Is Chocolate Moonstone real?

The rare chocolate moonstone is a stone of intuition, emotion and love. It also works to protect your heart and emotional side against negative influences and toxicity. Exclusively from us and not seen anywhere else, this rare moonstone is mined in Madagascar and we made only a very small batch of these round beads.

What are chocolate moonstones?

Where does chocolate moonstone come from?

Moonstone deposits occur in Armenia (majorly from Lake Sevan), Australia, the Austrian Alps, Mexico, Myanmar, Madagascar, Norway, Sri Lanka, Poland, India, and the United States.

How can you tell if a moonstone is real?

Moonstones are known for their adularescence – a unique optical illusion that results in a milky, bluish luster or glow on the surface of the gem. To test this aspect of the jewel, place it under bright artificial light and view it from above. If you notice the blue/white glow, your moonstone is probably real.

What is chocolate moonstone good for?

A Crown Chakra crystal, Moonstone has long been the stone of love, fertility, intuition, magic, protection, hope, and spiritual purity. Moonstone calms and encourages as it teaches us the natural rhythms of life, opens the heart to empathy, and assists in the acceptance of love.

Moonstone for Savvy Folk [Gem Buyer's Guide]

Is Chocolate Moonstone rare?

The rare chocolate moonstone is a stone of intuition, emotion and love. It also works to protect your heart and emotional side against negative influences and toxicity. Exclusively from us and not seen anywhere else, this rare moonstone is mined in Madagascar and we made only a very small batch of these round beads.

Does moonstone have negative effects?

This pearly iridescent stone has exceptional benefits for the wearer. However, there are no such side effects of wearing a Moonstone gemstone but it is always advisable to wear it after consulting experts who have a deep knowledge on gemstones and their properties.

What is the rarest type of moonstone?

The rarest and most expensive moonstones will be colorless with a floating blue color or schiller that seems to hover above the stone. This phenomenon is termed adularescence and is due to a combination of orthoclase and albite feldspars, arranged in layers.

What color is real moonstone?

- Courtesy David Humphrey When buyers select moonstones, they look for three key factors: bodycolor (background color) and color and orientation of the sheen. Moonstones range in appearance from semitransparent to opaque and colorless to white, with a blue, silver, or white adularescent effect.

What color moonstone is most valuable?

Moonstone that's colorless with blue sheen is most valuable but moonstone is available in green, peach, brown, and gray with blue, silver, white or rainbow adularescence.

Which color moonstone is best?

The best moonstone has a blue sheen, perfect clarity, and a colorless body color. Sometimes the moonstone has an eye as well as a glare. The similar feldspar form is known as Moonstone Rainbow. A variety of feldspar labradorite has a range of rainbow colours, from red and orange, to white, purple and blue.

What are the two types of moonstone?

There are 3 types of moonstone: transparent, translucent, and opaque. The most bought type is translucent. People favor it for its nice sheen it also has less inclusion, therefore less milkiness.

Is it OK to wear moonstone?

It is vulnerable to scratching and also chipping or cleaving if accidentally hit against a hard surface. Wearing moonstone rings during sports or at the gym isn't recommended. However, with proper care and attention many people wear moonstone rings for years without any issues.

Are moonstones worth anything?

Prices for moonstones average as little as $10 per carat up to $1,000 for a clear, rare moonstone.

Do moonstones glow in the dark?

The reason behind its glow…

This illusion occurs when light is reflected after it touches the multiple, thin feldspar mineral layers that are present within the gemstone. These layers act like a diffuser by softening the light and cause it to bounce inside the stone, which results in a mesmerizing glow.

Are moonstones real gems?

Moonstones are orthoclase feldspar gemstones with varying compositions, typically with alternating layers of orthoclase and albite.

How many colors of moonstone are there?

Moonstone comes in a variety of colours, including brown, colourless, green, grey, pink, rainbow, white and yellow. Moonstone has a silver to blue adularescence, this is a semi-translucent to translucent sheen, often displaying a very high clarity.

What does high quality moonstone look like?

Moonstones are incredibly varied in terms of body color. If they are colorless and translucent with a light blue sheen, they are typically the most prized and expensive kind.

What Zodiac is moonstone?

Together with Pearl and Alexandrite, Moonstone is crowned as the June birthstone, and designated for the zodiac sign of Gemini.

How can you tell good quality moonstone?

You can also find moonstones in other colors - peach, pink, grey, and others. The texture of the raw moonstone is uneven and has many dents. It is worth noting that high-quality raw moonstones contain few inclusions and cracks and have a rather rich color when it comes to colored minerals.

Is rainbow moonstone rare?

Rainbow Moonstone Cut and Shape

Large transparent gemstones command high prices because they are rare.

What is the moonstone curse?

The moonstone was originally thought to be used some time in the 15th century by an Aztec shaman, as the power source of a curse cast upon both vampires and werewolves. The effects of the curse made vampires vulnerable to the sun, and tied the werewolves' transformation to the full moon.

Is it OK to shower with moonstone?

Remove your moonstone jewelry when cleaning, showering, working out, and at night. Regular body oils, sweat, and lotion can build up quickly causing the stone to look matte in appearance. When storing your moonstone, wrap it in cloth to prevent scratching.

What signs can wear moonstone?

Moonstone has countless benefits. It has powerful energy and has an affinity with Cancer, Libra, Scorpio, Pisces astrological signs.