Tsavorite
At a glance
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Silicate
- Crystal system
- Cubic
- Hardness
- Hard (5.5 to 7.5)
- Density
- Heavy (3.2 to 5)
- Occurs in
- Metamorphic rocks
- Foliation
- Not layered
- Colour
- Green
- Lustre
- Glassy
- Use
- Gemstone
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Tsavorite is named after Tsavo National Park in Kenya, near where it was found in the early 1970s.
- Tiffany & Co. promoted it from 1974, which turned this green garnet into a well-known gem.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q2295514 · All stones · All entries