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Facts on Moonstone

Facts on Moonstone
Moonstone, most of us have seen it as cabochon in variety of jewelry - both silver and gold. Because of its availability as an inexpensive stone, it has established itself globally, and now we are proud to present this stone in 2 different sections - one with the rainbow sheen, and other just plain.



  • SPECIES:
    Moonstone is a variety of orthoclase feldspar, which is milkey white in color.

  • GEMSTONES:
    Translucent milkey white with floating blue sheen

  • METAPHYSICAL:
    -

  • MEDICAL:
    -

  • BEADS:
    Most Moonstone jewelry and beads are made in India and Hong Kong

  • ROUGH:
    The rough Amethyst stone is mined in Sri Lanka, India, Burma, Madagascar, Tanzania, USA

  • BIRTHSTONE:
    -

  • HARDNESS:
    On Moh's Hardness scale= 6.0 - 6.5