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Ch. 16: Chrysolite

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PRECIOUS STONES           117
The green color is due to the iron oxide included in the composition and is deeper as the proportion of iron is greater. Almost colorless specimens contain much less iron and are lighter.
Few olivines are sold as such. The beautiful bright yellowish-green stones known here as olivines are generally demantoids, Russian green garnets of about the same hard­ness. These are rarely found large enough to cut to gems of over one-half to three-quarters of a carat.
Olivine is found in many countries and also in meteorites.
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