Buy Tsavorite, Gemstones & Soda Ash from Kenya: A Licensed Supplier Guide
How to buy Kenyan gemstones and industrial minerals legally — permits, valuation, lab reports — and the warning signs of scams.
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🇰🇪 Origin: Kenya
Minerals & Gemstones
Kenya hosts world-famous coloured gemstones — notably tsavorite green garnet, first discovered in Taita Taveta — together with industrial minerals such as soda ash from Lake Magadi, and artisanal and small-scale gold.
| Type / grade | Key specification | Sample / kg |
|---|---|---|
| Tsavorite (green grossular garnet) | Mineral: grossular garnet, Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃ (V, Cr coloured) · Colour: light mint to deep forest green | On invoice |
| Ruby & Sapphire | Mineral: corundum, Al₂O₃ (Cr = ruby; Fe/Ti = sapphire) · Hardness (Mohs): 9 | On invoice |
| Rhodolite & Other Garnets | Minerals: pyrope-almandine (rhodolite), spessartite, mali (grossular-andradite) · Colours: purple-red, raspberry, orange, colour-change | On invoice |
| Tourmaline, Aquamarine, Amethyst & Kyanite | Tourmaline — hardness 7–7.5, RI 1.62–1.64 · Aquamarine (beryl) — hardness 7.5–8, RI 1.57–1.58 | On invoice |
| Gold (doré / bars) | Forms: doré bars, refined bars (where available) · Purity (doré): typically 70–92% Au — assayed per bar | On invoice |
| Soda Ash (Sodium Carbonate) | Chemical: sodium carbonate, Na₂CO₃ · Purity: ≥ 97–99% (grade dependent) | $1.45 |
| Diatomite | Composition: amorphous silica, SiO₂ approx. 80–90% · Forms: natural, calcined, flux-calcined powders | $1.60 |
| Fluorspar / Industrial Minerals (subject to availability) | Fluorspar — acid grade ≥ 97% CaF₂; metallurgical 60–85% CaF₂ · Limestone — CaCO₃ per grade | $1.50 |