With history dating back some 3500 years, peridot is found in many diverse and colorful locations. Vibrant green Manchurian Peridot hails from an area in northeastern China, historically known as Manchuria.
The Manchuria region is rich in natural resources and beauty with its many lakes, rivers and mountains. A regal gem with a wealth of history, Manchurian Peridot has magnificent green color which is completely natural and untreated.
This gemstone has no fewer than three names: 'peridot', 'chrysolite', from the Greek 'gold stone', and 'olivine', for the peridot is the gemstone form of the mineral olivine. In the gemstone trade it is called 'peridot', derived from the Greek word 'peridona', which means something like 'to give richness'.
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