Adularia - Moonstone

Mineral characteristic.

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The mineral feldspar group KAlSi3O8. Orthoclase is a kind of feldspar - the most frequently occurring mineral on Earth (60% of the earth's crust). Transparent bluish or yellowish Orthoclase is used in jewelry. The most valuable of them are adularia, named Adula mountains in the Swiss Alps. Stone is transparent or white with white or blue tints. Adularia also known as fish-eye, moonstone, ice spar, aglaurit. Blue and silver-white iridescence in the depths of the stone generated tonkoplastinchatym structure of the mineral. Usually called moonstones translucent bluish-silver feldspars. The name they got for blue or silver-white iridescence that porozhdny tonkoplastinchatym structure of this mineral.

A characteristic phenomenon is adularization (otsverka while rotating, the light reflected from the inner layers of mineral otsverk occurs when light is reflected from the cleavage plane at an angle of 12-15 degrees). Stone refers to transparent honesty white (pictured right). Blue natural stones are rare and are very expensive, yellowish valued less. Silicate with an infinite three-dimensional skeleton (SiAl) O4. Now many commercially available synthetic transparent and translucent bluish moonstones and milk with a uniform structure without pronounced otsverkov during rotation (two photos on the left and beads photo below). Lunar natural stones (pearl or pearl spar) can be milky white, purple, or if illumined inner golden shimmer. There moonstones with star-shaped figures, but such instances are rare.

Moonstone (diff. Orthoclase). Metiyagoda, Sri Lanka. Photo: © AA Evseev.

The name of the stone was due to the beautiful blue-silvery otsverku resembling the moon shine. To keep the shine in the product, the stone is treated as kabashonov, which are then used in jewelry. The stone is very sensitive to shock and compression can save polished and rough handling. Jewelry Moonstone is now quite rare. Iridescence of some moon rocks - potassium feldspars associated with iridescence and light scattering at the interface of micro and kriptopertitovyh intergrowths of albite. Sometimes there are moonstones that have asterism in the form of a four-star or effect of "cat's eye". Such findings are known, for example, in India. Deposits best moon rocks are in Sri Lanka. Some of these deposits (Dunbar) has practically worked out, as well as deposits of India (Madras) and Burma (Mogok). Therefore transparent lunar stones are rarer and rarer and ever more expensive.

Moonstone (iridescent. Plagioclase). Meadow d ,, Avg. Ural, Russia. Photo: © AA Evseev.

The magical properties of stones.

It is a talisman of love, which helps pacify strong emotional and mental state. It gives the owner the ability to beautifully and accurately to express their thoughts, the gift of poetry, romantic art, the gift of penetrating the secrets of nature and people's hearts. Lovers adularia brings harmony, loyalty, understanding each other perfectly and even without words, and it is clearly responding to the cooling of the senses: it changes color and saturation, can become dull. Stone enhances the luminosity of the full moon. He is a strong guardian of the explosive temperament of people, not allowing them to dissipate energy, calms unconstructive emissions. Adularia perfectly protects from harmful influences people and unpleasant entities, clears a space for the owner, especially if the owner is often talking to a stone. Grossest kind adularia almost useless, t. To. He does not want to deal with similar symptoms, but seeks to develop only those who go to this himself, by his own will. This Moonstone makes a person attractive, charming and refined, gives the owner the inimitable charm and even the ability to behave in a very unpleasant situation.

In New Moon, he is filled with a special radiance chilling, at this moment it concentrates all his domineering magic power. His cold, gradually increasing glow ons daydreaming, softness and tenderness, reduce internal stress, eliminates anger and overconfidence. Heals from the painful dreams. Especially suitable for people born on the full moon, and on Monday (the day ruled by the Moon). It helps in loving care. It must be carried in a silver frame. It helps its owner to find the right solution. If you do not know what to do, we must take the moonstone, wait for the moon, and when its rays illuminate the stone, think hard about what he wanted to do, and stone "prompt" decision. It gives its owner the gift of eloquence and persuasion.

Belomoro - Moonstone

Mineral characteristic.

The mineral feldspar group KAlSi3O8. It is a kind of opaque white and blue-white feldspar - the most frequently occurring mineral on Earth (60% of the earth's crust). Feldspar (albite) with iridescence in gray-blue, white and violet tones, has iridescence caused by the reflection of light from the cleavage plane at an angle of 12-15 degrees. Stone refers to opaque white with honesty in pearly iridescence bluish tones. Silicate with an infinite three-dimensional skeleton (SiAl) O4. It melts easily. Hardness of 6, fragile. Belomoro is used as an ornamental, rarely stone jewelry.

The magical properties of stones.

Talisman of people willing and able students to foresee events, it strengthens the gift of clairvoyance. Belomoro is, like Labrador, stone Hyperborean and connects its owner with the past, teaches to draw correct conclusions and to make responsible decisions. He is the mascot and historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, t. E. All one way or another seek to comprehend the past. Stone learns to make correct predictions. Belomoro is a talisman against the dark forces of enemies seeking to disrupt the order of life, the selected person. It also gives prophetic dreams, but it is useful only to those who have for some time worked with dreams and knows some mysterious and energy-rich processes taking place in a "sleepy" a reality. One of the strongest solvents astral dirt, it controls the subconscious mind, emotions and energy balances the subtle bodies. Belomoro consciously helps to manage emotions, restores the protective force.