peridot

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Silver rings with amethyst, blue topaz, peridot, and garnet gems.

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  • Demantoid: think of an emerald trying hard to be peridot, wash out more than half of the colour you have left, and there you have it. —  process 10
  • Pale green wine trembled in Captain Fletcher's leaded crystal, reflecting beads of peridot-colored light over the company. —  Aeon One
  • Lancarte's food comes in monochromatic patches: an oval of peridot nopal risotto was topped with a copper rhomboid of duck breast; triangles of pink alabaster hamachi etched with vermillion were sided by avocado circles and a mound of balsamic-stained onions; and an emerald blossom of Bibb lettuce book-ended by two half circles of ivory-colored blue cheese and walnut flan sided by knobby, oak-tinted walnuts. —  WordPress.com News
  • My friend nearly melted into her dish of peridot and copper. —  WordPress.com News
  • Black onyx, pearls, moonstones, amethysts and peridot are gems that may be seen in the beautiful jewelry from India. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
 

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  1. Middle English, from Old French.

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  1. from French péridot = Portuguese Italian peridoto, Middle Latin peritot (after F.), also periodus (apparently after L. periodus, period), a kind of emarald; origin not clear.
 

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/ˈpɛrɪdɑt/
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