Moonstone

Feldspar with adularescence — a sheen that floats above the surface, made by light scattering between layers too thin to see.

Photograph to come

Moonstone

The sheen moves as the hand does, which is the entire argument for it. It cleaves, so it is bezel-set here and kept from hard knocks.

Hardness — 6 to 6.5 Care — protect from knocks; no ultrasonic Source — Sri Lanka, India