moonstone
Also called precious moonstone. a semitransparent or translucent, opalescent, pearly-blue variety of adularia, used as a gem.
any of several adularescent feldspars, as certain varieties of albite, labradorite, or oligoclase, used as gems.
(not used technically) any milky or girasol stone used as a gem.
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How to use moonstone in a sentence
Then we searched for its namesake moonstones, which aren’t true moonstone gems, but a variety of quartz.
On California’s Central Coast, a low-key exploration of wineries, restaurants and nature | Tracey Ceurvels | October 7, 2021 | Washington PostOf all her trinkets, and she had many and valuable ones, none so charmed the fool as the moonstone pendant.
The Court Jester | Cornelia BakerI always measure things by that six hundred dollars, just as I measure high buildings by the moonstone standpipe.
Song of the Lark | Willa CatherNearly all my dreams, except those about breaking down on the stage or missing trains, are about moonstone.
Song of the Lark | Willa CatherIf the jugglers were innocent, who, in the name of wonder, had taken the moonstone out of Miss Rachel's drawer?
The Moonstone | Wilkie Collins
She only once alluded to the matter of the moonstone, and that was in the way of forbidding any present mention of it between us.
The Moonstone | Wilkie Collins
British Dictionary definitions for moonstone
/ (ˈmuːnˌstəʊn) /
a gem variety of orthoclase or albite that is white and translucent with bluish reflections
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