Nearly all moonstones come from Sri Lanka. Early Romans believed moonstone was captured moonlight. They began using it in jewelry nearly two thousand years ago. Some ancient peoples wore moonstones to protect them from epilepsy and sunstroke. It's also been used to stop headaches. Currently, those who attribute powers to crystals believe that moonstone is a receptive stone and wear it to draw love into their lives. They also use it for protection from danger when traveling.
Moonstone symbolizes the Third Eye in East India and is generally regarded as a sacred stone throughout India.
Although moonstone is usually translucent white, it occurs in a variety of colors, ranging from colorless to gray, brown, yellow, green, or pink. One form of labradorite feldspar displays many glowing colors. It's been named rainbow moonstone.
Amazonite, first mistaken for a kind of jade and named after the river where that jade was found, ranges in color from light green to blue-green to bluish. It's currently mined primarily in the United States.
According to folklore, amazonite brings success to those who wear it.
Blue, green, yellow, and copper-red labradorite is found primarily on the coast of Labrador. It's also mined in Madagascar, Scandinavia, and the United States. Labradorite mined in Finland is known as spectrolite, because of its multiple flashing colors. Some people describe it as looking like oil on water.
Long considered a good-luck charm, labradorite is now used to enhance psychic abilities.
Sunstone is normally colorless or straw-yellow, but may have red or green markings. Most sunstone contains thin slices of hematite, which creates a brilliant metallic reflection. Oregon is the largest producer of sunstone, with deposits located also in
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