El Dorado 965 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 (edited) I have a customer that wants some jewelry. He has an unusual request in the fact he wants me to use Peridot. Not just any peridot but ones cut from meteorites. Anyone help us out on how to source such stones?Thanks Edited September 18, 2013 by El Dorado Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mikestang 933 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 (edited) Right here: http://www.palladot.com. Or you could buy yourself a small pallasite and dissolve it in an acid bath and you'll be left with peridot crystals. Kinda sucks to kill a meteorite that way, but you'd be sure it's peridot from space. I wouldn't trust the stuff on eBay... Edited September 18, 2013 by Mikestang Quote Link to post Share on other sites
karlfarris 4 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 You might check with Troy Ball. He makes and sells jewelry, and is also one of the best current meteorite hunters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bedrock Bob 4,226 Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Weren't they trying to do some Brenhams like that not too long ago? I heard something about peridot jewelry and material sold for jewelry. Might hit that website cause I think that is where I saw it... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El Dorado 965 Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share Posted September 19, 2013 (edited) Mikestang.... Thanks for the lead, looks good Edited September 19, 2013 by El Dorado Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Found Dutchman 37 Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 A lot of the peridot in Brenham is badly fractured. Be careful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bedrock Bob 4,226 Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Glorieta has big nice cubes and a lot has been released from the matrix already. Lots of free olivine found in that place...most guys pass right over it looking for a beep. It would not be feasable to ruin such a rock to get the olivine but free olivine specimens from that fall are certainly out there.I bet Charlie Snell has a double hand full of those crystals...he buys a lot of material from the local hunters. I have seen cubes as big as your thumb that have been released and fell on the area with no metal surrounding them at all.Check out the Santa Fe meteorite and fossil museum website and contact him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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