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- Tsavorite abstract "Tsavorite or tsavolite is a variety of the garnet group species grossular, a calcium-aluminium garnet with the formula Ca3Al2Si3O12. Trace amounts of vanadium or chromium provide the green color. In 1967, British gem prospector and geologist Dr. Campbell R. Bridges discovered a deposit of green grossular in the mountains of north-east Tanzania in a place called Lemshuko, 15 km away from Komolo, the first village. The specimens he found were of very intense color and of high transparency. The find interested the gem trade, and attempts were made to export the stones, but the Tanzanian government did not provide permits.Believing that the deposit was a part of a larger geological structure extending possibly into Kenya, Bridges began prospecting in that nation. He was successful a second time in 1971, when he found the mineral variety there, and was granted a permit to mine the deposit. The gemstone was known only to mineral specialists until 1974, when Tiffany and Co launched a marketing campaign which brought broader recognition of the stone.Dr. Bridges was murdered in 2009 when a mob attacked him and his son on their property in Tsavo National Park. It is believed that the attack was connected to a three-year dispute over access and control of Bridges' gemstone mines.The name tsavorite was proposed by Tiffany and Co president Sir Henry Platt in honor of Tsavo National Park in Kenya. Apart from the source locality in Tanzania it is also found in Toliara (Tuléar) Province, Madagascar, but so far, no other occurrences of gem material have been discovered.Rare in gem-quality over several carats (1 carat = 200 mg) in weight, tsavorite has been found in larger sizes. In late 2006 a 925-carat (185.0 g) crystal was discovered. It yielded an oval mixed-cut 325 carat (65 g) stone, one of the largest, if not the largest faceted tsavorites in the world. A crystal that yielded a 120.68-carat (24.136 g) oval mixed-cut gem was also uncovered in early 2006.".
- Tsavorite thumbnail Grossular-4jg61a.jpg?width=300.
- Tsavorite wikiPageExternalLink tsavorite.html.
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- Tsavorite wikiPageExternalLink Campbell-Bridges.html.
- Tsavorite wikiPageExternalLink Machete-mob-murders-British-gemstone-miner-in-Kenya.html.
- Tsavorite wikiPageID "1265397".
- Tsavorite wikiPageRevisionID "589385789".
- Tsavorite caption "Gem-quality Tsavorite from Tanzania, 0.9 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm.".
- Tsavorite color "Light to deep green".
- Tsavorite dispersion "0.028".
- Tsavorite formula "Ca3Al2Si3O12".
- Tsavorite gravity "3.6".
- Tsavorite hasPhotoCollection Tsavorite.
- Tsavorite mohs "7".
- Tsavorite name "Tsavorite".
- Tsavorite opticalprop "Single refractive".
- Tsavorite refractive "1.74".
- Tsavorite system "cubic".
- Tsavorite wordnet_type synset-mineral-noun-1.
- Tsavorite subject Category:Aluminium_minerals.
- Tsavorite subject Category:Calcium_minerals.
- Tsavorite subject Category:Garnet_group.
- Tsavorite subject Category:Gemstones.
- Tsavorite type Abstraction100002137.
- Tsavorite type AluminiumMinerals.
- Tsavorite type CalciumMinerals.
- Tsavorite type Material114580897.
- Tsavorite type Matter100020827.
- Tsavorite type Mineral114662574.
- Tsavorite type Part113809207.
- Tsavorite type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Tsavorite type Relation100031921.
- Tsavorite type Substance100019613.
- Tsavorite type ChemicalSubstance.
- Tsavorite type Mineral.
- Tsavorite type ChemicalObject.
- Tsavorite type Thing.
- Tsavorite comment "Tsavorite or tsavolite is a variety of the garnet group species grossular, a calcium-aluminium garnet with the formula Ca3Al2Si3O12. Trace amounts of vanadium or chromium provide the green color. In 1967, British gem prospector and geologist Dr. Campbell R. Bridges discovered a deposit of green grossular in the mountains of north-east Tanzania in a place called Lemshuko, 15 km away from Komolo, the first village. The specimens he found were of very intense color and of high transparency.".
- Tsavorite label "Tsavorite".
- Tsavorite label "Tsavorite".
- Tsavorite label "Tsavorite".
- Tsavorite label "Tsavoryt".
- Tsavorite label "Цаворит".
- Tsavorite sameAs Tsavorite.
- Tsavorite sameAs Tsavorite.
- Tsavorite sameAs Tsavoryt.
- Tsavorite sameAs m.04nfm2.
- Tsavorite sameAs Q2295514.
- Tsavorite sameAs Q2295514.
- Tsavorite sameAs Tsavorite.
- Tsavorite wasDerivedFrom Tsavorite?oldid=589385789.
- Tsavorite depiction Grossular-4jg61a.jpg.
- Tsavorite isPrimaryTopicOf Tsavorite.
- Tsavorite name "Tsavorite".