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I've been to mines where they produce moonstone, peridot, chrysoberyl ... certain tiny trace elements chemically in the crystal structure which create a color. In the case of blue, it's iron ...

This 146.10-carat peridot is in the collection of the Natural History Museum in London Peridot has always been associated with light. In fact, the Egyptians called it the “gem of the sun.” Some ...

Peridot from a new locality, Tanzania, is described and compared with 13 other peridots from various localities in terms of color and chemical composition. The Tanzanian specimen is lower in iron ...

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