Rainbow Moonstone is a stunning bluish white gemstone from the Feldspar mineral family named after its amazing visual properties. This gemstone displays good transparency and a mysterious blue sheen that make the gem glow inside out. Someone has rightly said that looking to a Moonstone is akin to looking to the Moon itself. In Hindu mythology, Rainbow Moonstone is regarded as a sacred gemstone that possesses the blissful lunar energies. Astrologically, a colorless or slight milky white Rainbow Moonstone with deep bluish sheen is considered most desirable.
It is interesting to know that Rainbow Moonstone is not a Moonstone technically, rather a Labradorite. Therefore, it is often denoted as a ‘Rainbow Moonstone Labradorite’. It is formed by the combination of two feldspar species – Orthoclase and Albite which got fused to form a new crystal. Later, when the new formation cools, it grows further and forms two alternating layers of two different minerals. When light moves across these layers, it creates a glowing effect inside the Rainbow Moonstone crystal.
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