How to distinguish natural moonstone?

The moonstone, or as it is otherwise called encyclopedias - adularia, attracts with magical and healing power, as well as beauty. Before buying this mineral, many are concerned about how to distinguish a natural moonstone from a fake.

As a rule, there is no pattern on the gem; it is colorless or light gray with a pronounced milky, purple or blue tint, for which it is called lunar. However, there are also unique instances with a pattern in the form of stars, with the effect of "cat's eye", or pale yellow.

Stone Features:

• has a pearly sheen;
• getting into a room with artificial lighting, begins to flicker with light from the inside;
• if you direct a magnifying glass at it, then the eye will open small cracks, blotches, a heterogeneous structure in the form of plates and air bubbles;
• moonstone is weak or has an average degree of hardness - 6-6.5 points on the Mohs scale.

It is believed that natural moonstone has magical and healing properties.

Many peoples consider the moonstone to be sacred and value it above gold. Mages use the mineral to look into the future. In addition, the gem makes it possible to find harmony with nature and the surrounding world, fights stress and depression, resolves conflicts, makes a person more merciful, tolerant and fills with love.

It is often chosen as a decoration and worn on the right hand by people born under the signs of the elements of Water: Crayfish, Scorpions, Pisces. For emotional and creative personalities, he is the best mascot.The use of the mineral in meditation can activate creativity, wake up imagination.

There are hundreds of legends about the moonstone. For example, people believe that a white speck appears on it, which increases in size as the moon grows. At this time, the stone is very cold and sparkles especially brightly, radiating a powerful force of magic. When time approaches the full moon, the intensity of the radiance of the mineral decreases. In the old days, it was believed that initially moonstone is in any mineral, but not all of them turn into jewels.

Transformation requires that the gem lie in the same place for a long time, absorbing the light of a large number of full moons. Thanks to this procedure, it begins to shine like the moon, in addition, under the influence of light, its surface is leveled and becomes smooth, like pebbles. A person who has found such a stone gains the ability to predict the future.

There is a belief that moonstone is an indispensable assistant in a difficult situation, directs to the right decision. To do this, wait until the moon rises, and hold the pebbles in her hands. The necessary thought itself will come to mind.

Moonstone has a great healing effect. With it, hundreds of years have been treating liver diseases, kidney problems, epilepsy, sleepwalking. The gem has a beneficial effect on the genitourinary system, heart, pituitary, intestines, facilitates childbirth and cleanses lymph. In Europe, during the Middle Ages, they were sure that the mineral that “drops tears” on a moonlit night leaves moisture that heals fever.

Moonstone has often been faked recently. This happens for a number of reasons:

• depletion of mineral reserves;
• considerable physical and monetary investments in the extraction of the gem;
• high price of adularia;
• difficulties in processing moonstone, lack of professionals;
• huge demand for mineral jewelry.

The raw materials and technologies for the production of fakes are used different. There are several types of imitations.

• Simulated Synthetic Stone. Made of plastic or cloudy glass. Previously, the material is covered with paint that repeats the natural color of the gem.
• White Sea This natural pebble looks like an adular. Its field is located in the White Sea.
• Peristerite or albite. A variety of minerals from the category of silicates.
• Jewelery made from pressed moonstone crumbs. It happens that it is replaced with olive-eyed crumbs, using low-quality silicate minerals.

It is important to reduce the distinction between natural moonstone.

Authenticity can often be determined not only by a specialist, but also by a layman. There are a number of ways to do this.

• Dip in water. The color of the real pebble becomes much more saturated, and the glow from the inside is distinguished by additional highlights, which you will not see with the fake. A fake mineral, unlike a natural one, will retain its original appearance; it can only become cleaner.
• Observe thermal conductivity. An artificial gem, squeezed in the hand, immediately becomes warm, but the original will still be cold. It takes a long time to heat a natural pebble.
• Consider the color. Reveal falsification is real and gamma and color saturation. Since the structure of the mineral is heterogeneous, the color will also be uneven. An artificially grown mineral is visible to the naked eye in a too bright color.
• Test the ability to reflect light. Artificial gems reflect light from all sides evenly, authentic only at an angle of 10-15 degrees.
• Assess surface smoothness. When touching a natural adularity, silkiness is felt.
• Natural mineral is often framed with silverand fake stones - alloys of cheap metals.
• Pay attention to cost. Real moonstone, unlike fake, is expensive. The price of an adular in a frame of silver is at least 5-7 thousand rubles.

This task is much more difficult, since they are very similar, and requires the intervention of an expert, laboratory research.

There are several signs that help distinguish a moonstone from a white rock.

• Density. At the moonstone, it is equal to 2.56-2.62, which is slightly lower than the indicator of white rock.
• Coloring. The tone of the natural gem is less bright.
• Transparency. The lunar pebble is more transparent than white rock.

Before buying a stone, use simple tips.

• It is impossible to find a natural adularia in a jewelry store, so you have to go to a special salon. They are required to provide information on where the gem was mined, show a certificate of quality, and a professional jeweler will determine the authenticity of the mineral.
• Only buy a stone from a trusted seller.

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