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A 7.08-carat tsavorite garnet set in a gold ring and surrounded by round-cut diamonds in the National Gem Collection. Dr. and Mrs. Marshall Greenman donated this piece of jewelry to the ...
The glowing green gem is a tsavorite (the first "t" is silent), an exceptionally rare garnet predominantly found in a region straddling the border of Kenya and Tanzania. In 2017, an intense verdant ...
From color-changing sapphires to rare garnets, the Smithsonian unveils new 77-carat butterfly brooch with 2,328 gems By AP Published: 14:41 EDT, 5 March 2013 | Updated: 14:44 EDT, 5 March 2013 ...
It is one of the highly-priced garnets on the market. The government had placed the gem among 14 strategic minerals as a deliberate effort to eradicate the smuggling of the precious stone.