Considering tsavorite
Tsavorite is a green grossular garnet valued for colour, cut, clarity, and geological character. The best place to start is the suite: how it looks, how it has been cut, what information accompanies it, and what you want it to become.
Vanadium and chromium help give tsavorite its green colour.
That does not give a tsavorite classification beyond its status as a gemstone.
Gemstone
Consider the suite
Colour
Trace elements influence green colour
What to consider
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Tsavorite is a variety of grossular garnet formed under particular geological conditions. Its green colour is associated with vanadium and chromium. Laboratory and treatment information is confirmed through suite-specific records.
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Fine larger tsavorite can be difficult to source. Colour, clarity, cut, carat weight, treatment disclosure, and availability are all individual considerations. Comparisons with emerald depend on the quality criteria and the particular stones being discussed.
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The colour of tsavorite comes from vanadium and chromium. Each tsavorite remains a gemstone and its characteristics and reports are considered within the suite.
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TSAVORA® works through individual enquiries with clients and designers. Each brief identifies the required qualities and information supplied for the stone within the suite.
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Fine tsavorite is principally associated with Kenyan deposits in the Mozambique Belt. Its geological formation, colour, clarity, cut, carat weight, and the raw material available are all relevant when considering a stone within the suite.
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Tsavorite ranges from pale to vivid and deep green. Colour and treatment disclosure come from the evidence available for the suite, including independent reports commissioned for the stone.
Suite record
Each selected TSAVORA® stone is reviewed within the suite through supplied documents and specialist assessment. Private enquiries identify the stone and its records.
Available source or export documentation for selected raw material
Relevant source or parcel references, where supplied
Custody or placement information, where applicable
A Suite Passport for the selected raw material
Matching record for the selected suite
Specialist gemmological assessment, where commissioned or available
An independent valuation under separate appointment
Private consultation for clients and bespoke designers
Records in context
Documents provide context for a particular stone. The supplied record set varies by raw material and history. Independent specialist assessment remains a separate record class.
The Suite Passport identifies missing, incomplete and later-dated records affecting the documented history.
TSAVORA® organises records supplied for the suite. Documentation and gemmological analysis answer different questions and remain separate.
Make an enquiry
State the suite, design, timing and document requirements. TSAVORA® reviews the relevant qualities and records.