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Moonstone is typically a potassium aluminium silicate, with the chemical formula KAlSi3O8. The most common moonstone is of the mineral adularia. The plagioclase feldspar oligoclase also produces moonstone specimens. Its name is derived from a visual effect, or sheen, caused by light reflecting internally in the moonstone from layer inclusion of different feldspars. Moonstone is [...]

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