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TSAVORITE & DEMANTOID GARNET GEMSTONES

TSAVORITE

Brilliant green Tsavorite garnet is a rather young gemstone.  It is found in the bushland along the frontier between Kenya and Tanzania.  It was discovered in 1967 by the British geologist Campbell R. Brides in the northeastern part of Tanzania.  It is a green grossular garnet with a index of  7 1/2 on the mohs scale of hardness. Besides being hard, it is a very tough gemstone making it very wearable for jewelry. Tsavorite is a brilliant gemstone with a refractive index of 1.734/44. Contrary to most other gemstones, tsavorite as well as the other garnets are not treated with oil or heated to improve their appearance. Tsavorites are rare gemstones and stones over two carats can be quite valuable.

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DEMANTOID

The demantoid is one of the most brilliant gemstones that exist, but not commonly known.  Like the tsavorite it is a green garnet of the highest quality.  The demantoid is an andradite garnet with an incredible refractive index of 1.880-1.889.  The hardness of this gemstone is just under 7 on the mohs scale making it suitable for use in todays jewelry.  This gemstone is hard to find and valuable with stones over two carats extremely rare.  The color ranges from a yellowish green to a brownish green with the darker emerald green extremely rare.  It was discovered in the Ural Mountains of Russia in 1868 and more recently in Namibia. 

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ITEM # SIZE SHAPE COLOR & GRADE WEIGHT PRICE PER CARAT ITEM PRICE


ROUND



71364 tsavorite garnet

4mm
Round pair
Tsavorite AA
(Grass Green)
.49 ct.
$80.00
$39.20
71360 tsavorite garnet
4mm
Round pair
Tsavorite AA
(Grass Green)
.54 ct.
$80.00
$43.20
71310 demantoid garnet
4.2mm
Round
Deep Green AA
(Demantoid)
.34 ct.
$500.00
$170.00
71318 demantoid garnet
4.4mm
Round
Deep Green A+
(Demantoid)
.40 ct.
$375.00
$150.00
71321 demantoid garnet
4.5mm
Round
Deep Green A+
(Demantoid)
.45 ct.
$375.00
$168.75
71355 tsavorite garnet
5mm
Round
Tsavorite A+
(peridot green)
Mali
.75 ct.
$100.00
$75.00
71300A  demantoid garnet 5mm  Round pair
Vibrant Green AA (Demantoid) 1.27 Ct. $865.00 $1098.55
71312A  demantoid garnet 5mm Round Green A+ 
(Demantoid)
.58 ct. $855.00 $495.00
71332A  demantoid garnet 6mm Round 
from Namibia
Dark Mint Green AA 
(Demantoid)
1.21 ct. $800.00 $968.00
71315A  tsavorite garnet 6.5mm Round Medium Green AA 
(Tsavorite)
1.27 ct. $600.00 $762.00
71329A  demantoid garnet 7mm Round 
from Namibia
Mint Green AA 
(Demantoid)
1.71 ct. $125.00 $214.00


OVAL



71311 tsavorite garnet 5x3mm Oval Dark Green A+
(Tsavorite)
.40 ct. $90.00 $36.00
71306 tsavorite garnet
5.6x4.0mm
Oval pair
Grass Green AA
(Tsavorite)
.91 ct.
$275.00
$250.25
71307 tsavorite garnet
6x4mm
Oval
Grass Green A+
(Tsavorite)
.42 ct.
$225.00
$94.50
71361 tsavorite garnet

6x4mm
Oval pair
Tsavorite AA
(Grass Green)
.84 ct.
$170.00
$142.80
71362 tsavorite garnet
6x4mm
Oval pair
Tsavorite AA
(Grass Green)
1.02 ct.
$170.00
$173.40
71363tsavorite garnet
6x4mm
Oval pair
TsavoriteAA
(Grass Green)
1.13 ct.
$170.00
$192.10
71325 tsavorite garnet
6.1x4.3mm
Oval
Mint Green  A+
Tsavorite
.53 ct.
$90.00
$47.70
71304 tsavorite garnet
6.2x4.5mm
Oval
Grass Green AA
(Tsavorite)
.75 ct.
$275.00
$206.25
71359 tsavorite garnet
6.2x4.5mm
Oval Cabochon
Tsavorite A
(Deep Green)
.55 ct.
$45.00
$24.75
71305 tsavorite garnet
6.5x4.5mm
Oval
Grass Green AA
(Tsavorite)
.66 ct.
$275.00
$181.50
71320A  demantoid garnet 7 x6mm Oval Grass Green A+
(horsetails)
(Demantoid)
1.28 ct. $600.00 $768.00
71316A  demantoid garnet 7x6mm Oval Lime Green A+ 
(Demantoid)
1.12 ct. $600.00 $672.00
71354 tsavorite garnet
7.34x4.83mm
Oval
Tsavorite AA
(deep green)
.95 ct.
$425.00
$403.75
71303 tsavorite garnet
8.6x6.8mm
Oval
Deep Green A+
(Tsavorite)
1.51 ct
$225.00
$339.75
71351A  tsavorite garnet
9x6.5mm
Oval
Lt. Mint Grossular Garnet AAA
2.71 ct.
$160.00
$433.00
71317A  tsavorite garnet 9.5x8mm  Oval Vibrant Mint Green AAA 
(Grossular)
2.64 ct. $295.00 $778.00
71314A  tsavorite garnet 10.7x9.5mm Oval Vibrant Mint Green AAA 
(Grossular)
4.01 cts. $305.00 $1223.00


EMERALD CUT



71333A  demantoid garnet 4.2mm Emerald Cut  pair
from Namibia
Dark Mint Green AAA 
(Demantoid)
1.25 ct. $850.00 $1062.00
71313A  tsavorite garnet 6.5x5.5mm Emerald Cut Dark Green AA 
(Tsavorite)
1.24 ct. $595.00 $737.80
71345A  demantoid garnet 7x.6mm & 4.2x4.2mm (2) Octagon set
Green with pink flashes AA+ 
(Demantoid)
1.37 ct. + 1.25 ct (2) $1200.00 $3144.00 (set of 3)


PEAR



71323 tsavorite garnet
6.8x4.9mm
Pear
Mint Green AAA
Tsavorite
.80 ct.
$160.00
$128.00
71324 tsavorite garnet
7.0x4.8mm
Pear
Mint Green A+
Tsavorite
.83 ct
$90.00
$74.70


TRILLION



71365 demantoid garnet
6.0x5.5mm
Trillion
Mint Green AA 
(Demantoid))
.65 ct.
$150.00
$90.00
71330A  demantoid garnet 8.5x8mm Trillion 
from Namibia
Dark Mint Green AA+ 
(Demantoid)
2.36 ct. $950.00 $2242.00


BAGUETTE



71322 demantoid garnet

(2) 3.5x2.5mm
(1) 3.5x2.8mm
Baguettes (3)
Deep Green AA
(Demantoid)
.39 ct.
$500.00
$195.00
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