Gems of the Torah/Bible-Olivine
Olivine crystal is one of the special gemstones found on the Choshen, the breastplate(of judgment) of the Hebrew priesthood. It is also a gem now known to be found in certain comets which is alluded to in the ancient text, Sepher HaZohar in parsha Terumah:" In the Book of the Wisdom of the East, it says, speaking of certain stars which form a tail(comets) in the firmament, that on Earth there are herbs, of the kind that are called "elixirs of Life", and precious stones(gems like olivine), and fine gold, which forms within the breast of high mountains(breastplate-Kohanim), under shallow water-which are all ruled by those comets by whose influence they grow and increase...it is the glance of that luminous tail which such stars trail after them across the sky that causes those things to flourish." Zohar Terumah folio II 171b.(Simon & Levertoff translation) This is directly connected to the Kochab of Yakov(Star of Jacob) spoken of in the parsha this month of Balak in Torah. The mouth of the Earth(who swallowed Korach and his band in this weeks Torah Parsha) is open again. maybe this is how those folks are being reawakened in the redemptive process as predicted by some sages. The artcle linked below explains how these green gems are coming up out of the Hawaii volcano and "raining" back down on the Earth.
The gem Olivine/chrysolite is called Pitdah in the Hebrew of the Torah.https://www.yahoo.com/news/hawaii-apos-kilauea-volcano-shooting-213542767.htmlGem of the Torah/bible
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hawaii-apos-kilauea-volcano-shooting-213542767.html

As we have discussed that the volcano began this eruption on the Jewish holiday of lag B'Omer which celebrates the inner fires that awaken knowledge and the yahrzeit of the Rashbi who authored the text that discusses the gemstone connection between the Earth and the stars/Shamayim=heavens of the soul realm. The eruption is said to possibly last months and we will watch closely as to what part of the Jewish festival year cycle this covers. Olivine is an iron rich crystal and also is directly connected to this medicine wheel that is linked to an entire section of the Sepher HaZohar. This wheel contains the four special mletals including barzel/iron in it's inner circle- the four elements- fire,earth,air and water in the middle wheel and the compass points in the outer wheel. The Hebrew name of the metal iron-Barzel is an acronym for the four wives of Jacob=Bilhah/Rachel/Zilpah and Leah. They hold the garment of the Shechinah- who is the presence of HaShem-the Source of love on Earth.

Medicine wheel from the text Sepher Eshel Avraham(1701ce)

Is Hawaii's Kilauea volcano shooting green gems into the air?

Mark Kaufman

MashableJune 12, 2018

Embedded in the lava still spewing some 130 feet into the air from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano are green crystals.

Called olivine, these minerals can turn Hawaiian beaches green, and it appears some of the green gems are raining down upon homes near the eruption or popping up near lava flows.

"Yes, the lava that is erupting now is very crystal-rich and it is quite possible that residents might be finding olivine," Cheryl Gansecki, a geologist at the University of Hawaii-Hilo that studies the composition of Kilauea's lava, said over email.

"It can be carried in the pumice [rapidly cooled lava] pieces that have been rained all over the area," she noted, or left behind when weaker lava rocks are crushed by cars or foot traffic.

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientist Wendy Stovall, who was out studying Kilauea last week, also confirmed that recent lava samples do contain olivine, though she didn't happen upon any separated green crystals herself.

Other folks in the area, however, appear to be collecting the tiny green gems as they see them:

It's certainly not unusual to find olivine crystals in most any Hawaiian lava rock, both new and ancient.

"It's pretty common," Stovall said in an interview. "There’s often olivine in rocks all over Hawaii."

And this olivine can become completely separated from lava rocks in a variety of ways.

Sometimes the crystals can be simply weathered out from old lava rocks. Or, in the case of green-tinged Hawaiian beaches, lava can erupt through ocean water in steamy, explosive events, breaking the lava into smaller pieces and fast-tracking the separation process, said Stovall.

Small green olivine crystals on a Big Island beach.

Image: Stanley Mertzman

But in the case of this olivine presumably falling down on property near the eruption, the crystals "just kind of fall out" as lava is spewed into the air, said Stovall.

"The olivine crystals folks are finding on the ground scattered about are from violently ejected basalt [a type of lava] blobs wherein the embedded, earlier-formed olivine crystals are freed from their surrounding pahoehoe [syrupy lava] basalt liquid," Stanley Mertzman, a volcanologist at Franklin and Marshall College, said over email.

Both violent ejections on land and from lava flowing into the ocean can "produce freed individual olivine crystals that people can pick up any time," said Mertzman.

Olivine crystals embedded in a Hawaiian lava rock.

