Genocide and Social Death. CLAUDIA CARD. Social death, central to the evil of genocide (whether the genocide is homicidal or. primarily cultural), distinguishes genocide from other mass murders. Loss of social. vitality is loss of identity and thereby of meaning for oneâs existence. Seeing social.
Peridot is one of the few gemstones that occur in only one color, an olive-green. The intensity and tint of the green, however, depends on how much iron is contained in the crystal structure, so the color of individual peridot gems can vary from yellowâto oliveâto brownish-green.
Peridot (pronounced pair-a-doe) is the gem variety of olivine. Peridot is the birthstone for August and the Zodiac stone for the constellation Libra (astrological sources refer to peridot as Chrysolite). Peridot is associated with the values of fame, dignity, protection, and success.