No. 101579418

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Natural Pink Moonstone - Chain
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Natural Pink Moonstone - Chain

Handmade. Natural pink moonstone beads polished to style "frosted". Length: from 43 cm to 48 cm / Diameter stones: 1.0 cm Weight: 55, 6 grams Pink moonstone is a natural gemstone, belonging to the feldspar family and exhibiting a pink hue, often described as peach or beige. It's not a dyed or treated stone, but a naturally occurring variety of moonstone. Pink moonstone, like other moonstones, displays adularescence, a milky sheen or glow caused by the scattering of light within the stone's structure. What the Mohs scale means for moonstone: Scratch Resistance: A rating of 6 to 6.5 means that moonstone can be scratched by any material harder than it, such as a piece of quartz (which is 7 on the Mohs scale). So please don't think that it is glass. Glass has a hardness of approximately 5.5 on the Mohs scale. In the last picture is a professional tester that indicates the hardness as described, i.e. it is 6 to 6.5. This necklace has this stone hardness 6.5 that proves that this is a real moonstone. The one last photo was taken in the dark, a real moonstone reflects light in the dark, this is also a test to see if this stone is real but glass would never reflect such light. Shipping registered.

No. 101579418

No longer available
Natural Pink Moonstone - Chain

Natural Pink Moonstone - Chain

Handmade. Natural pink moonstone beads polished to style "frosted".
Length: from 43 cm to 48 cm / Diameter stones: 1.0 cm
Weight: 55, 6 grams

Pink moonstone is a natural gemstone, belonging to the feldspar family and exhibiting a pink hue, often described as peach or beige. It's not a dyed or treated stone, but a naturally occurring variety of moonstone. Pink moonstone, like other moonstones, displays adularescence, a milky sheen or glow caused by the scattering of light within the stone's structure.

What the Mohs scale means for moonstone:
Scratch Resistance: A rating of 6 to 6.5 means that moonstone can be scratched by any material harder than it, such as a piece of quartz (which is 7 on the Mohs scale). So please don't think that it is glass.
Glass has a hardness of approximately 5.5 on the Mohs scale.

In the last picture is a professional tester that indicates the hardness as described, i.e. it is 6 to 6.5. This necklace has this stone hardness 6.5 that proves that this is a real moonstone.
The one last photo was taken in the dark, a real moonstone reflects light in the dark, this is also a test to see if this stone is real but glass would never reflect such light.

Shipping registered.

Bidding closed
Georgia Foteinou
Expert
Estimate  € 150 - € 200

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