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 the exceptional green gemstone from east africa... what emerald wishes it could be |
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| colors
available: |
medium green deep forest green grass green light green mint green |
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| family/species: |
garnet, green grossularite |
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| properties: |
RI=1.735 (+0.015,-0.035) SR note: emerald is much lower at 1.58 SG=3.61 (-0.27, +0.12) dispersion=0.028 note: this is twice that of emerald (0.014) hardness=7 note: suitable for use in jewelry |
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| treatments: |
none |
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| important
information: |
much rarer than emerald, tsavorite
is rare above 1.5ct 100% natural garnet which has no known treatments or enhancements newly discovered deposits adding to stability of supply |
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| cuts: |
calibrated up to 6mm all standard cuts and free sizes |
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| rough: |
generally available in clean
material to
cut sizes 3mm and under; bigger pieces occasionally available - please
contact us for current stock |
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| mining: |
found in southeastern kenya and tanzania view photo gallery | |
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