copy of Peridot Earrings

Peridots are transparent and have a pronounced oil gloss. The colour of peridots can be described as yellow-green, green with a golden hue, olive or bottle green, deep or simply bright light green. The proportion of iron present causes the shadow and depth of the green of a peridot stone; the deeper the green, the smaller the amount of iron present. Peridot is one of the few gemstones not routinely treated. Although it is not particularly brilliant (peridots have medium to high brilliance), its fullness of color can be exceptional and is completely natural. Because of its rarity, peridot is usually not seen in its deeper, pure greens, but newly discovered sources can change this. New sources are Arizona, Mexico, Oregon, Norway, Pakistan, Russia and Sri Lanka.