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Rainbow moonstone — specimen 0416, photo © NMNHS
Rainbow moonstone — specimen 0416, photo © NMNHS

Rainbow moonstone — specimen 0416

Origin

South Asia
Sri Lanka
Rainbow moonstone — specimen 0416, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.36 ct; size: 5.15 | 4.33 | 3.43 mm; shape: oval; colour: colourless; clarity: eye clean; cut: excellent; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; design ‘Ovalimixtum ST 47-44’, excellent cut by Tan Pen.

Other specimens
Rainbow moonstone — specimen 0571Rainbow moonstone — specimen 0060

More information from ‘Classification’

Rainbow moonstone

A variety of labradorite; exhibits the optical phenomenon adularescence.


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