2.95" Polished Peach Moonstone Sphere - Madagascar

This is a piece of peach moonstone (potassium aluminum silicate feldspar) that has been shaped and polished into a sphere. A wood stand is included for premium display capability.

Moonstone is a common and well-known gemstone that earned its name from its white to bluish "glowing" appearance in the light, caused by a phenomenon similar to chatoyance called adularescence. This light play is a result of albite crystals within the main orthoclase feldspar crystal lattice that form as a scale-like crystal formation. The light then reflects and scatters off of these formations, resulting in what appears to be a glow from beneath the surface of the stone. Good quality moonstone can have almost a bluish adularescence.
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SPECIES
Moonstone var. Peach Moonstone
LOCATION
Madagascar
SIZE
2.95" wide
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ITEM
#182380