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Peridot (/ ˈ p ɛ r ɪ ˌ d ɒ t,-ˌ d oʊ / PERR-ih-dot, -doh), sometimes called chrysolite, is a yellow-green transparent variety of olivine. Peridot is one of the few gemstones that occur in only one color. Peridot can be found in mafic and ultramafic rocks occurring in lava and peridotite xenoliths of the mantle.
Peridotite is named for the gemstone peridot, a glassy green gem originally mined on St. John's Island in the Red Sea [65] and now mined on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona. [ 66 ] Peridotite that has been hydrated at low temperatures is the protolith for serpentinite , which may include chrysotile asbestos (a form of ...
Known as "Gold Ochre", 1903–1958. "Golden Ochre" on some labels. [2] ... Peridot #ABAD48 171 173 72 Jade #469A84 70 154 132 Emerald #14A989 20 169 137
These include peridot, aquamarine, topaz, ruby, emerald, rare-earth minerals bastnaesite and xenotime, sphene, tourmaline, and many varieties and types of quartz. [ 1 ] The Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation is the responsible authority for the support and development of the mining industry .
Job lists gavish (crystal quartz) alongside gold, onyx, lapis lazuli, glass, coral, and peridot as a valuable trade good. The Hebrew word gavish is a wanderwort, which probably originated in historical Nubia, modern Sudan. Greek κρύσταλλος crystallos ‘crystal quartz’ primarily meant ‘ice’, derived from κρύος kryos ‘ice’.
Ternary plot of different colors of Ag–Au–Cu alloys [1]. Colored gold is the name given to any gold that has been treated using techniques to change its natural color. Pure gold is slightly reddish yellow in color, [2] but colored gold can come in a variety of different colors by alloying it with different elements.
Bahia Emerald [2]; Carolina Emperor, [3] [4] 310 carats uncut, 64.8 carats cut; discovered in the United States in 2009, resides in the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC, US
HMT Peridot (FY 198), a British Second World War anti-submarine trawler that sank 15 March 1940 after striking a mine Peridot , a British First World War trawler scuttled by the Germans 10 July 1917 USS Peridot (PYc-18), a United States Navy coastal patrol yacht