Presentation :

Names) :

• Olivine => Olivine / Peridot: Chrysolite, Hawaiian Peridot, Dunilite.

Etymology:

• Olivine: According to color (Werner, 1789) | Peridot: from 13th century English pridota | Chrysolite: From the Greek khrusos = gold and lithos = stone (Pliny). | Dunilite: According to Dunil P Gunasekara who discovered this variety.

Group, Family:

• Olivines Group.

Color :

• Apple green (Chrysolite), Light green (Fe~15%), Green, Dark green (Hawaiian peridot) | Green-brown, Yellow-brown to Dark yellow-brown, Yellow-green (Dunilite) | Rarely Asterism or Shimmering, sometimes Adventurescent (numerous inclusions in discs, shimmering "water lilies").

Chandelier:

• Oily to Glassy.

Origin :

• Germany, Ireland, Sweden, France, Russia, USA, Pakistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka (Dunilite) etc.

Crystal system:

• Orthorhombic.

Chemical composition :

1. Peridot or Olivine: (Mg,Fe2+)2SiO4 represents the intermediate members of the series from Forsterite: Mg2SiO4 to Fayalite: Fe2SiO4.
2. Dunilite: Would contain Mn (Mg,Fe2+, Mn2+)2SiO4 | Coloring: Green: Iron in Fe2+ form in octahedral coordination | Dark green: Iron and trace chromium in the form of Fe2+ and Cr3+ in octahedral coordinations.

Transparency:

• Transparent.

Density :

1. 3.22 to 3.48.
2. Dunilite: around 3.50.

Hardness :

• 6 to 7.

Cleavage:

• Imperfect.

Breakage:

• Fragile, Conchoidal.

Line color:

• White.

Shock resistance:

• Relatively fragile.

Heat resistance:

• Weak.

Properties and virtues:

Peridot is said to attract luck, prosperity and money as well as improve health and spiritual life. Among the Greeks it was considered a magical stone.

• Peridot is a stone that does not accept the company of other GREEN stones. In short, know what you are doing when you use peridot, whatever symptoms you want to combat.

Physical virtues :

• Due to its large quantity of magnesium, it helps combat the feeling of worry, insecurity, fatigue, sensation of muscular “tension”, difficulty concentrating, sometimes tremors (stage fright).
• Gives health to the heart, colon, lungs, bladder, pancreas, liver, intestines, lungs and spleen.
• Detoxifies the body and provides good digestion.
• Stimulates contractions during childbirth.
• Helps correct astigmatism, tired eyesight and myopia.
• Eyes that are too sensitive to light: Eyes that are sensitive to daylight and strong lights can be treated by placing a peridot on each eyelid for 15 minutes, several times a week.
• Works against gastroenteritis, addictions, alcoholism, cancer, stomach acidity, colic, ulcers, Crohn's disease and obesity.
• Cancer Preventative: The unique characteristics of this stone show even more possibilities. In people who have seen many cases of cancer in their family, peridot can be used as a preventative measure against this devastating disease. For this purpose, take 5 drops of peridot elixir in a glass of water twice a day as a maintenance dose.
• Restores balance to the heart, oxygenates the blood, improves arterial circulation and the lymphatic system.
• Heartbeat too fast: A heartbeat that is too fast, because something "exciting" is going to happen such as an exam or a job interview, will become calm and strong again if, before the exam or interview, one place a peridot on the heart chakra for 30 minutes, and if desired also in the hands.
• It is the stone of well-being.
• More vitality: As an elixir, 3 drops in a glass of water to take before breakfast, peridot can make a positive contribution to a person's vitality. This is why especially older people would do well to look into the possibilities that peridot offers.
• Lump in the breast: People, and here we are especially thinking of women, who have a harder place or a lump in the breast, and which cannot be a tumor, can almost always make this lump disappear by rubbing the breasts every day. breasts with peridot oil and wearing a peridot between the breasts at the end of a silver chain. Moreover, what is striking about this hard place and/or this lump is that it often manifests itself in people who are unable or barely able to express their deep emotions, who often fail to defend who they are. , who push themselves to hide their character traits or try to change them because they think someone or other people don't want to see them as they are.
• Menstruation problems: Menstruation problems which have their origin in the negation of one's femininity, a problem which is known in psychiatry, can be treated by massaging the 2nd chakra with peridot oil, and then placing on this same second chakra a peridot for about 30 minutes.
• Acne: The skin's oil glands can be activated and better regulated by regularly coating the skin with peridot oil. If you have a client who is really suffering from acne, suggest that they coat their skin regularly with peridot oil and drink 10 drops of peridot elixir in a glass of water each day.
• Thymus and immune system: Peridot acts like no other stone on the thymus gland. It activates it, strengthens it, so that it once again produces the enzymes which ultimately strengthen the entire immune system, and which increase the feeling of well-being. By strengthening the immune system in this way, all our organs, particularly the stomach and intestines as well as the blood system, will be protected against weaknesses and infections. For this purpose, place four peridots, in north-southeast-west order, around the thymus, which you will have previously rubbed with peridot oil.
• Hair loss: In case of unwanted hair loss, it is helpful to prepare peridot water, and after washing the hair, rinse it each time with this stone water.

