0.95 Ct. Tsavorite Garnet from East Africa

This 0.95 carat oval green tsavorite garnet presents a precise combination of weight, shape and proportion that will appeal to connoisseurs and setters who prioritize optical performance, color saturation and cutting integrity. The stone measures 6.67 x 5.34 x 3.30 mm, producing an overall depth to average diameter ratio of approximately 55 percent, a proportion that delivers a strong face up spread without excessive pavilion depth. The pavilion and crown have been executed in a mixed brilliant schema, with a traditional brilliant facet pattern on the crown to maximize scintillation, and modified pavilion facets designed to control light return and enhance color saturation. The cutter has emphasized symmetry, alignment of the longitudinal axis, and uniform girdle thickness, yielding consistent facet junctions and predictable light return across changing angles of view. The excellent polish is immediately evident on magnification and to the unaided eye, with facet planes that display crisp facet junctions and minimal surface abrasions, which preserves the tsavorite's energetic brilliance and allows the underlying color to read evenly across the table and along the length of the oval.

Optically the gem is transparent, with an intense green color intensity that reads as a vivid forest to emerald green in standard viewing conditions, and the color remains stable under both daylight and neutral artificial illumination. The color is carried with high saturation and a medium to medium dark tone, which is characteristic of premium tsavorite specimens and contributes to strong color presence without appearing overly dark. Clarity is graded as very very slightly included evaluated at eye level, which indicates that inclusions are minute, localized, and do not interrupt transparency or scintillation when set, nor do they create significant windowing or dead zones. The stone is of isometric crystal habit as expected for garnet species, so it is singly refractive, and with a refractive index range consistent with tsavorite, the gem exhibits a lively return of light and excellent brilliance. The absence of enhancement is a critical attribute for value retention, as the stone has received no heat treatment, no clarity filling, and no diffusion, leaving its color and internal character as naturally developed in the original crystal. The combination of intense unenhanced color, high transparency, and clean facet execution results in an immediate visual presence that competes strongly with other colored gemstones of similar size.

Provenance is an important determinant of rarity and market perception in fine colored gemstones, and this tsavorite originates from East Africa, a region that has produced the finest commercial quantities of tsavorite since its discovery. East African geological environments yield garnet crystals that form in high grade metamorphic and contact zones where trace concentrations of vanadium and chromium impart the vivid green chroma prized by collectors and jewelers. The East African source contributes to this gem s provenance, and provenance in turn influences desirability because collectors and informed buyers associate these deposits with well documented color chemistry, relatively consistent crystal quality, and an established supply history. In practical terms, an unenhanced tsavorite from East Africa, cut and polished to the standards evident in this 0.95 carat oval, commands a premium relative to similar stones without a traced origin, due to the combination of limited supply, strong color saturation, and the market s preference for natural, untreated material. At The Natural Gemstone Company we present this tsavorite as a collector grade and jewelry ready option, suitable for a solitaire ring where face up color and brilliance are paramount, or as a refined center stone paired with complementary accent gems. The stone s size and cut proportions make it straightforward to seat securely in classic prong, bezel, or partial bezel settings, and its hardness on the Mohs scale of approximately 7 to 7.5 affords good wearability with appropriate care. For buyers looking for a finely cut, intensely colored, unenhanced tsavorite that carries the desirable East African provenance, this specimen represents a technically refined example that balances optical excellence, cutting craft, and geological significance.