====== Olivine ======
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latin_names: 
folk_names: Chrysolite, chrysolithus, lumahai (Hawaiian)
energy_tags: Receptive
gender_tags: 
planet_tags: Venus
element_tags: Earth
deity_tags: 
effect_tags: Money, protection, love, luck
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===== Magical Uses =====
Olivine is a money-drawing stone. Ring green candles with the stone or wear to bring money into your life.

Olivine sand can be purchased in gift shops in Hawaii. If you happen to obtain some, add a pinch to money sachets or place some in your pocket while visualizing. Those involved in the business world can put a small amount of olivine in their desks or in the cash registers. Or, put your business card on a green plate and completely cover it with olivine sand. All these rituals can also be done with olivine stones.

Olivine has been used for protection since it is of volcanic origin. It deflects negativity directed toward its owner, and so it is often used as an amulet. Small, faceted olivine stones set into gold rings are ideal protective charms.

The stone is also set in gold and worn for protection against thieves, as well as to create a positive outlook on life.

Olivine is also a love-attracting stone.

And finally, like all green stones, it is carried or used in spells designed to bring luck.
===== Ritual Lore =====
A savage storm bombarded the tiny, round island of Kauai. I braved the stinging wind and, moving past the ironwood trees, looked out on Lumahai Beach (where parts of the movie *South Pacific *were filmed). *Lumahai* in Hawaiian means "olivine." As huge waves crashed a few yards from me, I knelt on the sand and saw countless millions of small green crystals interspersed with fragments of coral, lava, and shells. A year later, I knelt at Ka Lae, on the Big Island of Hawaii, and gathered larger olivine crystals from the red sand. Nearby were beaches composed solely of olivine.

I've talked to several rock experts and none agree with each other. The question? Olivine/peridot. The two stones, some say, are identical; others say olivine has a more olivish tint and that peridot is greener.

The stones, no matter their source, seem to be nearly the same color; though to some, olivine is a bit darker green.

Since this question isn't yet settled to my satisfaction, I've included both stones in this book under separate articles.

Olivine is a green, translucent stone. It is volcanic in origin and is found throughout the world. As I mention in part three, it was recently found in meteorites.</ifauth>
===== Notes =====
==== Related Metals ====
* [[metal:gold]]
* [[metal:lodestone]]