Across the hills of Kenya and Tanzania, two gemstones capture the continent’s natural brilliance and enduring mystique: Tanzanite and Tsavorite. Both discovered within a few years of each other in the ...

Tsavorite, a form of grossular garnet, is a relative newcomer in the ancient world of gemstones. The luxuriant gem, which ranges in color from a light to a deep grass-green, was first discovered by ...

The stunning tsavorite gemstone arrives at the museum with a well-documented history Jack Tamisiea The Lion of Merelani is the world’s largest square-cushion cut tsavorite gem with 177 glimmering ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — This one-of-a-kind gemstone, Tsavorite Garnet, has been donated to the Smithsonian National History Museum by two Arizona gem industry organizations. Somewhere In The Rainbow ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History will put the “Lion of Merelani,” which is one of the most finely detailed colored gemstones in the world, on public view starting Thursday. The ...

NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Africa's leading authority on rare colored gemstones, The Rare Gemstone Company, unveils one of its most exceptional pieces in its five-decade history ...

Green garnet, recently introduced on to the gemstone market, is renowned for its brilliance, hardness and rarity – much rarer than diamond for example. On top of these fine qualities this precious ...

One of the world’s largest pieces of bright-green bling is now in the hands of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, thanks to some generous Arizona gem experts. The precision-cut, 116 ...