Hi 1018,
Thank you for a very interesting question. :)
Moonstone
http://www.rcj.ca/Information/Stones/moonstone.html
"Moonstone is a translucent stone that has a shimmering affect called
adularescence. It is often worn in rings, pendants or bead necklaces.
Moonstone General Information
Moonstone comes in colourless, white, yellow, orange, and grey. It
always has a white or blue sheen. That is, moonstone reflects light in
a distinctive shimmering phenomenon known as adularescence. Moonstone
has a hardness of 6.
Moonstone can be easily scratched.
Where Moonstone is mined
Moonstone is mined in Brazil, European Alps, India, Madagascar,
Mexico, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and USA (Pennsylvania and
Virginia). Sri Lanka has the highest quality moonstones.
Birthstone Months with Moonstone
February: Other Birthstone Stone [From somewhere else on internet]
June: Modern and Mystical Birthstone
Cancer (Jun 21-Jul 22): Birthstone/Planetary Stone
Moonstone Mystical Properties
Moonstone is said to be the stone of wishes, intuition, and balance of
emotions. It brings all that is needed including new beginnings,
re-birth. motherly love, support, encouragement. It is used to absorbs
pain and illness and regenerate the tissues and organs.
More Moonstone Lore
In India, moonstone is regarded as a sacred stone. It is believed to
bring good fortune.
Legend says that Moonstone is a highly prized gift for lovers as it
arouses tender passion.
Moonstone is the US State Gemstone of Florida and New York."
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Ten Thousand Villages
http://www.richmondvillages.com/products/materials.htm
moonstone: Semiprecious gemstone. Milky white with a pearly or opaline luster
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Moonstone
http://www.psychicliving.com/crystals/properties3.html
Brings good fortune. Reflects the wearers being and feelings. Promotes
unselfishness. Opens the heart to humanitarian love and hope. Good for
protection while traveling on water. Gives clarity to spiritual
understanding.
Good for pre-menstrual symptoms and balancing to the reproductive
system. Used to ease childbirth.
Grey Moonstone: Helps one accept other stone's powers by cleansing
blocks. This can be hard to wear.
Orange Moonstone: Helps one accept other stone's help by comforting
you. This is less powerful than white - but helpful when a particular
stone is needed.
White Moonstone: Helps one accept other stone's help through
highlighting the others effects. When worn by itself is balances
yin/yang.
Sacred to the Goddess, moonstone may be used to enhance the feminine,
strengthen psychic abilities, and increase sensitivity to natural
cycles.
PLANET: Moon.
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http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/greenway/leahy/00-01/rocks/rockglossary.htm
Moonstone - Moonstone (feldspar) was given its name because people
thought that the rock looks like the reflection of the moon.
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Feldspar
http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/greenway/leahy/00-01/rocks/rockglossary.htm#feldspar
More info - http://www.ccps.org/ccps/leeds/walz/minerals/feldspar.html
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Moonstone Spheres and Eggs
http://www.mineralminers.com/html/moosphs.stm
This 2.6 inch tall egg was ground and polished from natural moonstone
rough that was mined in Russia. It is translucent and has pale
blue-violet color flashes visible at certain angles (also known as
adularescence) at each end of the egg.
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Moonstone
http://www.jewelrycentral.com/Target_Moonstone.html
"Moonstone almost seems magical with a ghostly shimmering glow
floating in a crystalline material. The Romans thought that moonstone
was formed out of moonlight. Moonstone is a variety of feldspar and
the shimmer, which is called schiller or adularescence, is caused by
the intergrowth of two different types of feldspar, with different
refractive indexes.
In Europe, moonstone is considered the birthstone for June, although
in the United States it shares that distinction with alexandrite and
pearl.
Moonstones come in a variety of colors. The body color can range from
colorless to gray, brown, yellow, green, or pink. The clarity ranges
from transparent to translucent. The best moonstone has a blue sheen,
perfect clarity, and a colorless body color.
Sometimes moonstone will have an eye as well as a sheen. Another
related feldspar variety is known as rainbow moonstone. In this
variety of labradorite feldspar, the sheen is a variety of rainbow
hues.
Fine moonstone is quite rare and becoming rarer. It is mined in Sri
Lanka and Southen India. The rainbow variety can also be found in
Madagascar.
Moonstones are usually cut in a smooth-domed cabochon shape to
maximize the effect. Sometimes they are carved to show a
man-in-the-moon face. Moonstone beads also display the sheen very well
and are simply stunning against a black dress."
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Blue Moonstone
http://www.hkjewellery.co.uk/blue.html
Now a rare stone, blue moonstone is only found in Sri Lanka (the
common white moonstone is mined in many other counties)
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Moonstone and Gemstones
http://www.shgresources.com/gems/stones/moonstone/
Best regards,
tlspiegel |
