• For many years, Arizona was the world’s largest producer of fine gem quality Peridot.
• Peridot has caught the fancy of humans for thousands of years. Some historians even suspect that at least some of the emeralds worn by Cleopatra were actually Peridot.
• Much of the recent popularity of Peridot is due to fashion and the particular shade of green.
• Arizona Peridot is known world wide as the best true gem quality Peridot.
• 6.5 to 7 on the Moh’s hardness scale.
• All Peridot for this show is guaranteed to come from Peridot Mesa located in the San Carlos Indian Reservation east of Globe in Gila County, Arizona. It is the most productive locality of Peridot in the world.
• On the reservation, Peridot can only be mined by individual Native Americans or by individual families of Native Americans from the San Carlos Reservation.
• According to some folklore, people wear Peridot because it is supposed to bring the wearer success, peace and good luck.
• 100% natural. No treatments.

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