OLIVINE

The chemical formula is

• Forsterite, chrysolite

mineral group

• igneous, metamorphic, meteoric

streak

• its a white streak

NOW SOME FUN facts

• mineral can be found in Arisona
• the shape is orthorhombic
• the color is green, greenish black, and reddish brown
• the class is silicates
• what has the mineral been used for mostly jewelry

luster

• viterous

HARdNESS

• 6.5-pyrite- quarts

SPECIFIC gravity

• 3.2-3.4

cleavage fracture

• poor cleavage age, brittle with conchoid a fracture

how was olivine found

• This deposit has produced Peridot since ancient times.
• This deposit has produced Peridot since ancient times and has long since been exhausted.
• has produced Peridot since ancient times and has long since been exhausted.