Necklace #3
Length: 16.5”
This sweet sterling silver CZ heart is the focal point surrounded by sparkly faceted 3mm peridot. Pink tourmaline pebbles add a bit of color pop amidst chrome diopside, citrine saucers and high luster fresh water pearls. An elongated sterling silver lobster clasp ends the strand perfectly.
Celebrate yourself or your friend with an August birthday gift of Peridot, for the love of green.
Peridot is also known as the “Evening Emerald.”
“In Hawaii, peridot once symbolized the tears of Pele, the volcano goddess of fire who controls the flow of lava. Rarely, peridot is also found inside meteorites.” American Gem Society Interesting fact: Peridot has also been found on Mars. In 2003, NASA confirmed the discovery of green peridot crystals covering about 19,000 square miles of the planet’s surface, which was first reported by the Mars Global Surveyor in 1997. Peridot is a semi-precious gem that is a variety of the mineral olivine, which was also detected in Martian soil by NASA’s Curiosity rover. Peridot has also been found embedded in meteorites that have crashed to Earth, and in rocks brought back from the moon during the Apollo missions.
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