The peridot enchants with its exciting and intense green tones. It is not for nothing that the etymological origin of the word "peridot" from Middle English is assumed. Here you can find the term "peridote" - which means "light spot". The peridot belongs to the olive group of minerals and is a variety of gemstones. Olivines usually develop transparent crystals. The particularly green colouring of the peridot results from traces of the element iron as well as traces of chrome and nickel. Nevertheless, olivins and thus also peridots can have a yellow-brown or black colour. This gemstone variety was already mined in the 15th century BC, which speaks for the beauty of the peridot. At that time on the island Zebirget in the Red Sea. Today, the peridot is obtained from Pakistan, China and the San Carlos Apache Reserve in Arizona, America, where it is found the most.