Labradorite
Labradorite is truly a fascinatingly beautiful mineral. Its a mineral whose charm is not fully noticed and may be overlooked if not viewed from the proper position. Generally a dull, dark looking mineral with no special virtue until the colorful shiller is observed glowing on the surface. Labradorite can produce a colorful play of light across cleavage planes and in sliced sections called labradorescence. The usually intense colors range from the typical blues and violets through greens, yellows and oranges. Some rare specimens display all these colors simultaneously.
Labradorite Feldspar 6 - 6.5
Grey to smoky black with colourful labradorescence
- Labradorite is sometimes called "black Moonstone" and is very closely related to Rainbow Moonstone.
- Labradorite takes its name from the Labrador Peninsula in Canada: its place of discovery.
- Labradorite is said to bring out the best in the wearer, and is sometime sknow ans the Self-Esteem Stone.
- In Eskimo lore, the Northern Lights used to be trapped in the rocks along the coast of Labrador. A wandering Eskimo is said to have released them into the nights sky with a blow from his spear. The lights that remained trapped in the rocks are called Labradorite.
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