Designers
Love It To The Moon And Back
Martin KatzMoonstones, characterized by a distinctive soft glow of light, are formed by two varieties of the mineral feldspar—orthoclase and albite—intermingled during formation deep inside the earth. As the mineral cooled, the two separated out into flat, alternating stacked layers. The refraction and scattering of light between the layers give the gem its distinctive soft glow, called adularescence. This same characteristic also sometimes gives moonstone a… [more]
