Books with "Moonstone" in their title:
The Moonstone (Penguin Classics)
- by Wilkie Collins, J.I.M. Stewart (Editor)
The Moonstone - by Henry H. Collins
Moonstone Castle Mystery - by Carolyn M Keene
The classical, bluish and almost transparent Moonstones traditionally came
from Sri Lanka. But they are also found in the USA, in Brasil, Australia, Myanmar, and Madagascar.
Another synonym for Moonstone is “Selenite”, according to the
Greek goddess of the moon, Selene. It used to decorate a striking amount of pieces of jewellery created by the famous French
Master Goldsmith René Lalique and by his contemporaries.
Though they go mad they shall be sane.
Though they sink through the
sea, they shall rise again.
Though lovers be lost, love shall not,
And death shall have no dominion.
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Moonstone comes in colorless, white, yellow, orange, and gray. 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 is the US State GemStone of Florida and New York.
The mystical stone belongs to the large mineral family of feldspars, which
provide almost two thirds of all stones on our Earth. Moonstone is a variety of feldspar called “adularia” a silicate
of potassium aluminium in gemstone quality, which is also found in the European Alps near the Adula-group – thus the
name “adularia”.
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