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The green mineral that proves Earth's mantle is basically jewelry we stand on.
means A silicate mineral, usually olive-to-bottle green, made of magnesium and iron, that forms deep in the mantle and in certain meteorites — its clear, gem-grade form is called peridot.
from Named in the early 1800s from French olivine, built on the Latin oliva, 'olive,' simply because the mineral's characteristic color is that same yellow-green. No myth, no mineral hunter's surname — just a chemist or mineralogist looking at a rock and reaching for the nearest fruit on the table.
- color source
- iron gives it that olive-green glow
- gem form
- called peridot when cut for jewelry
- cosmic traveler
- found in meteorites and comet dust samples
- weathering role
- absorbs CO2 as it breaks down slowly