Moonstone

May come to mind at first glance when you hear the word stone moon that this stone comes from the moon, but in the fact that the origin of this stone back to the underground and was called by that name because it reflects the glitter is like glitter moon when exposed to light directly, there are two types of stones belonging to the group feldspars Feldspar if which already have some of the characteristics called Moon Moonstone stone the name of one of the two types stone Alodiolria Adularia and follows this stone metals group feldspars potassium Potasic Feldspar and the advantage of white, turquoise bluish may be transparent or semi-transparent second type of this stone is a stone Alpat Albite and belongs to the plagioclase Plagioclase group and the advantage of turquoise milky white and sometimes gray yellowish gray or greenish stone moon is very beautiful stones and attractive and is usually cut in the form of Kabshon Cabochon (semicircular) appears like a luminous and flashing color white and sometimes bluish gray when exposed to sunlight or artificial light.
And follow the moon stone crystal system monoclinic Monoclinic The hardness 0.6 The density amounts to 2.56 g / cm 3 and has a refractive index varies from 1.525 to 1.535.

Moonstone presence in the Kingdom
Was found on the moon rocks in the era quartet and private free modern Aharat sites the city and free Rhat where the moon stones found on the body Moktnvat within the basalt rocks or in the form of crystals disjointed and dumped in valleys and is characterized by serenity and transparency, ranging in size from 0.5 mm to 50 mm, and the newly Bahra found two southwest Hail.