Peridot 4mm Coin Faceted A Grade - 15-16 Inch Shape_Nugget Emerald and Heliodore -- and

Emerald and Heliodore -- and is often cut to highlight its chatoyant qualities

” which means that it can appear to be different colors as it shifts in the light

it is exclusively sourced from a single small deposit in the desert of Madagascar

Each strand reflects the unique mineral composition of the region

commonly with inclusions of copper in speckled patterns throughout the stone

Peridot 4mm Coin Faceted A Grade - 15-16 Inch Shape_Nugget Emerald and Heliodore -- andPeridot (pair uh doe) is one of only two gems, the other being Diamond, that is not formed in the Earths crust. Rather, it is born in the molten rock of the upper mantle, then brought to the surface by volcanoes and earthquakes. There is another form of Peridot that is not even native to the planet. It is found in rare pallasite meteorites believed to have been formed 4. 5 billion years ago. Peridot is one of few stones that occurs naturally in only