Olivine series

Variety Chrysolite
Origin: Zebirget, Red Sea, Egypt
Picture height: 19.5 mm
Sample owner: W.R. Moorer
 
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Pieter Stemvers, Leusden, Netherlands

email: stemvers@hetnet.nl

 

Forsterite
Origin: St. Johns Island, Egypt
Sample size: 5 mm
 
Peridot (Forsterite)
Origin: Spat, Nanga Parbat, Pakistan
Sample size: 1.4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

 
Origin: Mt. Somma (Vesuvius), Campania, Italy
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
Forsterite (faceted)
Origin: Pyaung Guang, Myanmar
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
Peridot
Origin: Soppat, Pakistan
Sample size: 2.75 x 2 x 1 cm
 
Peridot
Origin: Kagan Valley, near Mansehra, Pakistan
Sample size: 3 x 3 x 1.9 cm
 
 
  
Peridot
Origin: Sappat, Pakistan
Sample size: 5.0 x 3.7 x 3.1 cm

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Peridot
Peridot, ex. John Barlow collection
Origin: St. John's Island, Red Sea, Egypt
Sample size: 11 x 3 x 15 mm (top/2nd row), 8 x 3 x 11 mm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

     
  
Peridot
Origin: Suppat Mine, Kohistan, NWFP, Pakistan
Ex. Keith Hayes collection
Sample size: 1.2 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

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