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Rainbow moonstone — specimen 0060, photo © NMNHS
Rainbow moonstone — specimen 0060, photo © NMNHS

Rainbow moonstone — specimen 0060

Origin

South Asia
India
Rainbow moonstone — specimen 0060, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.67 ct; size: 7.93 | 5.10 | 3.28 mm; shape: pear; colour: very light grey; clarity: slightly included; cut: fair; treatment: none.
Notes

Clean specimen; mixed style cut.

Other specimens
Rainbow moonstone — specimen 0416Rainbow moonstone — specimen 0571

More information from ‘Classification’

Rainbow moonstone

A variety of labradorite; exhibits the optical phenomenon adularescence.


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