Tsavorite Garnet, a Gem in the Garnet group a grossular variety of calcium-aluminium Garnet. Back in 1967, Campbell R Bridges a British gem prospector and geologist made a discovery of green deposits in the mountain of north-east Tanzania and the deposit found was very rare, intense in color and highly transparent. Leading further, founder of Elton’s Mining Ltd. Peter Morgan, with his team, discovered the viable Gemstone quality in the area of Tsavo West National park which further leads to the naming of the deposit as Tsavorite.
Although the stone looks like an Emerald but more durable than it well, one of a rare and new Gemstone emerging in the market. This unique beauty has a home in barren lands which are infested with lions and jungle wildness of East-Africa and Kenya-Tanzania border.
Like you do have group names in real these stones also have a group name and Tsavorite has 6 named group species Grossular, Andradite, Pyrope, Uvarovite, Almandine and Spessartine. Though Grossular variety is orange/yellow/red, green is Tsavorite and brown is Hessonite. Having 2 primary deposits, one in Scorpion Mine in Taita, near the Tsavo National Park and the other one in Arusha Region, Tanzania.
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