What's the difference between olivine and prehnite?

Prehnite is known as the "Emerald of the Cape of Good Hope" because of its delicate, round and full colors. Olivine is bright and moving, and is called "evening emerald". Both of them have the reputation of "emerald" and are the best among emeralds. Do you know the difference between them? The picture text comes from the dancers on the spar.

First, the color?

The reason why olivine is called "Emerald at dusk" is because its color, like the sunlight at dusk shining on emeralds, gives a bright yellow hue to the elegant green. The green color of olivine is more youthful and energetic. Olivine not only brings people a good mood and good luck, but also helps to make money. It is a gem that can gather wealth. In addition, with such a fresh color, olivine can also relieve people's bad temper, relieve people's nervous and boring emotions, and bring vitality to people. ?

Prehnite, as its name suggests, is as red as a green grape on a vine. The light green color seems to make a bite produce juice. Compared with olivine, prehnite's green color is low-key and moist, and it has the texture of jade after being polished into plain surface. The color of prehnite is light green and bright, resembling the appearance of top ice jadeite, which is more in line with the traditional aesthetics of China. ?

Second, the physical properties?

Olivine is a silicate of magnesium and iron, belonging to orthorhombic system, with yellow-green, glassy luster and hardness of 6.5-8. The appearance of olivine is usually granular aggregate, so the density reaches 3.2 ~ 3.5g/cm3. ?

Prehnite is a silicate mineral with smooth surface. Its hardness grade is 6.5, which is between feldspar and aging. Prehnite has a density of 2.8 to 3.0 g/cm3. The original stone in prehnite looks like a bunch of fresh, sweet and delicious grapes. In a word, there is little difference in hardness between them, but olivine is heavier than prehnite at the same size. ?

Third, the meaning?

Olivine symbolizes peace and happiness. At the same time, it is also called the birthstone of August in the gem world. Wearing it often can make life better and bring more good luck. Moreover, it has always been called the jewel of the sun, which seems to give people a feeling of youthful vitality, so it is endowed with the symbolic meaning of enthusiasm and youth, and it is also the favorite stone of happiness. ?

Prehistoric Portugal is a stone of hope, which means endless hope. Can also make thinking clear, prosperous, can enhance personal charm, promote blood circulation, beauty beauty, can also strengthen career wealth, condense wealth aura, and bring good luck to the wearer. At the same time, he is also a symbol of unconditional love, which can improve people's visualization and promote deep meditation connected with the true self. It is said that the former Jipuzhai people often wore prehistoric stone tools. Because the Jipuzhai people are good at divination and witchcraft, it has cast a mysterious temperament on prehistoric people, and the West often uses it as a spokesperson for dreams, meditation and prophecy.

Do you like prehistoric rocks symbolizing hope or olivine symbolizing peace?

The picture in this article comes from the dancers on designer spar.