The bottle green gem - Tsavourite Garnet

Passion investment involves buying items or collectibles that are rare physical assets. Investment in colored gemstones such as diamonds, sapphires, rubies and spinels offer diversification. Strong jewellery sale of colored gemstone in blues and pinks, the ones considered rare as compared to white, can be seen these days. Christie auction sold 14.6 carat blue diamond at Geneva for $57.5 million. The sale has been driven by growing price of colored diamonds. These are, traditionally, popular, but now some of the new types of rare stones such as Tsavourite and Jadeite are getting popular.

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Jewelry itself has an intrinsic value where the gems set in metals such as gold and platinum, further, enhances the value as these metals are sold per gram. Most jewelry seller will advise to own a piece which represents a moment in time and is unique. Victorian jewelry is not fashionable but the values of such designs are ever-growing.

Some rare jewelry pieces have emotional or intrinsic values, or, historical value. Rare stones and unique craftsmanship increase prices. Green jadeite is less expensive as compared to the diamonds but the demand continues to grow.

The Mozambique deep red and green garnets cut in brilliant shapes are gaining.  There are some designs which cannot be bought for the same price as 10 years ago and those brands with limited editions such as of Van Cleef necklace can be sold for more than 10 thousand US dollars.

A number of branded jewellery suppliers invest in visual merchandising, providing detailed information about the products and reducing hassles of purchasing to encourage buying new items as most buyers do not want to go to different brands each time to invest. Most investors rely on a few stable reliable brands and are attracted to services / after sale service.

Dior jewelleries

Some Dior pieces contain a number of gemstones - diamonds, tsavourite garnet, pink sapphires and tanzanite. These contain a rainbow of stones, lacework of gold and miniatures of petals or tendrils. Some of its pieces are rich in multi color stones in greens, pinks, blues and oranges. The closer looks show twisted ropes of gold or other precious metal.

‘Coco’ Chanel  

Coromandal jewellery collection or the Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel  contains a set of 59 different designs containing some sets of different stones derived from various sources including mint green tsavourite garnets and pearls. These are based on designs made in the form of landscapes, waterfalls and graphics.

Tsavourite Mines

Mines of such stones can be found in Kenya at Taita Taveta County that is rich in green and red garnets, tourmalines and rhodolites. The presence of deposits of precious stones attracts illegal mining involving foreigners who are operating at mines, and some are working without permit.  The leading Tsavourite mining sites in the world are at Tanzania and Kenya borders. These stones are sold at international markets for more than ten thousand dollar per carat. If made into jewelry in combination with diamonds and other precious metals, its value can be more than fifty thousand US dollar.

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