peridot

How To Use peridot In A Sentence

• The original home of platinum is in basic igneous rocks, such as peridotites, pyroxenites, and dunites, where it has been found in small, scattered crystals intergrown with olivine, pyroxene, and chromite. The Economic Aspect of Geology
• Egypt is also the home of some of the best peridot, the gem variety of forsterite.
• Olivine is a magnesium iron silicate that exists throughout the universe - in distant galaxies and local comets - as well as in earthly jewelry stores, in a pristine, gem-quality form called peridot. TIME.com: Top Stories
• Peridot (chrysolite), demantoid garnet ( "olivine"), jade A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public
• The basalt, inferred to be of Miocene age, appears to be an alkali basalt that contains xenoliths of ultramafic rocks (peridotite and pyroxenite) up to a few centimeters in size.
• - A special birthstone called peridot is reserved only for those born in August. MyLinkVault Newest Links
• Plutonites, also magmatic, form in conditions of extreme heat and pressure far deeper within the Earth; colourful translucent crystals such as aventurine, peridot and rose quartz are the result.
• The mantle is thought to be made up mostly of peridotite, a type of rock composed of iron, magnesium, silicon, and oxygen.
• And the stones used include corals, lemon topaz, tourmalines, amethysts, aquamarines, peridots, and ‘other stones with a subtle yet distinctive colour’.
• The shining diamonds, rubies, emeralds, peridots, topaz, sapphires have now acquired a special status for the wearer.