Exquisitely carved and polished Black & Peach Moonstone Heart
Weight: 0.4 lbs.
Measurements: 2.8 x 1.4 x 2.4"
Origin: Madagascar
Black Moonstone:
Chakra: Crown, Third Eye
Planet: Moon
Element: Wind
Properties: Protection, Intuition, Dispelling Negative Energy, Claiming Wholeness, Emotional Clarity & Understanding, Transformation, Grounding, Insight, Wisdom
Black stones represent grounding, which is why they generally represent the Root chakra. Black Stones representing the Third Eye chakra have to do with activating Intuition & Magical Powers. Black Stones are most powerful for protecting from, stabilizing, and expelling negative energy. Cleopatra wore many different kinds of black stone as amulets of protection and to ward off negative energy.
Black Moonstone not only dispels and protects from negative energy, as an energetic-field for the bearer of the stone, it also provides extra boosts of positive, calming, stabilized energy. It is an umbrella of protection, and a ray of infectious positivity. It is a revealer of Truth. It activates intuition and wisdom on a deep, primordial level. And enhances clarity of observation and the ability to "read vibes". A deeply feminine energy shamanic stone. Enhances mental agility. Deeply soothing and balancing. Brings calm and focus. Enhances dreams. Evokes the Goddess and Feminine Dark Moon energy. Beloved of Artemis, Bastet, Diana, Hecate, and Selene.
Category: Moonstone
Group: Orthoclase and Albite
Member of: Potassium Feldspar Group
Chemical Formula: ((Na,K)AlSi3O8)
Color: Grey, Peach, Brown, Black
Streak: White
Luster: Vitreous, Opalescent
Hardness: 6-6.5
Specific Gravity: 2.58
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Cleavage Quality: Perfect
Fracture: Uneven, Chonchoidal
Diaphaneity: Transparent
Black Moonstone is a variety of moonstone that was recently discovered in Madagascar. It can be seen containing white, grey, peach, and silver colors running throughout almost every piece. Black Moonstone is highly prized for its properties such as its black essence, silvery-green sheen and peach veins. Although Black Moonstone is called black, this is not the case when considering it through its physical appearance. Black moonstone will appear to be black initially, especially in dim lighting situations. But when exposed to light and the reflection of light, it will take on a beautiful silvery shimmer, and the adularescenct flash will appear. Black Moonstone is very rare due to how it comes into being and where you can find it. Black Moonstone is the rarest of all moonstones. Black Moonstone is a gorgeous silky smooth stone with a velvety silver flash which plays across its surface when moved about in the light. Its color ranges from a dark slate grey to lighter shades of grey and sometimes reflects a red undertone. This dark color of Moonstone is a very unusual find.
The name "moonstone" is derived from this visual effect, or sheen, known as "Adularescence" or "Schiller Effect", caused by light diffraction within its crystalline structure. Moonstone is composed of two feldspar species, Orthoclase and Albite. The two species are intermingled during formation. As the newly formed mineral cools, the intergrowth of Orthoclase and Albite separates into stacked, alternating layers. When light falls between these thin, flat layers, it scatters in many directions producing the phenomenon called “Adularescence” or “Chatoyancy”. There are various shades of moonstone from the milky white, grey, peach, and less often, black. True Black Moonstone is somewhat more rare and can be found only in India and Madagascar. This is because Madagascar and India used to be connected before the tectonic plates separated to their current location. They share several of the same mineral resources for this reason.
Each piece in this collection is hand-selected and unique, you will receive the specific piece that you choose from the photographs listed.