Many of us who get a gemstone, whether in a ring, earrings or in a necklace, probably think it's out of this world. The peridot, which is the birthstone for August, actually is. According to redenvelope.com, peridot is the only gemstone found in meterorites. Health-wise throughout history it was believed that powered peridot could cure respiratory problems such as asthma and that the gemstone acted as a salve to heart troubles. In the Middle Ages peridot was placed under the tongue of sick people to reduce fevers. The two minerals form a series where the iron and magnesium are substituted for each other without much effect on the crystal structure. Virtually all specimens of the two minerals contain both iron and magnesium. Most peridot is actually the magnesium Peridot is a natural, vivid green gemstone with a hint of gold sparkling in its depths, prized since ancient times. Today, Pakistan's Kashmir region yields the world's most exquisite crystals. But the 13,000-ft. mountains, treacherous mining conditions and Starletta Designs Pink Rainbow Moonstone Necklace was selected by the stylist of the show The Young and the Restless for use on the character Summer in episode 10452, original air date July 10 2014, and the peridot gemstone Necklace was selected by the It seems that peridot (the gemstone variety of olivine) is the perfect birthstone for August because its vivid green color with just a hint of gold reminds everyone of a late summer's day. This gemstone's fine pistachio to olive-green color, which .
The name "peridot" is believed to be derived from the Arabic word ‘faridat’, which means ‘gem’, or from the Greek ‘peridona’, meaning ‘bestow wealth’. Other names for peridot are ‘Chrysolite’, a Greek word meaning ‘goldstone Mortlake gem collector Alan Wood said the road-making material dug out of the Mount Shadwell quarry near Mortlake often contained the green-coloured olivine, sometimes with quality high enough to become the peridot gem. He has made a faceted four-carat Pallasites are composed of the translucent, gem-like mineral olivine (peridot), and an iron-nickel matrix. So many researchers have assumed that they were created where these two materials are known to meet, which is “at the boundary of the iron core and .
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