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Clear filterDiscovered in Tanzania and named after Kenya’s Tsavo region, tsavorite is a brilliant green garnet with a distinctly East African story. Its vivid natural colour, exceptional brightness and rarity make it one of the continent’s most captivating gemstones.
Read storyFound in only one small corner of northern Tanzania, tanzanite is one of the world’s most extraordinary gemstones. Its journey—from a flash of blue in the Merelani Hills to the display windows of Tiffany & Co.—is a remarkable story of discovery, science, beauty, and Tanzanian heritage.
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