Presentation :

Names) :

• Moonstone, Adularia (variety of orthoclase, albite-oligoclase, albite, perthite).

Etymology:

• Moonstone: In allusion to the bluish effect (adularescence) reminiscent of the glow of the moon. Probably trade name. | Adular: After Mount Adula in Austria (Pini, 1783).

Group, Family: 

• Feldspar Group.

Color : 

• Adularescence: Light blue, White, Sometimes Golden brown on colorless background, White, Yellow to dark yellow, Sometimes Asterism or Chatoyance.

Chandelier: 
Glassy, ​​Pearly on the cleavage.
Origin : 

• Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Africa: Tanzania, Madagascar, etc.

Crystal system: 

• Monoclinic (orthoclase) and/or Triclinic (albite, oligoclase).

Chemical composition : 

• Moonstone is generally given for Orthoclase: K[AlSi3O8] but sometimes also for other Feldspars showing adularescence: Labradorite | Mixtures of albite, oligoclase, orthoclase, microcline, perthite.

Transparency: 

• Transparent, Translucent.

Density : 

• 2.53 to 2.72.

Hardness : 

• 6 to 6.5.

Cleavage: 

• Perfect.

Breakage: 

• Irregular.

Line color: 

• White.

Shock resistance: 

• Sensitive.

Heat resistance:

• Pretty good.

Properties and virtues:

Physical virtues:

• Ideal for women on the sacral chakra to heal trauma to the pelvic sphere (miscarriages, terminations of pregnancy, cesarean sections, ectopic pregnancies, etc.)
• Helps pregnant women during their pregnancy.
• Relieves pain due to contractions during pregnancy.
• Fights sterility.
• Placed on the master heart chakra, it promotes lactation in young mothers.
• Regulates thyroid functions.
• Calms heat flashes linked to menopause.

Psychological, emotional and mental virtues:

• Soothes and reduces stress.
• Encourages freedom of expression.
• Promotes creativity.
• Increases intuition.
• Deploys creativity in artistic creations.
• Treats phobias.
• Alleviate fears and dissolve blockages.
• Reduces shyness.
• Promotes tolerance and understanding of others.
• Helps develop new friendly relationships with sincerity.
• Promotes rapprochement between two beings of the same couple.
• Opens to the sweetness of sexuality to accompany the divine field of sacred sexuality.

Spiritual virtues:

• Cleanses and dispels negativity from all chakras.
• On the root chakra, allows you to welcome Yin energy.
• Ideal on the root chakra for those who want to make the journey towards the sacred feminine.

Chakra:

• Crown chakra, 7th Ch.
• Chakra 3rd eye, 6th Ch.
• Master Heart Chakra, 4th Ch.
• Sacral Chakra, 1st Ch.

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