African Green Oval Tsavorite Garnet

About Tsavorite

Tsavorite is the vivid green variety of grossular garnet, coloured mainly by traces of vanadium and sometimes chromium. Its palette ranges from fresh spring green to deep forest green; the finest stones are transparent and richly saturated, while paler or more included material may appear translucent. Unlike emerald, tsavorite is normally free of visible pleochroism because garnets are optically isotropic, meaning light…