At 11:09 you can really feel the respect he has for his father and that his discovery can be cherished by everyone, what an awesome legacy.

Garnets are incredible. Very underrated minerals.

I could totally relate with him... a lot of my favorite gemstones are also underrated. I'm also not into treated gemstones. Iolites, Garnets, Spinels, Labradorite, Colored Freshwater Pearls, Red Jasper, Tigers Eye, White Chalcedony, Strawberry Quartz, Titanium Oxide Rutilated Quartz, Tourmalinated Quartz and Copper Rutilated Quartz, etc.

I'm a garnet baby. I'm a garnet girl through and through. Seeing those stunning garnets make my heart sing. Spessartite and tsavorite are my favorites !

Ah, Mr Bridges. I attended a talk of his earlier this year about tsavorite garnet and his family's history behind that. Definitely a great guy who knows his stuff. :)

I can proudly say that I own all of these gemstones set in jewelry. Love them all.

God bless Campbell Bridges and his son. They embody the spirit of discovery that in many ways keeps the fire of gemstones and gemology burning brightly. I thank them and applaud. A BIG thank you to the JTV and Gemstones channel for bringing us such wonderful videos. Great job!

Tsavorite is one of my favorite gemstones!!!! Beautiful!

I had the pleasure of seeing the Lion of Merelani at the Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum where I have volunteered. Such a beautiful gem with such rich history. 🥰

I’m from Zim and my mum worked at a mine, one day when we went to meet her at work one of the big bosses took us on a tour, he took us to his office and showed us some of the things they mined that he kept and one of them was a raw Tsavorite that they came across. I didn’t understand it at the time but I loved the green colour and was when I decided green was my favourite colour.

Amazing presentation. Bridges Tsavorite is the only Tsavorite to buy in my opinion. Pure green - better than emerald - AND coming from one of the finest mining and colored gem families in the world!

WOWZAH! These three different stones are just OUTSTANDING!!!

Much prefer tsavorite to emerald! Bruce is a wealth of information. Great video!

I just love garnets..of all colours..

Profound ' The Lion of Merelani' Thanks for honoring your Dad this way Bruce🙏🏽

Tsavorite. The TSA's favorite gemstone

Glad to have interacted with both Brigde and son.

I get goosebumps looking at this stuff.

Spinel is one of my birthstone. I used to really like sapphire. Now i wanted spinel

HIS biggest gem apparently was his father.

It is so beautiful it almost doesn't seem to be a real natural gemstone....that must of been so exciting when that and the lion stone was found.....it will live on for an eternity. Thank you for sharing your beautiful gems with us all.

😱 I am in total awe of these Tsavorite green Garnets. The Spressartite Garnet was so warming. As for the Lion of Merelani, well, it’s priceless. As for the stones on the table, well, I couldn’t choose a favourite, but Rebecca made an excellent choice. Huge thank yous to Bruce for showing us these beautiful stones.

Another super interview and interviewee! Beautiful stones, learnt so much too! Great channel

First, thank you, BOTH, for such lessons and all the sharing! 💚🧡 I'm a huge fan of JTV and now, of these "gemmy" and very informative episodes! 20+ years ago, I purchased many (affordable) jewelry items before I began purchasing loose gems and (many) loose mix gem packages. I have a whole "simple person who loves rocks" collection that kept me amused, wowed and busy as I went through my "blind buys" one by one. These all kept me busy while I battled my illnesses and disabilities. The long of it, I have super nice gems that I couldn't and still cannot identify absolutely. This episode has cleared up some things for me and I'm so appreciative! I have beautifully cut gems that I adore that I believed were synthetic but now, seeing this, I believe I have the real deal.. I have several of each of the Tsavorite and Spessartite, Spinel and even a very beautifully cut oval shape gem that appears to be an Alexandrite (GORGEOUS DOUBLE COLOR!) and until I can confirm what it truly is, I have to think that it's synthetic.. but a phenomenal one! (Even a very reputable jeweler from my area couldn't say if it is real or not nor what it is!) Anyway, I set one of my largest oval shaped Mandarin Spessartite into a simple, thin gold ring prong and used it as my wedding ring 15 years ago. So unique! It's absolutely priceless! And had set a large, partially heat treated pear shaped Tanzanite into a petite band of white gold with tiny diamonds surrounding band and large medium lavender/greenish agua colored Tanzanite stone. Proud of my gems and my jewelry creations. I'm going to be rediscovering all my gems again using all the new information I'm learning from your fascinating and informative videos.. thank you! Stay awesome! Love y'all! 💚

Am from Kenya and i love Gemstones

Completely agree, I too very much prefer Spinel over Ruby. The reds in Spinel are more complex as opposed to the rather single hued Ruby. And Garnets are just hard to beat in their color range and beauty. Some of my favorite stones are always undervalued.

Beautiful gems! Love watching Rebecca because she's so knowledgable and very conscious of the audience by showing the gems close up for us to see. Thanks, Rebecca and also Bruce.

