Moonstone
Moonstone is a mineral from the feldspar group that displays a pearly and opalescent play of color caused by light diffraction within its crystal structure.
It has been used in jewelry for millennia, including ancient civilizations such as the Romans, who admired it because they believed it was born from solidified rays of the Moon.
Moonstones also had a powerful connection with pagan cultures, especially in clairvoyance and shamanism. It also accrued meaning in relationship to love, and believed to be an aphrodisiac, and when worn by two people, it will help them fall in love or repair any relationship issues.
Deposits of Moonstone occur in Armenia, