Peridot

Item Description

Peridot is very well-known in the gem world, but there are only a handufl of world localities that produce gem quality material. As Peridot goes, the world's supply of gem material received a serious boost about 20 years ago when the first great gem Peridot crystals started coming out of Pakistan. This material is some of the finest color I've seen for Peridot and the sheer size of some of the gems that have come out is amazing. For the size, this stone has a glowing green color. In fact, you rarely see Peridot gems with such a lovely color like this, they're usually much more pale. It's a great size stone from this area, combined with the fact that the stone is very slightly included makes it an excellent gem for a collector or a piece of jewelry. The cut on the stone is an "Oval Brilliant" cut. Well worth the $50 starting bid. Priced at $166.50 high retail.