Peridot is August's birthstone and is also the birthstones for the zodiacs Leo & Virgo. Each month has its own unique gemstone to represent it. Carrying your birthstone is said to bring good luck. You can carry your birthstone as a good luck amulet, or your loved ones’ birthstone as a symbol of love.

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Peridot is also known as the gemstone for compassion
and is said to bring good health, peaceful sleep, and peace in relationships by balancing the emotions and mind. Peridot is connected to the heart chakra and is said to open your heart to love while clearing out hurt feelings, anxiety, and jealousy as well as helping you work on admitting mistakes and forgiving yourself and others to move forward in life.

Peridot has always been linked to the sun. In ancient Egypt, it was thought that the golden gemstone fell from the heavens and was thus called “the gemstone of the sun”. Egyptian priests ground up peridot and mixed it with warm drinks to be brought closer to the world’s light.

Peridot occurs from the mineral olivine, which often occurs as a result of volcanic activity. It’s extracted mainly in Vietnam, China, The United States, Zabargard in Egypt, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Finland. The Peridot’s colour varies from light golden to dark green. Its colour is determined by the temperatures and elements that affect the gemstone when it’s formed underground. To measure a gemstone’s hardness, Moh’s Hardness Scale. The scale varies from 1-10, where 10 is the hardest – here is the diamond, which is the hardest gemstone. Peridot is a 6.5-7 on Moh’s Hardness Scale.