The Lovely Moon Stone

A lovely gemstone, moon stone belongs to a group of feldspar, a crystalline materials largely made up of silicates of aluminum found in abundance in earth surfaces. It is also known as adularia or selenite. It is called moon stone because inside it you seem to see the light of the moon.

Moon stone has translucent colors ranging from pearly white, pearly blue-tinged reflection ,yellowish white, gray, orange, green, pink ,brown,black,red and champagne tint. These color dances in shimmering effect and has reflection like the phases of the moon.

Places where you can mine moon stones are Australia, USA, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Madagascar, Tanzania, India and Burma.

Many believe that wearing moonstone gives the following benefits:

1.It has the effect to restraint emotion. It helps control emotion by repressing anger or depression and by balancing the heart and mind.

2.It is also believed to ward off dangers while traveling at night and is often worn by sailors for protection in sea travel.

3. Its other benefit is it helps in the cure of diabetes, epilepsy, hyperacidity and sunstroke among others.

For the benefits the moon stone could give, it is advised that doctors, nurses and executive should better wear moonstones. The reason is plain. The moon stone could help relax doctors and nurses in time of job stress. Under pressure top executive could loosen up their nerves with the help of moon stone. Travelers at night and sailors are better to have it also, while there is no love lost if diabetic and epileptic patients will get one.