GROSSULAR, variety Tsavorite
Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃
Karo Pit, Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania

Tsavorite, one of the most beautiful varieties of garnet, was discovered in East Africa in the early 1970s. It usually is found as crude gem-quality nodules. Since 1987, a few gem-quality crystals such as this one with exceptionally well-formed and lustrous faces have been found at the Karo Pit in Tanzania.

Size / Weight: 16x14x12mm / 22.55 carats

Acquired: 1990 donation from Dr. William L. Harville.

Disposition: On display in the Systematic Mineralogy exhibit.

Catalog Number: 35651