If you’ve ever admired the lime-green glow of peridot, you’re looking at more than a pretty jewel. Peridot is a mineral with a truly cosmic backstory. It links us to the birth of the Solar System, to planetary mantles far beneath our feet, and to tiny fragments that rained down from space long before Earth itself took shape.
Where peridot comes from in the cosmos. Peridot is the mineral olivine. Olivine forms in high-temperature environments, like the Earth's upper mantle, where rocks melt and crystallize under intense pressure and heat. But olivine also crops up in meteorites—space rocks that formed around the same time as the planets, about 4.5 billion years ago. When you hold a peridot gemstone, you’re holding a piece of that ancient material that once existed in the building blocks of planets.
For jewelry enthusiasts, peridot’s glow is captivating, but the story behind its color deepens the experience. The same mineral that lights up a gemstone has traveled through the mantle, surfaced through volcanic activity, or survived the voyage from space. Each piece carries a micro-history—an echo of ancient Earth or a fragment of the early Solar System.
Peridot isn’t just a gem; it’s a bridge between our planet and the cosmos. It testifies to a shared origin story: fiery beginnings in stars, a journey through deep Earth, and a moment of arrival here on Earth in brilliant, green sparkles.
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