Peridot Palm Stone Jasper sometimes sold as a “Pakistani

sometimes sold as a “Pakistani diamond

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and East Africa

the carver following the stone’s own color zoning so that no two pieces carry the same distribution of tone

The setting is solid

Peridot Palm Stone Jasper sometimes sold as a “PakistaniThe green of deep mantle rock, held in the palmperidot is one of the few gems that forms below the crust. Peridot is the gem variety of olivine, a magnesium iron silicate ((Mg,Fe)2SiO4) that crystallizes in the upper mantle and reaches the surface through volcanic activity or in xenoliths carried by basaltic magma. Its vivid yellow green color is an intrinsic property of the iron in its crystal structurethe color is built into the mineral's chemistry