A few years ago this Chinese material was plentiful but that is not the case any longer. We have not been able to source any of this material in over a year. The parcels we have been offered were far inferior to the material we've offered in the past

I had a nice parcel tucked away and because the website inventory was basically empty, have decided to release several of them. Unless they hit another streak, I'm afraid the good stones have been mined out

Here's an article GIA wrote back in 1986 about Chinese Peridot along with a helpful tidbit on cutting characteristics.  Click here

2.972 grams / 14.86 carats / 16.8 x 10.9 x 10.4 mm / eye-clean or better