Moonstone Bracelet Tree agate 5–8 it is the hardest

5–8 it is the hardest stone in this range

Opal is hydrated silica - silica that set as a gel and never crystallised

a traditional Indian fixative used in aromatic preparations for centuries

the pigment once costlier than gold

Moonstone Bracelet Tree agate 5–8 it is the hardestMoonstone a pale stone with a blue white light that floats under the surface and drifts as you tilt it. The Romans believed it was made of frozen moonlight. The glow seems to come from inside. That floating light is adularescence, named for a peak in the Alps: light scattering between microscopic layers of two feldspars built into the stone, returning as a soft billowing sheen. The body is milky white, the finest float reading blue. A feldspar like