A pair of garnet ear pendants each set with two cabochon tsavorite garnets weighing a total of app. 6.28 ct. flanked by five brilliant and oval-cut, a square, and peardrop diamonds weighing a total of app. 0.85 ct., mounted in 18k gold. Weight in total app. 7 gr. L. app. 5.1 cm. (2)
Tsavorite is the world’s rarest garnet. Tsavorite was discovered by British geologist Campbell R. Bridges in 1967 and named by Harry Platt of Tiffany & Company (New York) who immediately recognized its potential due to its gemological pedigree, and he named it after the Tsavo Game Reserve in Kenya, -the area of its discovery. Tsavorite is one of the oldest forming gemstones in the gem kingdom. Forming 2 billion years ago before the mighty Mt Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain was even formed and before the dinosaurs trekked the earth.
Minimal wear due to age and use. One tsavorite garnet has a natural crack.
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