OMG! incredible specimens. Really enjoyed seeing them all, such incredible gifts from Mother Nature.

I’ll get some tsavorite some day

Now I have a desire to collect different varieties of garnet.

The raspberry spinel at first I thought it was a rhodolite garnet because the color. Even though is not the most common color for spinel nothing compares to the Mahenge red spinel one of my favorite gemstones. Some of the pure red spinels is nicer than almost rubies. The Mandarin garnet over 10 cts eye clean is extraordinary.

Just bought my first tsavorite! 1.06 carat. It is a beautiful color. I can't wait to get it.

Very educational and much appreciated.

I love the color of tsavorite but I must admit that I prefer the deep green of chrome diopside by a slight margin.

The first time I saw Tsavorite I literally had a waking flashback/vision. I don't know how to explain it because nothing like it has happened to me before or since but I know I need to own one.

Emerald is tough to dethrone. I do love Tsavorite though and I hope more people discover and enjoy it.

I absolutely love this channel I love the ladies on here. They make my day that much better. Life long gem lover myself recently got into school start in Aug gia online and in California can't wait. Went for cored stones I'm not a huge diamond fan

Serpentine gemstone is my favorite

Love everything about this video ❤

Wow that orange was perfect!

Great episode! Learn so much about Tsavorite today

Wow that’s a pretty green!

Very beautiful stones. Just much more of an ideal stone compared to emerald. Can’t beat this color

😻 lovely

This channel is so informational thank you 😊👍

Is there a video on phenakite? Trying to learn more about it. And omg those are beautiful

Great episode

Awesome gems. I'd take these over rubies and emeralds any day. It would have been great to know the price though. The big four, diamonds, rubies, emeralds and sapphires are overrated in my opinion; their prestige is mostly related to their long history, heavy marketing and Hollywood movies rather than anything else. On the other hand, garnets and spinels are such underrated gems, second to none.

How exactly does tsavorite turn into tanzanite/ zoisite ?

Thanks 👍

buddy. WWoohoo,very super channel-all the best.=))

Those gems are gorgeous 😍

10:38 if that is the Tsavorite that was cut, what happened to all the rest of the material? it is only like 1/10 of the size. Maybe they cut more stones out of it?

Dang that red spinel!

Great vid. So hypothetically what would a decent 11ct tsavorite go for?

Having tsavorite, green sapphire, chrome diopside and green tourmaline (one with a blueish z axis, one just green)...they are all nice. But tsavorite rocks ..ha Gemstones are "included"...at no extra cost. My joke

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I would still choose emerald for its bluish green color. Besides, a certain degree of visible inclusions make a natural gem more beautiful

Wow its amazing 🥰😘

Gorgeous wildly gorgeous!

Omg this channel is amazing.

Brilho mais que a esmeralda 👍👍👍👍

Tanzanite?

I have treasured rough pink diamond.for sale

I love seeing these gems, but sometimes the angle they're shot at doesn't show them too well - like I can see straight through the stone at 12:30. A face-up shot shouldn't show that windowing

I have finally found a tsavorite dealer in Kenya whom I might buy a sample from. I will have it tested. If it turns out a scam, well, no harm, no foul, and I will report. I called him last night on video chat.

Tsavorite vs Emerald??? I'll take Tsavorite without a doubt. There's too much skullduggery that goes on with Emeralds. Oils and fillers and such. If Emeralds need all of these tweaks, treatments or enhancements to make them beautiful or acceptable as a gem, are they truly a gem??? I am not a fan of "synthetic gems" or "gems" that have been tinkered with to achieve gem status.

How may I contact you pls? I have some sweet gems we can work on

Rebecca is beautiful 😍 ❤ 💖 ♥ 💕.

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She so beautiful

Tsavorite is tso tsatisfying

"We say Zimbabwe now, don't we?" "Do we?" 😉

How on earth do I get to be an apprentice under you or Rebecca or any of you amazing peeps at jtv on KZfaq? I spent my entire life collecting and learning by myself about geology geology and mineralogy it's a lifelong Passion I love it more than anything I want to go to school for it more than anything through GIA or gem a and yet I can't get any financial aid or support elsewhere no grants nothing and I'm a broke single father Just trying to turn in a lifelong dream and Passion into a career I know I can do great things with is there any way you guys can help me at all I'll do anything I'll work for free just to get the knowledge I'll be your errand boy I'll do whatever I'll do all the heavy lifting so to speak. I want and need this I'm hungry meaning I want this more than most.

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I never heard of this gemstone tsavorite before but it looks very pretty.🙎‍♀️💎🟢 To know the facts🤔 about them, how they're form and it's from Africa🌍 like the others shown with it too. It's very interesting that tsavorite is more stronger and "greener" then emerald.💎🟢 Thanks for teaching us about them and nice video.🙂👩‍🏫