Psychological, emotional and mental virtues :

• Among Native Americans, peridot is a sacred stone. In this sense, a peridot placed at home solicits luck and prosperity. For the couple, it will symbolize fidelity and authentic commitment.
• Helps strengthen self-esteem, reduce stress, improve self-confidence and eliminate feelings of guilt that come from past experiences.
• Allows you to free yourself from the self-image imposed by the outside (family, spouse, colleagues, etc.) to become more yourself, facilitates understanding of the role of emotions in personality formation
• Chase away all feelings of jealousy and possessiveness.
• Acts gently on both the heart chakra and the solar plexus chakra to improve the appearance of the skin, release and neutralize toxins. Its gentle and beneficial action on the heart chakra helps strengthen romantic feelings and encourages you to give free rein to your emotions.
• Difficulty verbalizing leading to sore throat: In people who have difficulty putting things clearly on the table, who can be expected to have difficulty verbalizing what they feel or experience , who cannot get words out of the throat, sore throats can be relieved by a stone pose, with a peridot on the 5th chakra, reinforced by a peridot on the 4th chakra. You should be aware of the fact that in addition to making the sore throat disappear, this treatment will lead the person to react to situations with more assertiveness. So warn the person that they can be more assertive, and can better defend their interests and dare to say no.
• Hunched back, carries the weight of the world: People who seem to carry the problems of the world on their shoulders, and who physically have a hunched upper back, can benefit from a back massage with peridot oil.
• Nostalgia, clinging to the past: People who, full of nostalgia, cling to the good things of the past and seem not to have their eyes open to the present can be treated by placing a peridot on the 6th chakra for 45 to 60 minutes. The person will find that the ideal mirror of what happened at the time is only an illusion, a mirage.
• Smeared stomach before an exam: Peridot is a stone which acts much more on a psychological level than on a physical level. But as we know that any physical imbalance occurs from the subtle, of which the mind is a part, peridot can be used daily for therapeutic purposes. A stomach upset for nervous reasons, for example before an exam or a job interview, the symptoms of which are nausea and sometimes the need to vomit, can be treated by placing a peridot on the 3rd chakra for 30 minutes, accompanied by 'a peridot in each hand.

Spiritual virtues:

• Meditation: In a state of meditation, peridot revitalizes the joy of existence, a joy that can best be described as an inner Sun, and it increases the desire to share this joy with others. Peridot opens the person towards giving and receiving, not just giving to receive in return, but giving selflessly. If little things in life are not experienced with joy, peridot will restore that joy and show the value of the little things in life. Additionally, peridot will clearly show what has been a lie and what has been reality. Learn from lies as much as from reality.
• Stimulates the dynamism of etheric bodies, facilitates adaptation to changes in vibrational states.
• The energy emitted by this mineral protects against psychic attacks, so it is a stone to wear during all spiritual work. Peridot protects from external influences, gives mental health.
• Peridot reveals the power and true intention of the emotions we experience or which are expressed through us. It is likely to cause profound changes in our lives.

Chakra:

• The preferred chakra of this stone is by its color, the Master-Heart chakra, 4th Ch.

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