Posts Tagged ‘peridot’

Gemstone jewelry forms a fine center peice to any collection.  And until recently, the gemstone of choice would probably be a classic precious gemstone, such as diamonds, rubies, sapphires, emeralds and to a lesser extent semi-precious amethysts, garnets and opals. And although these gemstones are still much sought after, women are increasingly seeking to add the more unusual gemstones to their fine jewelry collections.

One such gemstone is peridot.

Pronounced “pair-ee-doh”, peridot was popular in early Greek and Roman jewelry. In fact Cleopatra’s renowned “emerald” collection is now thought to have been mostly comprised of peridot gemset jewelry!

Peridots are surrounded by myth, lore and legend! Different peoples through time have believed they have the power to cure asthma, reduce fever and increase the potency of medicines. Such fabled powers probably come from the more unusal sources of peridots.

Peridot is a mined gemstone on Earth, where it is found in Tanzania, Kenya , South Africa and elsewhere.  However, it is also found in extraterrestrial meteorites! Known as pallasites, some meteor peridot has been facetted for fine jewelry!

Peridot is August’s gemstone and ranges from warm lime greens to rich grass greens and from light yellow-green to deep olive. Its sunlit citrus glows has come to symolize warmth and charity.

Go on, check out our peridot collection and choose from peridot earrings, rings or maybe a peridot pendant to add to your fine jewelry collection!

Peridot jewelry comes in all forms but every piece is striking with the glorious green glow that comes from the peridot gemstone. Peridot jewelry is hot!  Click on the images below to navigate easily to find your perfect piece of peridot jewelry or check out the special pieces further down the page…

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Sublime, glorious, stunning. These are words which describe peridot jewelry. And looking at these pieces, it is easy to see why!

The most ancient and exotic of all of peridot sources is a kind of meteorite, called pallasite, some of which have even been gem quality peridots. These have been facetted and made into truly extraterrestrial peridot jewelry!

The fantastic green color of all peridot jewelry comes from the essential presence of elemental iron, which helps to form the crystalline structure of the gemstone. This means that all peridots are green, although peridot jewelry does exhibit a wide range of green shades.

Peridots do not have inclusions like other gemstones. This gives them a very “clean” appearance and especially suitable for setting into silver and 14k and 18 white and yellow gold. In fact the resultant peridot jewelry has such an expensive look that it has often been mistaken for high grade emerald jewerly in the past! Check out these amazing pieces and see for yourself!

This selection of peridot jewelry in precious silver, 14k and 18k gold is handcrafted by skilled artisans and many pieces are at bargain prices. Check them out, or contact the artisans directly for a special hand crafted piece of peridot jewelry!

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