Moonstone Cabochon Earrings Vintage silver jewelry beloved works of art

beloved works of art

This gorgeous example is set in 14ct gold

Cameos made lovely

an emblem of eternal life accentuated by an ankh on the reverse

Moonstone Cabochon Earrings Vintage silver jewelry beloved works of artThe rarest and most expensive moonstones will be colorless with a floating blue color or schiller that seems to hover above the stone. This phenomenon, termed adularescence, results from moonstones composition of orthoclase and albite feldspars arranged in layers. Light reflected from these layers produces interference effects and causes adularescence. If the layers are very thin, a blue schiller is seen; when they are thicker a white schiller is