Moonstone

Word MOONSTONE
Character 9
Hyphenation moon stone
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Definitions and meanings of "Moonstone"

What do we mean by moonstone?

A variety of feldspar valued as a gem for its pearly translucence. noun

A variety of feldspar which by reflected light presents a delicate pearly play of color not unlike that of the moon. noun

A nearly pellucid variety of feldspar, showing pearly or opaline reflections from within. It is used as a gem. The best specimens come from Ceylon. noun

A translucent gemstone, an orthoclase feldspar, that has a pearly lustre. noun

A transparent or translucent gemstone with a pearly luster; some specimens are orthoclase feldspar and others are plagioclase feldspar noun

A translucent gemstone, an orthoclase feldspar, that has a pearly lustre.

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The word "moonstone" in example sentences

The moonstone is another example of this peculiar feature which is possessed in a more or less degree by all the stones in the class of pellucid jewels, but no stone or gem can in any way even rival the curious mixture of opaqueness, translucency, silkiness, milkiness, fire, and the steadfast changeable and prismatic brilliance of colour of the precious opal. ❋ John Mastin (N/A)

He took the one I would rather have him take -- a beautiful pearl, like my friendship is for him, shadowed by the moonstone, which is my unworthiness. ❋ Maria Thompson Daviess (1898)

Next is moonstone, which is the creamy off-white one, and finally white quartz, a cloudy pure white stone (and also my favourite of the new bunch). ❋ Unknown (2008)

The feldspar gems, such as moonstone, amazonite, and labradorite, also cleave very smoothly in certain directions. ❋ Frank Bertram Wade (N/A)

For example, if you wanted to do a spell with lunar energy, you could use moonstone—called moonstone because its color and peculiar sheen resemble the Moon’s light—to draw that energy down. ❋ Lauren Manoy (2002)

Gigantic, moonstone earrings set in ruby and gold, with a matching ring as big as its namesake. ❋ Anisha Lakhani (2011)

Placing the moonstone between his brows she put her palms over him, chanting ❋ Linda Robertson (2011)

She sprinkled ground eucalyptus and myrrh across his eyes, then lifted a piece of moonstone. ❋ Linda Robertson (2011)

While Ms. Mina does use precious stones — either gems she is given by clients or vintage stones like moonstone, opal or labradorite — what marks out her work is the intuitive play in metal of concave and convex, edge and center, form and decoration, mobility and stillness. ❋ Emma Crichton-Miller (2011)

Also got a few decent shocks from The Vampire Diaries, as Damon offs Mason Lockwood after torturing the truth from him about Katherine and the moonstone. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The moonstone glistens pearlescent against the fiery rubies. ❋ Anisha Lakhani (2011)

There are Muran glass ones (like the green one on my bracelet), animals (I bought a hedgehog), inlaid ones (the flower/moonstone one), and dangly ones (like the one at the right). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Threatening to "rip this town apart until it rains blood" if she doesn't get the moonstone, Katherine demonstrates her mojo by coldly killing Amy right in front of Stefan. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Things go south for Katherine, though, when Lucy is confronted by good witch Bonnie, and a Bennett connection is made, so Katherine is betrayed and felled by Lucy's magic when she's given the moonstone and wakes up in an underground prison. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Back above ground, he finally gets Tyler to turn over the moonstone, at which point we learn the evil Katherine was behind the incident that turned Mason into a killer, triggering his werewolf mojo, and that she's the one jonesing for the moonstone. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The power-hungry vamp is on a quest to get back the now-missing moonstone that her werewolf lover Mason Lockwood (Taylor Kinney) had obtained for her. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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