Wednesday, January 7, 2009

CHRYSOLITE


This stone makes up the seventh foundation stone in the New Jerusalem. Also called peridot this gem is a light green color. In the US it there is a white chrysolite that is embedded in asbestos. This term today is called the oriental topaz. It may also be called olivine and crystallized from magma. It has been discovered on the surface of Mars, on the earth's moon and in meteorites.

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