Peridot is the contemporary birthstone for August, and in addition to being used in August birthstone jewelry is the precious stone chosen to celebrate the sixteenth wedding anniversary. This particular precious stone is a variety of olivine which is a combination of 2 minerals, foylite and forsterite. It is still quite unclear where the word peridot originates from, whether it is derived from the French word peritot, which means unclear or the word for gem in Arabic, faridat. Whatever the case may be the French were the first to call this unique greenish-yellow stone peridot around the 18th century. Before then the Peridot jewel was just known as topaz.
For over 4000 years peridot has been mined as a precious stone and is even discussed in the Bible with the Hebrew name, pitdah. Peridot is the national jewel of Egypt and was used by the Egyptians from at least 1500 B.C. It was named the "sun gem" because miners from long ago held that it shone with a light that made the crystal easy to find. This gorgeous jewel is becoming wildly popular because of the historical legend naming it as Cleopatra’s favorite gemstone.
Description of the Peridot Gemstone
Throughout the years this valuable August gemstone has frequently been mistaken for other gemstones. The peridot birthstone is usually described as a light sea green with a hint of yellow. Some gems mistaken for the peridot are zircon, emeralds, apatite and garnets, even though these hardly ever possess the attractive hint of yellow that looks so attractive with the peridot's green color.
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