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It is a kind of vivid green and appears a sense of cooler that is an ideal gemstone in the summer yet no wonder it is the gemstone of the month of August. The peridot is a kind of very old gemstone but it has become very popular again today. The peridot was founded since ancient Egypt and the stone used at that time came from a small volcanic island in the Red Sea that was something around 40 miles off the Egyptian coast, but meanwhile been exhausted for quite a long time. Nowadays, the peridot is also become a thoroughly modern gemstone and the major deposit are located in the Kashmir region, the stones here, being an incomparably beautiful color and transparency, provide a good hardness condition for polish and cutting. In the year of the 1990, the peridot was the big sensation at gemstone fairs all round the world. The reason is in Pakistan, a sensationally rich deposit of the finest peridots had been found. However, the tough climatic conditions which permitted the gemstones to be mined only during the summer months, the unusually large, fine crystals and fragments were brought down into the valley. These stones were finer than anything that had ever been seen before. And the deposits were so rich that the demand for peridots can easily be satisfied. In order to emphasize the special quality of the peridots from Pakistan, these stones are offered as 'Kashmir peridots', just following behind the famous Kashmir sapphires. Creative gemstone cutters have succeeded in cutting some fascinatingly beautiful stones of more than 100 carats from some of the large, fine, clear crystals and the vivid green are all depends on the iron. In the gemstone trade it is called as 'peridot', derived from the Greek word 'peridona', which means something like 'to give richness'. The peridot is one of the few gemstones which come in one color only. The rich, green color with the slight tinge of gold is caused by very fine traces of iron. From a chemical point of view, peridot is an iron magnesium silicate. The intensity of the color depends on the amount of iron actually present. The color itself can be varying over all shades of yellowish green and olive, and even to a brownish green. Peridot cat's eyes and star peridot are particularly rare and precious. The peridot is cut in accordance with its crystal shape, mostly faceted or in classical table cuts, or round or oval. Thanks to the rich finds in Pakistan and Afghanistan, there is enough raw materials on the market, so the 'right stone' can now be found at the jewelry wholesale online stores and it is not expensive in the wholesale gemstone jewelry supplier. Our main business scope include a variety product range of body piercing jewelry,pendants,bead jewelry,rhinestone jewelry wholesale,pearl jewelry wholesale,Cubic zirconia jewelry wholesale,costume jewelry wholesale
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