- Origin
- Tanzania & KenyaFound only along the Tanzania–Kenya border.
- Discovered
- 1967By geologist Campbell Bridges at Lemshuko, Tanzania; named by Tiffany & Co. in 1974.
- Species
- Grossular garnetColoured green by vanadium and chromium.
- Hardness
- 7 – 7.5 MohsComfortable for everyday rings and earrings.
- Birthstone
- JanuaryAs a garnet, the birthstone of January.
- Treatment
- NoneTsavorite is never treated — what you see is what the earth made.
- Certification
- CertifiedEvery stone graded and certified by our gemologists.
- Care
- Warm soapy waterSafe in an ultrasonic cleaner.
