1.32 Ct. Tsavorite Garnet from East Africa

This 1.32 carat East African tsavorite garnet from The Natural Gemstone Company is presented in a classic emerald cut, measuring 8.02 by 5.99 by 2.67 millimeters, with a clarity grade described as very very slightly included when evaluated at eye level, intense color intensity, and an excellent polish. The emerald cut’s elongated step facets and large table create broad, planar facets that concentrate and display the gem’s saturated green, producing a hall-of-mirrors effect rather than scintillation. This facet geometry is intentionally chosen for tsavorite because it emphasizes hue and tone while requiring superior clarity and cutting precision. The very very slightly included clarity, combined with excellent polish and tight facet junctions, ensures minimal visual obstruction under normal viewing, allowing the stone’s pure green transmission to read as clean and deep. No enhancement has been applied, preserving the natural chromophores of chromium and vanadium that generate this garnet’s vivid green.

In hue and tone this East African tsavorite reads as a pure, grass to fern green with a medium to medium-dark tone and intense saturation, and it compares distinctly with several famous green gem sources. Compared with Colombian emeralds, which more commonly exhibit a bluish-green hue and often present with secondary bluish modifiers and typical clarity treatments, this tsavorite is purer in green without the pronounced blue bias and without enhancement. Against Zambian emeralds, which frequently show a deeper, slightly bluish to bluish-dark green, the tsavorite appears brighter and more vivid, with a cleaner, less oily tone. When set beside Russian demantoid garnets from the Urals, which lean toward a yellowish-green and show higher dispersion, the tsavorite retains a truer green and a steadier, less fiery appearance, favoring color saturation over spectral fire. Compared to chrome diopside and chrome tourmaline from well-known deposits, which can be richly saturated but often exhibit deeper, cooler tones and lower durability, this tsavorite offers a balance of intense, lively green with superior wearability and stability. For collectors seeking an unenhanced, vividly saturated East African green with the precision of a step-cut and exemplary polish, this tsavorite exemplifies the combination of material purity and cutting craftsmanship that The Natural Gemstone Company prioritizes.