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Moonstone vs Adularescence - What's the difference?

moonstone | adularescence |

As nouns the difference between moonstone and adularescence

is that moonstone is (mineral) a translucent gemstone, an orthoclase feldspar, that has a pearly lustre while adularescence is a phenomena, exhibited by some specimens of the mineral adularia, exhibiting a bluish sheen along crystal faces adularia with this property is called moonstone (see sanidine).

moonstone

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mineral) A translucent gemstone, an orthoclase feldspar, that has a pearly lustre.

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    adularescence

    English

    Noun

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  • A phenomena, exhibited by some specimens of the mineral adularia, exhibiting a bluish sheen along crystal faces. Adularia with this property is called moonstone . (See sanidine).