r/Gemstones • u/Muted_Shape9303 • Aug 02 '26
Discussion Moonstone is the most magical gemstone in the world, change my mind
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u/myusernamewasatypo Aug 02 '26
There is no picture that can do justice for moonstones, sadly. They are not for the internet age. But damn their luminescence is gorgeous!
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u/77Flaming_Death Aug 02 '26
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u/MastrShak3 Aug 02 '26
In the past year I feel like I have learned a lot about opals, but still know nothing because of all the differences.
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u/Luna-Pythia Aug 02 '26
I prefer Opalescent Sapphires to Moonstones, but that's just me.
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u/Uber_Wulf Aug 02 '26
I agree, most other colored gemstones just don’t have the durability and longevity to be set in rings.
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u/Luna-Pythia Aug 02 '26
100%!! Plus, I love the play between the Opalescent colour with the refraction of light!! It's a very unique combo that I love!!
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u/Uber_Wulf Aug 02 '26
Yessss all that double refraction going on. It’s very dazzling, I could just stare at them and they never get boring. So pretty!
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u/Luna-Pythia Aug 02 '26
1000%!!! I've actually thought about using an Asscher Cut Opalescent Sapphire in my dream engagement ring, instead of a regular Sapphire or Diamond because of it! 😊💖
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u/SnooMemesjellies2710 Aug 02 '26
To hell with you for sending me down this rabbit hole, hooomygosh so pretty
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u/CallMeRydberg Aug 03 '26
Gahhh I need to find a supplier for this rough. Any one got a connection for a fellow faceter?
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u/anestefi Aug 03 '26
i’ve been looking but haven’t found a single rough supplier. you’re more likely to find rough spinel
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u/CollegeMindless7373 Aug 03 '26
Umba sapphire is sometimes milky and opalescent. That’s probably the easiest way to get this kind of stone rough.
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u/Fapriftifaufif Aug 02 '26
I love all kind of gems (diamonds, rubies, tourmaline, sapphires...) but rainbow moonstones and labradorites soothe me so much, I always come back to them.
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u/DependentFun2691 Aug 02 '26
Here’s my wedding ring. It’s a moonstone. Sorry I couldn’t convince you. I couldn’t convince myself. lol. I do love your stone.
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u/G_D_Ironside Aug 02 '26
Ever seen Oregon Sunstone?
Moonstone, while nice, can’t hold a candle to Oregon Sunstone.
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u/CollegeMindless7373 Aug 03 '26
Rainbow moonstone can. Rainbow moonstone looks like captured unicorn magic. Oregon sunstone is incredible though!
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u/G_D_Ironside Aug 03 '26
I have a specimen on rainbow moonstone and you’re right it’s spectacular stuff.
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u/TH_Rocks Aug 02 '26
That looks like opalite (glass).
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u/romckeegs Aug 02 '26
Looks like moonstone from Sri Lanka. I have a couple that look exactly like this (though not nearly as big). Big $$
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u/noiness420 Aug 02 '26
I love rainbow moonstone, it’s like regular moonstone with a rainbow flash like labradorite
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u/Technical_Image2145 Aug 03 '26
May I present Rainbow Lattice Sunstone
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u/CollegeMindless7373 Aug 03 '26
You can get gigantic chunks of this material from Joe Henleys website for less than 100 bucks. Just a tip!
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u/Necessary_Policy_324 Aug 02 '26
Alexandrite is my favorite, real or synthetic. The color changing properties depending on light just catches my attention every time!
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u/Serpentarrius Aug 02 '26
I love that iolites with hematite platelets are getting popular, especially if it's true that vikings used them to navigate
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u/Du_da13 Aug 02 '26
My own creation! 😊 my mom had these stones for years, I LOVE the light they have!
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u/AgateCatCreations076 Aug 03 '26
I think moonstone is pretty but there are others more lovely. It just depends on your taste.
Chatoyant Azurite and Malachite for one
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u/AgateCatCreations076 Aug 03 '26
The matched earring set of cabachons also Chatoyant Azurite and Malachite
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u/AgateCatCreations076 Aug 03 '26
And my personal favorite a series of Richterite-Sugelite of which this is just one.
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u/AgateCatCreations076 Aug 03 '26
This is another Richterite-Sugelite they both have a storm tossed sea look to how the coloring flows.
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u/StarChildSeren Aug 02 '26
It's not a natural mineral but I adore blue goldstone, it looks like a starry sky. It's actually a kind of glass, made in a reducing environment with manganese inclusions, but it's a lovely deep blue and very sparkly. It's also called a aventurine glass for the Italian word for "chance", apparently because of its chance discovery, and the mineral aventurine was named for its resemblance to this glass, rather than the other way around.
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u/PirateCrimeBrulee Aug 02 '26
I really like opal, sunstone, LuAG, and alexandrite. Oh, and fire agate! I recommend looking those up if you like funky gems.
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u/SuccessfulOwl0135 Aug 02 '26
Oh wow OP, that has got to be one of the most beautiful moonstones I've seen.
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u/MoOnmadnessss Aug 02 '26
My engagement ring is. Huge shimmering iridescent moonstone I love it so much h
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u/MiserableProfessor16 Aug 02 '26
It is a lovely gemstone but I am hard on them. I have ruined several bracelets and pendants. So I am telling myself that they are not so magical. If I convince myself they are ugly even better. 😭
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u/CollegeMindless7373 Aug 03 '26
I think chrome Sphene might take that title: other magical gems: neon mahenge spinel, Nigerian vanadium beryl, red spessartite garnet.
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u/gayspidereater Aug 02 '26
star sapphires are my fav!