Talk:Peridot

message: this revert "22:45, 23 May 2005 Grenavitar m (rv - it is not found on the sun....)"
is silly; I presume you've been to the sun to collect minerals and didn't find any?
Silly - no. Have you collected peridot on the moon? I found no source for peridot on the moon, although it is likely considering the lunar rock compositions re: olivine. Peridot is gemstone quality olivine - if you have a ref. for peridot on the moon then re-add the lunar bit. Vsmith 16:29, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stellar minerals 

message: I don't think peridot is derived from the Gk for 'gold stone'. It is the alternative name for peridot, chrysolite, not much used now, that is derived from Gk khrusos (gold) + lithos (stone). That, at least, I propose to delete. According to the OED the etymology of peridot is uncertain, also unlikely to be from the Arabic cited here. Ioan_Dyfrig (talk) 17:55, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I just thought to have a look at this issue. Chrysolite, it seems, is a synonym for olivine, of which peridot is a type, so it is indeed irrelevant to the etymology of peridot. Regarding peridot itself, my Shorter OED simply says 'of unknown origin', beyond late Middle English and Old French. Not having access to a copy of the OED which cites a classical Latin precedent, or rejects a connection with an Arabic word, I can only comment that there is nothing inherently unlikely in an Arabic word lying behind an Old French or Middle English one; or, an Arabic word may itself be derived from, or represent a parallel form to, a classical Latin one. Either way, I think the Arabic word is of interest, and deserves to be retained in the article, at least as it presently is. On the other hand, I'm a little sceptical of the diacritic used in the example of "Anglo-Norman pedoretés", and more so of the classical Latin as presented. The classical Latin requires an ending (in e.g. "-us", "-a" or "-um", depending on declension), which isn't given here. Also, the form "paederos" is in fact classical Greek in origin (cf. here), and only occurs in Medieval Latin - that I've found, anyway. So, I'll delete "paederos" now, and it would be good if a full version of classical Latin "paederot-", including an ending, could be inserted in the article - I'd do it now, but it doesn't occur in any of the Latin resources I have to hand, or can find online. Posting a direct quote from the cited OED here might be helpful, thanks. Nortonius (talk) 12:55, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

text: Added a bunch of stuff from the Middle English Dictionary -- and elaborated the Matthew Paris entry. Separated the French examples into a paragraph.  I've got lots more links -- including some inter-monastery envy (!!) --  but I think that's enough. I'll come back and change the ref's to cites if there are no objections to the entry as a whole. Alanf777 (talk) 19:51, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Drat! The quote I used was from the register, not by Paris. Deleted. Alanf777 (talk) 03:55, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology 

message: An entry in List of colors: N–Z contained a link to this page.
The entry is :
* Peridot
I don't see any evidence that this color is discussed in this article and plan to delete it from the list per this discussion: Talk:List_of_colors#New_approach_to_review_of_entries
If someone decides that this color should have a section in this article and it is added, I would appreciate a ping.--S Philbrick(Talk) 13:37, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible removal from list 

message: Presently, this article has Pending Changes protection (set to expire 23:42, 25 October 2020 UTC). I've noticed continued test edits and attempts to re-add the In popular culture section after having already been declined. The page protection was added a month agoearlybut increasing the level of page protection will be considered if it warrants such a request.
The inclusion of fictional characters coincidentally named Peridot is outside the scope of this article. If someone disagrees with this, they are welcome open a discussion as to why the inclusion does not go against MOS: Trivia sections § "In popular culture" and "Cultural references" material.<BR>
Christopher, Sheridan, OR (talk) 07:53, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Persistent trivia 

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