Image: Stanley Mertzman

The crystals may be flying through the air from exploded bits of lava, but it's unlikely they're also coming from the volcano's summit, where there's been a large plume of steam and ash erupting from the crater — and at times rare, explosive eruptions.

"One thing I can say is that olivine is not raining out of the plume," Michael Poland, a USGS volcanologist, said over email.

Poland added that olivine is common on the ground regardless, because roads in Hawaii are made up of ground up olivine-rich lava rock.

A June 6 plume from Kilauea's crater, Halema‘uma‘u.

Image: usgs

The little crystals, however, are not being created during the eruption. They've been formed deep underground long ago, brewing in the molten rock.

"It really is one of the first things to form," said Stovall.

And olivine might not be the only crystal falling down inside the nearby neighborhood.

"It's possible that other crystals are being found," said Stovall, adding that a USGS rock specialist said olivine is difficult to tell apart from another common crystal, called clinopyroxene.

It's also quite possible nearby islanders will continue to find semi-translucent crystals on the ground. The eruption, over a month old now, shows no signs of relenting, and could very well last months — or longer.
and from an article by NASA three years ago:Green sand found on the big island of Hawaii resembles olivine crystals in the icy interior of comet Tempel 1, according to a NASA astrophysicist.

Gemini mid-infrared, false color images of comet Tempel 1 minutes before impact (left), 3 hours after (center) and 24 hours after impact (right.) This image can be used for personal, educational, non-profit use and news media stories, according to Gemini. For all other uses and to confirm Gemini policies, please review the Gemini web site at http://www.gemini.edu/, or contact Gemini directly. Image credit to: Gemini Observatory/AURA.

Scientists revealed that they detected green silicate crystals (olivine) in Tempel 1 similar to, but smaller than, Hawaiian green sand particles, according to articles by the researchers in the September 15, 2005 issue of the journal Science Express. They made their observations before, during and after the NASA Deep Impact spacecraft's 820-pound 'impactor' collided with the comet in early July 2005, as planned, so astronomers could determine what is in comets. The papers outline findings scientists made using infrared detectors on the Gemini and Subaru telescopes in Hawaii.

"The silicate crystals are talcum powder-size, but they are made of the same materials as the green sand beaches in Hawaii," said Diane Wooden, a co-author of both papers. She is an astrophysicist at NASA Ames Research Center, located in California's Silicon Valley. The principal author of the Gemini Telescope paper is David Harker, University of California, San Diego. Seiji Sugita of the University of Tokyo is the principal author of the second Subaru Telescope paper.

"Following the collision of the comet with the 'impactor,' there was a short-lived gas geyser associated with the impact site that carried the crystals from Tempel 1 into space," Wooden said. "The Gemini and the Subaru telescopes are two of the biggest in the world, and we were able to focus in on the green dust particles in the jet and ejecta – something that most space-borne telescopes could not see in infrared light," she noted.

"The insides of comet Tempel 1 look very much like the outsides of comets that have not been 'cooked' by passages close to the sun," Wooden said. She explained that there might be green silicates on the surfaces of comets that swarm in the outer reaches of the solar system and are not exposed to intense sunshine.

Another comet, Hale-Bopp, was so active that it released green silicate crystals as it passed close to the sun in 1997, according to Wooden.

green crystals

"However, the Deep Impact spacecraft's 'impactor' had to blast the green silicate crystals from the interior of the comet Tempel 1 for us to see them with our ground-based instruments," she noted.

Olivine particles are from the Green Sand Beach in Hawaii. Photo Credit: NASA Ames Research Center, Tom Trower.

Tempel 1 travels close to the sun during part of the comet's orbit, and strong sunlight hits the comet, causing its surface gases and other particles to fly off into space. These particles are what make up a comet's tail, which forms nearer the sun. "In Tempel 1's case, it has passed near the sun so many times that it has lost much of its surface gases and particles," said Wooden.

"What's incredible to me is that the surface – or maybe the fluffiness of the body of Tempel 1 -- is protecting the primitive particles and gases just below the surface from being out-gassed," ventured Wooden.

"We discovered crystalline silicates in the dust that flew from the comet after its collision with the Deep Impact 'impactor.' We don't usually see these silicates in comets that have been 'cooked' by the sun," Wooden explained.

Digital images of olivine particles from a green sand beach in Hawaii and other images related to this story can be found at:

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/multimedia/images/2005/olivine.html

A movie is available on-line that shows the collision of the comet with Deep Impact's projectile:

http://www.nasa.gov/mov/121527main_MRI_impact.mov

John Bluck
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
Phone: 650/604-5026
E-mail: jbluck@mail.arc.nasa.govNASA Research Finds Green Sand Crystals Are in Comet Tempel 1