Sometimes called "olivine", Peridots's subtle and scintillating green tones range from pale yellowish-green to grass green into a pleasant olive green. The Romans called Peridot "evening emerald"since its green appears to be more intense in reduced light. Mystics claimed that Peridot drove away evil spirits. This property was said to increase by setting the gemstone in gold. Carved into a goblet, it heightened the power of any medicine drunk from it. Hawaiian legend names Peridot as the tears of "Pele", the islands' volcano goddess. Today, the largest and finest stones come from Burma, while the majority of smaller fine gems are mined on the desert Indian reservations of Arizona. The traditional birthstone for August, Peridot may also be used to mark the sixteenth wedding anniversary.