Moonstone

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More Info Moonstone is a potassium feldspar, a rock-forming mineral of a beautiful, moon-like appearance. It’s part of many myths and legends and is one of the more mystic stones. Ancient Greeks called it “Aphroselene,” to honor their goddesses of love and moon, Aphrodite and Selene. It was believed that moonstone was an aphrodisiac. And if two people wore it, they would fall in love the next time the moon was high in the sky. This beautiful, mystical stone will serve you well if you require balance and insight in your life, and it’s a staple in every crystal enthusiast’s collection. Shop in bulk for wholesale moonstone crystals! All our wholesale crystals are ethically sourced. Below are a diverse range of moonstone products in different forms and sizes. Origin Brazil, China, and India Physical Properties Moonstone comes in a variety of colours, but the trait that gives it its special moonshine white shimmer is adularescence. The light interference in moonstone is from thin, alternating layers of albite and orthoclase. Moonstone can be white, colourless, green, brownish or reddish, as well as adularescent with a bluish or silvery sheen. On the Mohs hardness scale, moonstone scores a 6 to 6.5, and it is always cut with a plane surface or en cabochon. It doesn’t work well with facets, because a convex, polished and curved surface displays moonstone’s sheen best. Moonstone is usually worn as beads. It has a vitreous luster, and it’s translucent or transparent. It also exhibits chatoyancy, with the reflection of light moving across its surface as a line. Mythology Moonstone is the most magical looking of all gemstones, with its changing colours and a glow that flows across the gem’s surface. It was used in jewelry by the Romans who believed that the stone was formed from frozen moonlight because of its unearthly shimmer. Moonstone has been used in Roman jewelry for nearly 2,000 years, even longer in the Orient. It has always been a sacred stone in India with a special