Name GARNET GROSSULAR
Variety TSAVORITE
Origin Kajes (Mali)
Hardness 7,5
Composition Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Crystaline sys. CUBIC
Size   10 x 10 x 8 cm
Weight 1.885 gr




Description:
It is being debated whether specimens of green grossular, to which group the tsavorite belongs, coming from Mali are truly the real tsavorite, as there are some differences in the refractive index and in the density, although many experts have no doubt about calling them tsavorite.


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GARNET GROSSULAR



VARIETY TSAVORITE