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2. Moonstone (gemstone) - Wikipedia

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   Moonstone cabochon. The most common moonstone is of the orthoclase feldspar mineral adularia, named for an early mining site near Mt. Adular in Switzerland, now the town of St. Gotthard. [1] [better source needed] A solid solution of the plagioclase feldspar oligoclase +/− the potassium feldspar orthoclase also produces moonstone specimens.

3. Opalite - Wikipedia

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   Opalite is a trade name for synthetic opalescent glass and various opal and moonstone simulants. Other names for this glass product include argenon, sea opal, opal moonstone, and other similar names. [1] [2] It is also used to promote impure varieties of variously colored common opal. [1]

4. Moon rock - Wikipedia

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   Moon rocks on Earth come from four sources: those collected by six United States Apollo program crewed lunar landings from 1969 to 1972; those collected by three Soviet uncrewed Luna probes in the 1970s; those collected by the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program's uncrewed probes; and rocks that were ejected naturally from the lunar surface before falling to Earth as lunar meteorites.

5. Gemstone Meanings: Power and Significance of the 25 Most ...

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   Moonstone “Often associated with the divine feminine and new beginnings, the light-reflecting qualities of this milky blue-white-silvery gemstone certainly embody the look and feel of the moon ...

6. Belomorite - Wikipedia

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   Iridescent regional varieties, which are quite similar in composition and properties to belomorite, are naturally less common, but it would be wrong to call them rare minerals. Plagioclases with moonlight have long been known in some pegmatite veins of Shaitanka and Lipovka (Middle Urals ), as well as in Utochkina Pad near Ulan-Ude ( Buryatia ).

7. List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones

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   ^ Florida's state gem, moonstone, was adopted to highlight Florida's role in the United States' Lunar program, which landed the first astronauts on the Moon. [81] ^ Since 1983, Massachusetts has had 3 other official state rocks: State Historical Rock (Plymouth Rock), State Explorer Rock (Dighton Rock), and State Building and Monument Stone . In ...