This story was produced by Billie Pollisotto and distributed by Next Net. The moment you step into the jewelry store, your eyes are pulled toward a striking green stone radiating an almost luminous ...

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 ...

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 ...

Note to editors: Images of the Lion of Merelani are available here. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History will unveil the Lion of Merelani, one of the most exquisite colored gemstones ...

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 ...

Tsavorite is a rare gemstone originally found in Tsavo, hence its name. It is one of the highly-priced garnets on the market. The government had placed the gem among 14 strategic minerals as a ...

Tsavorite garnet is among the world's rarest colored gemstones, found exclusively in a narrow geological belt spanning parts of Kenya and Tanzania in East Africa. The mineral's scarcity becomes ...