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The
vivid green of the peridot, with just a slight
hint of gold, is the ideal gemstone colour to go
with that light summer wardrobe. No wonder – since
the peridot is the gemstone of the summer month of
August.
The peridot is a very old
gemstone, and one which has become very popular
again today. It is so ancient that it can be found
in Egyptian jewellery from the early 2nd
millennium B.C.
The
stones used at that time came from a deposit on a
small volcanic island in the Red Sea, some 45
miles off the Egyptian coast at Aswan, which was
not rediscovered until about 1900 and has,
meanwhile, been exhausted for quite some time.
Having said that, the peridot |
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Round |
2 MM to 10 MM |
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Oval |
3x5 MM to 15x20 MM |
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Pears |
3x5 MM to 8x12 MM |
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Trillion |
3x3 MM to 15x15 MM |
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Marquise |
2x4 MM to 4x8 MM |
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Square |
4 MM to 20 MM |
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Octagon |
3x5 MM to 15x20
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is also a
thoroughly modern gemstone, for it was not until a few
years ago that peridot deposits were located in the
Kashmir region; and the stones from those deposits,
being of an incomparably beautiful colour and
transparency, have succeeded in giving a good polish to
the image of this beautiful gemstone, which had paled
somewhat over the millennia.
The
peridot is one of the few gemstones which come in one
colour only. The rich, green colour with the slight
tinge of gold is caused by very fine traces of iron.
From a chemical point of view, peridot is an iron
magnesium silicate. The intensity of the colour depends
on the amount of iron actually present. The colour
itself can vary over all shades of yellowish green and
olive, and even to a brownish green. Peridot is not
particularly hard - only 6.5 to 7 on the Mohs scale -
but it is easy to look after and fairly robust. Peridot
cat's eyes and star peridot are particularly rare and
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