{"product_id":"blue-moonstone-crystal-pebble-21871","title":"Blue Moonstone Crystal Pebble 5.6cm","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBlue Moonstone Crystals for Sale\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis gorgeous oval-shaped \u003cb\u003eBlue \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMoonstone Crystal Pebble\u003c\/strong\u003e (otherwise known as a \u003cstrong\u003eBlue Moonstone Palm Stone \u003c\/strong\u003eor \u003cstrong\u003eBlue Moonstone Pebble\u003c\/strong\u003e) measuring 5.6cm long displays a creamy white translucence and flashes of glowing bright blue. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen exposed to the light, flashes of lunar white, like moonbeams, glow from within the stone alongside sparkling blues and rainbow colours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat Is Rainbow Moonstone Made Of?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRainbow Moonstone\u003c\/strong\u003e is a \u003cstrong\u003eplagioclase feldspar\u003c\/strong\u003e mineral, and is thus a form of 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feldspar\u003c\/strong\u003e, Rainbow Moonstone is a \u003cstrong\u003eplagioclase feldspar\u003c\/strong\u003e like Labradorite. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe signature flash of colour, like moon shine, from within moonstone is caused by Albite inclusions in traditional moonstone, however this\u003cstrong\u003e adularescent effect\u003c\/strong\u003e is caused by a similar mechanism but different chemical inclusions in Labradorite, and thus Rainbow Moonstone as well. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe inner glow of Rainbow Moonstone is caused by the refraction of light between layered minerals: this is the same mechanism that leads to the \u003cstrong\u003eiridescent Schiller Effect\u003c\/strong\u003e in Labradorite. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFurthermore, the adularescence in traditional moonstone manifests in flashes of white, whilst the adularescence in Rainbow Moonstone manifests in spectacular flashes of blue, and sometimes other colours of the rainbow (hence the name 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them. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eRainbow Moonstone Myth And Legend\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Roman and Greek mythology, moonstones were sacred to their \u003cstrong\u003elunar goddesses\u003c\/strong\u003e, of which there are many but include Diana and Luna, Roman \u003cstrong\u003egoddesses of the moon\u003c\/strong\u003e, and Artemis and Selene, Greek goddesses of the moon. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMineralogists\u003c\/strong\u003e sometimes refer to moonstone as '\u003cstrong\u003ehecatolite\u003c\/strong\u003e' in reference to Hecate, a Greek goddess associated with the moon, much in the same way the mineral \u003cstrong\u003eselenite\u003c\/strong\u003e is named after Selene, a \u003cstrong\u003egoddess of the moon\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Romans believed that moonstones were created from rays of moonlight, as did the people of India, where moonstones were sacred stones. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome cultures 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