Rainbow Moonstone Roughs

For those who like their crystals as natural as possible is are Rainbow Moonstone roughs. Did you know it is actually white labradorite? Moonstone is a generic name for three different types of crystals. The rainbow version is for those that flash a blue or even a rainbow of colours.

Here is a video of flashes that can be possible in this type of crystal: CC108-moonstone-video. Dimensions are +/- 10%.

This crystal is helps bring balance, harmony and hope. It also enhances creativity, compassion, endurance and inner confidence.

But even if you are not sure about energy healing properties we will intuit the best of these rainbow moonstone roughs for you.

Healing Properties

Benefits of Moonstone, Rainbow Moonstone, White Moonstone, Cream Moonstone, Peach Moonstone, Andalusite, Belomorite (Russian)

• Fosters happiness, good fortune (love and business), nurturing, unselfishness, humanitarian love, hope, spiritual insight.
• Greater flexibility and flow with life. Connects 2nd and 6th Chakra and Pineal for emotional balance, gracefulness.
• Helps all be more comfortable with our gentler feminine/yin receiving side.
• Help cool, soothe, and calm over-reactions to emotional and personal situations.
• Makes one conscious of the fact that all things are part of a cycle of constant change.
• They open us up to the feminine and are associated with sensitivity, intuition, and clairvoyance.
• Aids easy childbirth, safe travel on water, new beginnings, abundance and ancient wisdom.
• Helps you get in touch with your feelings and is linked to the moon.
• Protective of women and nature, and is a sacred stone of the moon goddess.

Rainbow Moonstone

• "Stone of New Beginnings" and is connected to both the moon and intuition. Feminine stone associated with psychic abilities and cleansing.
• One of the best in calming the physical mind from the chatter that can affect our meditative state - to simply "BE" in that space with no distraction.
• Powerful effects upon the female reproductive cycle, bio-rhythmic clock, and fluid imbalances. Used to ease PMS and childbirth.

Blue Moonstone, Belomorite

• This is a rainbow moonstone that only flashes blue.
• Very similar properties with an emphasis on enhancing gentle/feminine communication.

White Moonstone

• Helps one accept other stone's help through highlighting the others effects.
• Balances yin/yang especially if with black inclusions.
• Alleviates emotional tension.
• Very gently opens the heart.
• Allows the "motherly love" of the universe into ones being.

Geological Information

Geological Information of Moonstone

• Moonstone alternative names: Chandrakanta, Chandra Kanta Moni, Feldspath Nacré, Hecatolite, Star Moonstone, White Labradorite, Adularia

General Identification

• Type: Mineral
• Class: Orthoclase
• Member of Group: Feldspar
• Mohs Hardness: 6
• Formula: sodium potassium aluminium silicate ((Na,K)AlSi₃O₈)
• Crystal System: 
• Crystal Habit:
• Lustre / Diaphaneity: pearly and opalescent schiller (shimmer / flash)
• Colour: Can be numerous colours, including blue, grey, white, pink, peach, green and brown, as well as colourless

Special Notes

• Used as jewellery for centuries, including ancient civilisations
  • it was believed it was born from solidified rays of the moon
• More geological information.

There are four versions of "moonstone" if it relates to the shimmer

White Labradorite - White with black

• Desired quality - is to have blue opal-like flashes in the white.
• Indian version often has blue-green crystals which are aquamarine.

Adularia

• used in high quality jewellery - often quite clear with rainbows of flashes.
• Can be mistaken for synthetic opalite.

Feldspar moonstone

• cream, peach, or grey colour with shimmer rather than flash
• high quality peach version actually is known as sunstone - and not considered moonstone geologically.

Plagioclase feldspars peristerite

• albite variety Na(AlSi₃O₈)
• This may also be part of a granite called larvikite and labradorite (albite : anorthite combo (Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si₂O₈]), which also exhibit iridescence
• but there is some disagreement geologically.