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==Occurrence==
Peridot is found in [[Arizona]], [[Hawaii]], [[Nevada]], and [[New Mexico]], in the US, and in [[Australia]], [[Brazil]], [[China]], [[Kenya]], [[Mexico]], [[Myanmar]] (Burma), [[Norway]], [[Pakistan]], [[South Africa]], [[Sri Lanka]], and [[Tanzania]]. Peridot of high quality is commercially mined in the eastern lava fields of [[Saudi Arabia]]. The largest cut peridot is a 310 [[Carat (mass)|carat]] (62 g) specimen in the [[Smithsonian Museum]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]. A special variety of a peridot from [[Pakistan]] is known as "Kashmir" peridot. Due to the large size of the rough stones found there, cutters have successfully created faceted stones of over 100 carats (20 g) from the rough gems of this area. Who gives a blood?
==History and Lore==
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