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Tsavorite Garnet 5 to 6mm. Uncut Chip Shape "B" Grade 36 Inch Bead Strands
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| ITEM#4825-14587
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| | PRODUCT DETAILS |
| Stone/Shape: | -- | | Stone/Color: | -- | | Bead Cut: | Tumbled | | Size: | 5 to 6mm. Approx | | Origin: | Africa | | Color: | AA | | Clarity: | MI (Moderately Included) | | Treatment: | None | | Length: | 36 Inch | | Overall Grade: | "B" |
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| Price per strand. |
| 5 - 9 | 10 - 19 | 20 - 39 | 40+ |
| $16.01 | $13.61 | $12.25 | $11.02 |
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Tsavorite Garnet 5 to 6mm. Uncut Chip Shape "B" Grade 36 Inch Bead Strands  20 % off Price
$16.01 PER strand. 
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Tsavorite Garnet 5.5x4.5mm. to 10x8mm. Smooth Oval Shape "AB" Grade 15 Inch Bead Strands
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| ITEM#4825-34880
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| Stone/Shape: | -- | | Stone/Color: | -- | | Bead Cut: | Smooth | | Size: | 5.5x4.5 to 10x8mm. Approx | | Weight (pcs.): | 75.00 carat. Approx | | Origin: | Africa | | Color: | AA | | Clarity: | HI (Heavily Included) | | Treatment: | None | | Length: | 15 Inch | | Overall Grade: | "AB" |
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| Price per strand. |
| 1 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 4 - 7 | 8+ |
| $118.13 | $100.41 | $90.37 | $81.33 |
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Tsavorite Garnet 5.5x4.5mm. to 10x8mm. Smooth Oval Shape "AB" Grade 15 Inch Bead Strands 20 % off Price
$118.13 PER strand. 
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Tsavorite Garnet 5x4mm. to 7x6mm. Smooth Oval Shape "B" Grade 15 Inch Bead Strands
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| ITEM#4825-34882
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| Stone/Shape: | -- | | Stone/Color: | -- | | Bead Cut: | Smooth | | Size: | 5x4 to 7x6mm. Approx | | Weight (pcs.): | 49.05 carat. Approx | | Origin: | Africa | | Color: | AA | | Clarity: | MI (Moderately Included) | | Treatment: | None | | Length: | 15 Inch | | Overall Grade: | "B" |
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| Price per strand. |
| 1 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 4 - 7 | 8+ |
| $91.88 | $78.10 | $70.29 | $63.26 |
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Tsavorite Garnet 5x4mm. to 7x6mm. Smooth Oval Shape "B" Grade 15 Inch Bead Strands 20 % off Price
$91.88 PER strand.
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The shining green tsavorite is a
young gemstone with a very long geological history. Its home is the East-African
bushland along the border between Kenya and Tanzania. The few mines lie in a
uniquely beautiful landscape of arid grassland with bare, dry hills. It's
dangerous country, the habitat of snakes, and now and then a lion patrols, on
the lookout for prey. There, near the world-famous Tsavo National Park, that
history began.
In 1967 a British geologist by the name of Campbell R. Bridges was looking for
gemstones in the mountains in the north-east of Tanzania. Suddenly he came
across some strange, potato-like nodules of rock. It was like a fairy-tale:
inside these strange objects he found some beautiful green grains and crystal
fragments. A gemmological examination revealed that what he had discovered was
green grossularite, a mineral belonging to the colourful gemstone group of the
garnets, and one which had only been found on rare occasions until then. It was
of an extraordinarily beautiful colour and good transparency. The find made the
specialists sit up and take notice; Tiffany & Co. in New York also soon showed
an interest in the newly discovered green jewel. However, in spite of all
efforts, it was not, at the time, possible to export the stones from Tanzania.
