Peridot: August Birthstone Blog

August Birthstone, Peridot (pronounced as Peh-ruh-dot), is well known for the gorgeous green hue from the mineral olivine. The ancient Egyptians we...

Another name for peridot is "chrysolite". It is a silicate mineral and a variety of olivine. The iron inside the stone gives it an olive-...

In ancient times, peridot was mistaken for an emerald, and thus it is also known as "evening emerald". Its resemblance to a green emerald...

Peridot, a variety of the mineral olivine, forms deep within the earth’s mantle and palliate meteorites. It is green in color like an olive,...