8.85" Polished Peach Moonstone Tower - Madagascar

This is a chatoyant piece of peach moonstone (potassium aluminum silicate feldspar) that has been shaped and polished into an obelisk/tower. The base is cut flat so that it displays nicely on a hard surface.

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
Moonstone var. Peach Moonstone
LOCATION
Madagascar
SIZE
8.85" tall, 2.55" wide at base
CATEGORY
ITEM
#203043