Sunita Nahata Rhodolite 2.39ct. Stud Earrings in 18KYG with White Diamond.
By Sunita Nahata
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Presented A lovely collection of gems, including Amethyst, Peridot, Rhodolite, Sky Blue Topaz, Swiss Blue Topaz and Morganite is perfect for people who value quality and want to wear...
White Diamond, Rhodolite, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Sunita Nahata Rhodolite 2.72ct. Pendant in 18Karat Yellow Gold.
By Sunita Nahata
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Presented A lovely collection of gems, including Rhodolite, Peridot, Amethyst, Sky Blue Topaz and Swiss Blue Topaz is perfect for people who value quality and want to wear it to any ...
Rhodolite, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Sunita Nahata Rhodolite 2.59ct. Stud Earring in 18Karat Yellow Gold.
By Sunita Nahata
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Presented A lovely collection of gems, including Rhodolite, Peridot, Amethyst, Sky Blue Topaz and Swiss Blue Topaz is perfect for people who value quality and want to wear it to any ...
Rhodolite, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Sunita Nahata Morganite 1.00ct. Stud Earring in 18KRG with White Diamond.
By Sunita Nahata
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Presented A lovely collection of gems, including Amethyst, Peridot, Rhodolite, Sky Blue Topaz, Swiss Blue Topaz and Morganite is perfect for people who value quality and want to wear...
White Diamond, Morganite, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
Sunita Nahata Sky Blue Topaz 2.19ct. Stud Earrings in 18KWG with Diamond.
By Sunita Nahata
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Presented A lovely collection of gems, including Amethyst, Peridot, Rhodolite, Sky Blue Topaz, Swiss Blue Topaz and Morganite is perfect for people who value quality and want to wear...
Blue Topaz, White Diamond, Topaz, 18k Gold, White Gold
Sunita Nahata Blue Topaz 2.28ct. Stud Earrings in 18KWG with White Diamond.
By Sunita Nahata
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Presented A lovely collection of gems, including Amethyst, Peridot, Rhodolite, Sky Blue Topaz, Swiss Blue Topaz and Morganite is perfect for people who value quality and want to wear...
White Diamond, Blue Topaz, Topaz, 18k Gold, White Gold
Mellerio Paris, A French Gold, Diamonds, Silver, and Smoky Quartz Carved Horse
By Mellerio
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
Mellerio creates many jewellery items, all set with rare gems such as peridots, amethysts, aquamarines, citrines and topaz, applying for a patent, the flexible stem, a very supple an...
Rock Crystal, Jade, Quartz, Gold, Silver
Mellerio Paris, A French Gold, Diamond, Silver-Gilt, Rock-Crystal, & Lapis Horse
By Mellerio
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
Mellerio creates many jewellery items, all set with rare gems such as peridots, amethysts, aquamarines, citrines and topaz, applying for a patent, the flexible stem, a very supple an...
Lapis Lazuli, Rock Crystal, Gold, Silver
Mellerio Paris, French Gold, Diamonds, Silver, Lapis, and Obsidian Polo Player
By Mellerio dits Meller
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mellerio creates many jewellery items, all set with rare gems such as peridots, amethysts, aquamarines, citrines and topaz, applying for a patent, the flexible stem, a very supple an...
Agate, Diamond, Emerald, Rock Crystal, Gold, Silver
Mellerio Paris, a French Gold, Diamond, Silver-Gilt, Rock-Crystal, & Lapis Horse
By Mellerio Paris
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mellerio creates many jewellery items, all set with rare gems such as peridots, amethysts, aquamarines, citrines and topaz, applying for a patent, the flexible stem, a very supple an...
Diamond, Lapis Lazuli, Rock Crystal, Gold, Silver
Mellerio Paris, a French Gold, Diamonds, Silver, and Smoky Quartz Carved Horse
By Mellerio dits Meller
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mellerio creates many jewellery items, all set with rare gems such as peridots, amethysts, aquamarines, citrines and topaz, applying for a patent, the flexible stem, a very supple an...
Amethyst, Diamond, Jade, Quartz, Rock Crystal, Ruby, Turquoise, Gold, Si...
A Turn-of-the-Century multi-gem guard chain
Located in London, GB
A Turn-of-the-Century multi-gem guard chain, the trace link chain spectacle set with thirty-five oval mix-cut gemstones, featuring multi-colour sapphires and tourmalines, fire opals,...
Chrysoberyl, Moonstone, Peridot, Tourmaline, Fire Opal, 15k Gold
Vividly colored. Relatively inexpensive. The striking green gemstone that is the star of the show in your vintage and antique peridot jewelry and watches is timeless and loved all over the world.
Suffering from nightmares? Try placing a peridot next to your pillow. In ancient Egypt, where the semiprecious stone was first discovered (and where it was referred to as the “gem of the sun”), it was believed to have magical powers, including the ability to protect people from evil spirits, including the ones responsible for bad dreams. Luckily for those wanting to test their efficacy against nighttime terrors, peridots are relatively inexpensive. Luckier still for August babies, whose birthstone it is, the vibrant green jewel in vintage peridot earrings, peridot rings and more goes beautifully with a summer wardrobe.
Peridot was mined in ancient times, perhaps as early as 1500 BC, on Topazos Island, today known as Zabargad or St. John’s Island, in the Red Sea. According to gemologist Edward Gübelin, “the occurrence of peridot on Zabargad is intimately related to the regional geology and the tectonic processes that on a larger scale were responsible for the formation of the Red Sea itself.”
Those ancient deposits have been exhausted. Today the largest and finest peridots come from Pakistan and Myanmar, while the San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona is the source of most of the stones used in mass-produced jewelry. Peridots are also found in Vietnam, Tanzania and China.
Zabargad is the source of the most famous large peridots, several of which are prized parts of public collections. The Natural History Museum in London owns a 146-carat step-cut stone, but it is the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, that boasts the largest cut peridot, weighing 310 carats. Then there’s the Chicago Field Museum’s pear-shaped Green Goddess, weighing 154-carat and etched with the figure of a woman. It was acquired at the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893, and In 2008, the renowned Chicago jeweler Lester Lampert designed an 18-karat yellow-gold setting for the stone, surrounding it with 3.24 carats of yellow diamonds.
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