FD GALLERY on Instagram: "Peridot has been mined for at least 3,000–4,000 years, with the best‑known ancient source on the Egyptian Red Sea island of Zabargad (Topazios), which supplied gems for pharaonic jewelry. Egyptians called peridot the “gem of the sun,” believed it shone even at night, and used it as a protective stone against evil spirits, nightmares, and the “terrors of the night. Some historians think that many of Cleopatra’s so‑called emeralds were actually fine peridots from Zabargad