The beautiful and shimmering green of the peridot stone makes it an ideal stone for summer and can be seen to its full potential in the bright summer light. This all makes perfect sense when you consider that the peridot stone is the birthstone for the calendar month of August. Peridot is a very popular stone in the jewellery industry and all types of jewellery have been fashioned from it including sterling silver peridot earrings.

Peridot has been popular since ancient times and can be dated back to Egyptian jewellery from 2000BC. Stones that were used in Egypt during that period came from and island in the Red Sea. Unfortunately all the stocks of peridot were depleted from this island and the stone was lost for a while. Nowadays occurrences of the stone were found in Cashmere and the brilliance of peridot was rediscovered.


One of the wonderful characteristics about this stone is that it does not change in the light. It retains it bright green glow even under artificial light. Peridot that is utilised in the jewellery industry is cut according to its crystal structure. It is normally seen cut into round or oval shapes as well as classical and antique cuts. Oval shaped peridots make ideal stones for earrings as do round cuts. They also look equally good when set as pendants or rings. Peridots are not the easiest of gemstones to work with and can break easily. Once the peridot is cut in the correct way you are left with a stone that is ideal for everyday wear and only needs the minimum of care. Larger peridot stones that are intensely coloured can be quite rare and valuable but thanks to rich occurrences in Pakistan and Afghanistan this stone is still very affordable for everyone.