Click on picture to enlarge. For the collector, connoisseur or one who searches for that special something that's really out of this world! This gem peridot is it! The peridot crystals were trapped in molten nickel-iron when a collossal collission between two planetoids or asteroids too place, somewhere out in deep space, when our solar system was first forming. The very rare pallasite meteorite that was born in the collission was ejected into space and traveled our solar system until our tiny earth's' gravity captured it. I believe these are the rarest gems, above all others, since scientists tell us these meteorites date somewhere between 4 and 5 BILLION years old! That makes them older than any gems from earth! Only 1% of all the meteorites ever found are pallasites! And so it's a lifetime achievement just to find one. Then to find one with crystals suitable for cutting, after it's firey decent and impact to earth, is almost unbelievable; very, very few gems have ever been cut, and many are less than 1/4 carat, simply because the peridot in the solid nickel-iron is almost always so fractured, that it is impossible to find a crystal of any decent size, or clarity.
  In the latest article on extraterrestrial peridot in the Fall 2011 issue p.208 of Gems and Gemology magazine, GIA says, "Olivine is generally heat-and impact-sensitive and is prone to cracking, so any peridot pieces extracted from such meteorites are typically fractured, and any gems fashinoned from them usually weigh less than half a carat." (See my Meteorite page for the story  METEORITES   and more ET peridot gems.)
This is a one-of-a-kind piece of heaven. It is Certified by GIA as "Meteoric Peridot". This important provenance will be delivered along with my Certificate of Authenticity. In addition there is a third certificate from the Kansas Meteorite Society. It measures 6.89 x 4.72 x 3.96 mm and weighs .96 ct.
Price $7880.