2.68 ct Green Peridot - Heart

At 2.68 carats, this peridot from Pakistan carries its green color through a heart cut, measuring 8.4 x 9 x 5.8 mm.

Peridot is the gem form of olivine, colored green by the iron in its own structure, one of the few gems that occurs in a single color. Pakistan's northern ranges produce fine gems from some of the highest-altitude mines in the world. It is entirely untreated; no heat, no enhancement, the color exactly as the earth made it.

This is a center-stone-grade gemstone with a character of its own, chosen rather than settled for. Hand-selected and photographed by Caveman Gems in good light, shown as honestly as a screen allows.