Gem-quality olivine is known as peridot, which has a subtle green light all its own.
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Peridot
//ˈpɛɹ.ɪ.dɒt//
Synonyms for "peridot" (6 found)
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19 translations across 16 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- χρυσόλιθος noun (form of olivine)
Catalan
1 entries- peridot noun (form of olivine)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 橄欖石 /橄榄石 noun (form of olivine)
Dutch
1 entries- peridoot noun (form of olivine)
Esperanto
1 entries- peridoto noun (form of olivine)
Finnish
1 entries- peridootti noun (form of olivine)
French
1 entries- péridot noun (form of olivine)
Greek
1 entries- φορστερίτης noun (form of olivine)
Hindi
1 entries- जबरजद्द noun (form of olivine)
Latin
1 entries- chrysolithus noun (form of olivine)
Navajo
1 entries- tsé dootłʼizhii noun (form of olivine)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- peridot noun (form of olivine)
Portuguese
3 entries- crisólita noun (form of olivine)
- crisólito noun (form of olivine)
- peridoto noun (form of olivine)
Romanian
1 entries- olivină noun (form of olivine)
Russian
2 entries- оливи́н noun (form of olivine)
- перидо́т noun (form of olivine)
Spanish
1 entries- peridoto noun (form of olivine)
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Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […]. (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)
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