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Peridot is also known as evening or poor man's emerald and these names are given
to it because of its greening yellow colors that boosts it beauty and luster
manifold especially at the time of evening. This gemstone was quite popular in
the past but now with the passage of time it has lost the popularity that it
used to enjoy in the past. Now this stone is not as widely used in different
jewelry items and it used to be in the past and its use is on decrease with
every passing day. There are several reasons for this decrease in use and one of
them is that now this gemstone is not as frequently found as it used to be in
the past. In short, the stone is getting rare and people are forgetting its use.
For a quite long time this gemstone was only found in an island which was known
as Zabargad in Egypt. These days almost 10% of peridots are found in China,
Burma, Pakistan and Zambia and the rest of 90% come from the reserves of the
North American reserves. Peridot is considered that the very first gemstone that
is found on another planet as the astronomers have found it on the planet Mars.
Peridots along with diamonds form in the magma that is found in the mantle of
the earth and very similar to diamond peridot pop up from the surface of the
earth with the explosion of the magma.
Peridot is one of the softest translucent gemstones that is ranked 6.5 on Moth's
scale of relative hardness. It is even softer than garnet, quartz and emeralds.
And its softness is another reason of its less popularity in the world. While
its other counterparts like garnet, emeralds and quartz are considered
semi-precious gemstones and widely use in jewelry and other decorative items.
Iron is an essential part of peridot's chemical formula and its vibrant green
color is because of this iron texture in it. Unlike many other gemstones,
peridot doesn't pick just the traces of incidental chemicals and its green color
is only always green.
Peridot is considered the birthstone for the month of August but it is not found
in those popular gemstones that are used for anniversary gift stones. In past
this stone was also considered sacred by many people and different seers and
saints used this stone for its associated healing powers but now the things have
changed and people don't like to believe in such things.
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