But Campbell Bridges was not one to give up easily. As a geologist, he knew that
earth strata bearing gemstones were not necessarily limited to one particular
area, indeed that they could extend over much greater areas - and in his opinion
the stratum he had found was just such a one. For the rock belt in which most of
East Africa's gemstone mines lie is very ancient. It began to form many millions
of years ago, while the continents were still very much on the move. At that
time, the area concerned had actually been under the sea. The sedimental
deposits between the continents were greatly compressed and folded as a result
of the movement of the massifs. Through tremendous pressure and at high
temperatures, the rocks which had been present originally were transformed. New,
exciting, beautiful gemstones came into being - among them the tsavorite. Having
said that, the tremendous forces of Nature damaged most of the crystals so badly
at the time of their formation that today it is usually only grains or fragments
which are found.
Campbell B. Bridges persevered. His surmise that the seam bearing the gemstones
might possibly continue into Kenya finally put him on the right track. In 1971,
he discovered the brilliant green gemstone for the second time, in Kenya. There,
he was able to have the find registered officially and begin with the
exploitation of the deposit. It was an adventurous business. To protect himself
from wild animals, Bridges began by living in a tree-house. In order not to have
any of the gemstones stolen, he set a python to watch over them, making use of
the fact that his workers were afraid of snakes. It was a wonderful find.
Unfortunately, the gemstone had been known only to specialists up to that point
in time, but that changed quickly in 1974, when the Tiffany company began a
broad promotion campaign which soon made the tsavorite well known in the USA.
Further promotion campaigns followed in other countries, and soon the tsavorite
was also known at international level.
So why is the stone called a tsavorite or tsavolite when it is actually a green
grossularite and comes from the colourful gemstone family of the Garnet? The
nomenclature of gemstones follows certain rules. According to modern
mineralogical methods, gemstones are given a name which ends in 'ite'. In honour
of the Tsavo National Park, with its abundance of game, and the Tsavo River
which flows through it, the former president of Tiffany & Co. Henry Platt, who
had followed the developments of the gemstone from the very beginning, proposed
the name 'tsavorite'. Sometimes the term 'tsavolite' is used. However, both
names denote the same stone, the latter version simply having the Greek suffix
'-lite' (stone).
What is it that makes the tsavorite so desirable? Well, for one thing there is
its vivid, radiant green. The colour range of the tsavorite includes a
springlike light green, an intense blue-green and a deep forest green - colours
which have a refreshing and invigorating effect on the senses. However, this
gemstone is also valuable on account of its great brilliance. It has, like all
the other garnets, a particularly high refractive index (1.734/44). Not without
reason did they use to say in the old legends that a garnet was a difficult
thing to hide. Its sparkling light was said to remain visible even through
clothing.
Unlike many other gemstones, the tsavorite is neither burnt nor oiled. This
gemstone is not in need of any such treatment. Like all the other garnets it is
simply a piece of pure, unadulterated Nature. Another positive characteristic is
its robustness. It has almost the same Hardness as the (considerably more
expensive) emerald, - approximately 7.5 on the Mohs scale - but it is markedly
less sensitive. That is an important feature not only when it comes to the
stone's being set but also in its being worn. A tsavorite is not so likely to
crack or splinter as a result of an incautious movement. It is well suited to
the popular 'invisible setting', in which the stones are set close by one
another, a technique which ought not to be used with the more sensitive emerald.
Thanks to its great brilliance, the tsavorite is, in this respect, a partner to
match the classics: diamond, ruby and sapphire.
Only in rare individual cases is a raw crystal of over 5 carats found, so a cut
tsavorite of more than two carats is a rare and precious thing. But then that is
one of the special features of this gemstone: that it can display its great
luminosity even in small sizes.
There's something very special about this young gemstone with the very long
history. With its fresh, vivid green, its good wearing qualities, great
brilliance and relatively reasonable prices, it is surely one of the most
convincing and honest gemstones that exist.
Color: green
Hardness: 7 – 7.5
Refractive index: 1.73
Density: 3.60 – 3.62
Chemical composition: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Crystal structure: isometric
Origins: Tanzania, Madagascar, Kenya.
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