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Peridot, the birthstone of August, carries a lime green color and is one of only a few gemstones that exists in only one color.Modern Birthstones: Peridot (kind of yellow green) Traditional Birthstones: Sardonyx, Carnelian.Other than Peridot, Aventurine and Sapphire are also classified as modern birthstones.
Peridot is indeed a gemstone. It comes in shades of green ranging from pale yellow green to deep lime green.
The birthstone for August is Peridot, a green or yellow-greenish stone in the Olivine Mineral Group. Images or Peridot: From: www.vintagejewelrylane.com/.../peridot.htm From: www.vintagejewelrylane.com/.../birthstones.htm
A peridot is a peridot; a diamond is a diamond. They are different gemstones. If 'peridot' is used as a word to modify the description of a diamond, one might deduce that the diamond had a slight lime-green colour. Any diamond's value is based not only on its colour, but its cut, carat weight and clarity.
Peridot is one of the few gemstones that occur in only one color: basically yellow-green through olive-green to bottle-green. The intensity of the color depends on the presence of iron. The common color of Peridot gemstone is brilliant green - check out the images here: http://www.mysolitaire.com/peridot/ Its the birthstone of those born on August.
august is green, peridot
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The "Peridot(Olivine)" is the light green August birthstone.
Peridot is pale green in colour.
10K ( I belive) Peridot the gem stone I have seen .25 CT. go for as little as $20.00 US
I would say a peridot is lighter than sea-green, almost a lime sort of colour. try googling a peridot in google images and see what you think. here is a link to a picture of a peridot, see if you agree. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aqpoNXOMCDE/RuMJptAqWqI/AAAAAAAAAD8/CMSpN8Qd2Yk/s320/Peridot-4.55.jpg
Green, lime green, forest green, sea green, mossy green, blue green, neon green, jade, emerald, peridot green.