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Meteoric peridot
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:17 pm
by rocks2dust
Some meteorites contain olivine. In some cases, there are areas of olivine/green peridot that are big enough to facet or cab. Mine is a pallasite from Lyon County, Kansas that fell in 1881:
Re: Meteoric peridot
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2016 9:14 pm
by PinkDiamond
How big is it? You'll definitely have to show us how it comes out.
Peridot is my birthstone, so this is what I asked for and got for Christmas.
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Re: Meteoric peridot
Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 6:38 pm
by rocks2dust
Its about 5 carats. I had considered cabbing it, but decided that I like it the way it is (plus I don't want to experiment with grinding the mix of iron and olivine). Your faceted piece is fabulous!