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Rainbow moonstone — specimen 0571, photo © NMNHS
Rainbow moonstone — specimen 0571, photo © NMNHS

Rainbow moonstonespecimen 0571

Origin

South Asia
Sri Lanka
Rainbow moonstone — specimen 0571, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.65 ct; size: 7.05 | 5.09 | 3.08 mm; shape: oval; colour: very light grey; clarity: eye clean; cut: fair; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; mixed style cut.

Other specimens
Rainbow moonstone — specimen 0416Rainbow moonstone — specimen 0060

More information from ‘Classification’


A variety of labradorite; exhibits the optical phenomenon adularescence.