Natural stones vary. Your strand will match these photos in colour and size range, not bead for bead. Photographed under daylight-balanced light with no colour correction.
Gray Moonstone 22x34mm Faceted Triangle
Specifications
| SKU | GS245 |
|---|---|
| Stone | Peach, gray, chocolate and golden-shine moonstone |
| Shape | Trilliant |
| Bead size | 22x34mm |
| Cut | Faceted |
| Color | — |
| Weight | On request |
| Hardness (Mohs) | 6 to 6.5 |
| Origin | nearly all India |
| Availability | In stock |
Gray Moonstone is a popular and rare gemstone belongs to the group of feldspar minerals. The clarity/cleanness is an essential factor of gray moonstone. It is also called as “New Moon Stone” as it carries the mysteries and powers of the new moon. Moonstone is not hard as other gems but still an essential jewelry material for earrings, bracelets, rings, etc.
What it makes
Trilliants are used for pendants, earrings. Measured side by side, e.g. 9x10mm; usually drilled top-drilled across one corner. More about trilliants.
Color in the body, moonlight moving under the surface.
Hold a strand up and tilt it. The peach beads warm from apricot to cream, the gray ones shift from smoke to silver, and a soft light seems to travel just under each polished face rather than sit on top of it. Chocolate and golden shine hold their color in the body, with the sheen crossing over the top of it. People reach for these because the glow moves when the wearer moves. Next to plain silver, the gray looks like weather.
In Hindu mythology, moonstone is said to be made of solidified moonbeams, and many other cultures have tied the stone to moonlight for the same plain reason: the sheen looks like a full moon behind thin high cloud. Old legends hold that it brings good luck to the person carrying it. One belief said you could see what was coming if you held a moonstone in your mouth during a full moon. In crystal tradition it is kept as the stone of the moon and of calm, something to wear when you want a quieter mood. Moonstone is a birthstone for June, alongside pearl and alexandrite.
Beliefs about stones are tradition, not advice. Watch the film and read the full story.
The orthoclase moonstones: potassium feldspar with thin albite layers that scatter light into a soft glow. (K,Na)AlSi3O8, Mohs 6 to 6.5, two cleavage directions. Body color from trace iron. Sources: nearly all India.
Earrings and pendants; cleavage makes it chip, so avoid rings. Warm soapy water only; no ultrasonic, steam or sudden heat.
Full stone guideMore peach, gray, chocolate and golden-shine moonstone
