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the only gem born in fire and fallen from space, refusing to apologize for either
means Peridot is a yellowish-green gemstone, the gem-quality form of the mineral olivine, prized for its warm lime-to-olive glow.
from The word arrived in English (via Old French 'peritot') by the medieval period, but its deeper roots are genuinely murky. One often-repeated suggestion traces it to the Arabic 'faridat,' meaning gem, while another points to the Greek 'peridona,' to give plenty — but scholars admit neither is certain. The stone itself was long called 'chrysolite' (Greek for 'golden stone') and 'topazios' after Topazos, the Red Sea island where the Egyptians mined it; the name 'peridot' won out only later, carrying its uncertain ancestry along like a stone whose true homeland no one quite remembers.
- volcanic origin
- Forms in Earth's mantle, erupted up by volcanoes
- space rock
- Found in meteorites and stardust from dead stars
- olivine alias
- It's gem-quality olivine, abundant deep underground
- August birthstone
- Ancient Egyptians mined it on Red Sea island
- single color
- One of few gems existing only in green
arizona peridot — mined from san carlos apache reservation, arizona - world's largest peridot mining operation
egyptian peridot — mined on zabargad island in the red sea since 1500 bce, historically called 'topazion'
pallasite meteorite peridot — olivine crystals found in seymchan meteorite that fell in russia, space-origin peridot