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.
Light Peach Moonstone Coated 13-16mm Organic Cut Slice
Specifications
| SKU | GS683 |
|---|---|
| Stone | Peach, gray, chocolate and golden-shine moonstone |
| Shape | Nugget |
| Bead size | 13-16mm |
| Cut | Organic Cut |
| Color | Peach |
| Weight | On request |
| Hardness (Mohs) | 6 to 6.5 |
| Origin | nearly all India |
| Availability | In stock |
Moonstone is commonly used for protection with its reputation as traveller’s stone.
What it makes
Nuggets are used for statement necklaces, one-of-a-kind pieces. Measured approximate size range, e.g. 8 to 12mm; usually drilled through the center or top-drilled. More about nuggets.
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
Same shape, other stones
New
