Tsavoriteとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Named after Tsavo East National Park in Kenya, where it can be found.

名詞

tsavorite (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 tsavorites)

1. A dark green garnet.
   • 2012 March 1, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, page 128:

     Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.

Further reading

• “Tsavorite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database^[2], 1997–.
• tsavorite mindat.org‎^[3], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016