Natural Genuine Peridot Crystal Pendant in Sterling Silver PSS,814

Description

Natural Genuine Peridot Crystal Pendant in Sterling Silver

Gram Weight: 2.3

Design Measurement: 25x10x8

Stone Size: 10x10x8

The glorious yellow-green Peridot has been under-appreciated for years, overlooked as a lesser gem, small, easily obtained and relatively inexpensive, often considered as simply the birthstone for August. Its popularity has fallen in and out of vogue for centuries. However, a new resurgence is bringing to light what Peridot lovers have always known.

Called the extreme gem by the Gemological Institute of America, Peridot is born of fire and brought to light, one of only two gems formed not in the Earths crust, but in molten rock of the upper mantle and brought to the surface by the tremendous forces of earthquakes and volcanoes. While these Peridots are born of Earth, other crystals of Peridot have extraterrestrial origins, found in rare pallasite meteorites formed some 4.5 billion years ago, remnants of our solar systems birth. Peridot in its basic form, Olivine, was also found in comet dust brought back from theStardustrobotic space probe in 2006, has been discovered on the moon, and detected by instrument on Mars by NASAsGlobal Surveyor. Ancients believed, quite accurately, that Peridot was ejected to Earth by a suns explosion and carries its healing power.

Peridot, in shades of olive, is one of the few gemstones that forms in only one color. Beautifully faceted, it evokes the lateness of summer and the onset of fall, as leaves morph from green to gold and hang like jewels in the sunlight. It is a crystal of warmth and well-being, mentally stimulating and physically regenerating. It carries the gift of inner radiance, sharpening the mind and opening it to new levels of awareness and growth, helping one to recognize and realize ones destiny and spiritual purpose.