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Gems & Gemology, Summer 1983, Vol. 19, No. 2
Peridot from Tanzania
Carol M. Stockton and D. Vincent Manson
Peridot from a new locality, Tanzania, is described and compared with 13 other peridots from various localities in terms of color and chemical composition. The Tanzanian specimen is lower in iron content than all but the Norwegian peridots and is very similar to material from Zabargad, Egypt. A gem-quality enstatite that came from the same area in East Africa and with which Tanzanian peridot has been confused is also described.
