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Catalog number G10525, a tsavorite gem from Kenya, Africa. Tsavorite is a member of the garnet family, and this gem, totaling 15.93 carats was a gift to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History from the Tiffany & Co. Foundation in 2006., , Catalog record EZID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3418f827a-9e1b-4302-9173-b7aded77ecb6

Catalog number G10525 (left), a tsavorite gem from Kenya, Africa, and catalog number G10530 (right), a 40.10-carat elbaite or tourmaline gem from Mozambique, Africa. Tsavorite is a member of the garnet family, and G10525, totaling 15.93 carats, was a gift to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History from the Tiffany & Co. Foundation in 2006. The elbaite gem G10530 was donated to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History by the Tiffany & Co. Foundation in 2007., , Catalog record EZIDs:, http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3418f827a-9e1b-4302-9173-b7aded77ecb6, http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/392441eff-eb17-46b6-817b-0994cd65cf12

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Taxon:: Garnet - Primary Synonym; Grossular (var. tsavorite) - Primary Synonym; Grossular - Primary

Record Last Modified:: 6 Aug 2025
Specimen Count:: 1

Other Numbers:: IGSN ID : 10.58151/NHB002OLA
USNM Number:: NMNH G10525-00

Color:: Green
Cut:: Pear
Weight:: 15.93 ct

Place:: Kenya, Africa

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GUID (Link to Original Record):: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3418f827a-9e1b-4302-9173-b7aded77ecb6