3.15" Polished Peach Moonstone Heart - Madagascar

This is a peach moonstone (potassium aluminum silicate feldspar) stone that has been shaped and polished into a heart.

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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DETAILS
SPECIES
Orthoclase Feldspar (Moonstone)
LOCATION
Madagascar
SIZE
3.15" wide
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#280432