Moonstone

moonstone

Named after its blue-white  sheen which is caused by lamellar structure, this can also produce moonstone cat’s eye.


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It is sensitive to pressure. there are important deposits in Sri Lanka Cut en cabochon. Also albite-moonstone, microcline-moonstone, labradorite-moonstone are well known.

*Info by Walter Schumann “Gemstones of the World”