Peridot Chip Necklace, 32 Inches

A 32 inch strand of natural peridot chips, the August birthstone in its honest working form: small irregular chips of gem olivine, each one its own shade of olive and spring green, strung long enough to slip over the head, wear doubled, or knot. No two strands match, and that is the point of chip jewelry; this is peridot as the earth actually makes it.

Key Features of This Chip Necklace

Natural peridot chips. Gem-grade olivine in its honest, irregular form.

A generous 32 inches. Over-the-head length: wear it long, doubled, or knotted.

Every strand unique. Chip size and green tone vary as natural stone does.

Product Details

• Stone: natural peridot chips; length: about 32 inches
• Continuous strand, no clasp; slips over the head
• August birthstone; SKU: GNPER

Peridot's File

Peridot is the gem form of olivine, one of the few gems that comes in exactly one color, and it wears an old and cheerful history: mined by the Egyptians on the Red Sea island of Zabargad and prized as the "gem of the sun," found in volcanic basalt and, rarely and wonderfully, in meteorites. Modern crystal practice keeps it as a heart-centered stone, Judy Hall files peridot with the heart chakra, associated with renewal, generosity of spirit, and the easing of old resentments, and it serves as August's birthstone in the standard calendar. The strand does no attracting on its own; it wears the tradition's associations while your own practice does the work, and it does so in thirty-two inches of genuinely lovely green.

How To Wear This Necklace

• Slip it over the head and wear it long, or double it for a two-strand look.
• Layer it with other chip strands; the irregular chips play well together.
• Put it on last and take it off first; strands prefer to skip the perfume and the shower.
• Store it flat or hung, away from tangles.

Pairs Well With

• Peridot Bracelet, 3-4mm: the wrist's match for the strand.
• Peridot Untumbled Stones, 1 lb: the same stone raw for grids and pouches.
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