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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 ...
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.
Lloyd Bloch is an agent of the second Secret Empire, who intend to discredit Captain America and take his place as America's "symbolic" hero. The Empire had previously damaged Captain America's reputation by accusing him of vigilantism and framing him for the death of small-time criminal the Tumbler. [2]
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Moonstone, Colorado, a town in The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather; Moonstone (comics), the name of two Marvel Comics universe characters; Moonstone, a plot element in season 2 of The Vampire Diaries; Moonstone Opal, a plot element in Tangled The Series; Moonstone, a setting in Erin Hunter's Warriors story arc; Moonstone, an artifact in the ...
The Moonstone: A Romance by Wilkie Collins is an 1868 British epistolary novel. It is an early example of the modern detective novel , and established many of the ground rules of the modern genre. Its publication was started on 4 January 1868 and was completed on 8 August 1868.
Adularescence in a moonstone cabochon, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The specimen's diameter is 23 mm (0.91 in). The specimen's diameter is 23 mm (0.91 in). Adularescence ( / ˌ æ dʒ ə l ə ˈ r ɛ s ən s / AJ -ə-lə- RES -əns ) is an optical phenomenon that is produced in gemstones like moonstone .
Moonstone's most successful title is The Phantom, which is based on Lee Falk's superhero comic strip. Moonstone is the first US publisher to produce new Phantom stories for the comic book format since Marvel Comics cancelled their Phantom 2040 comic in 1995. Moonstone started publishing Phantom graphic novels in 2002.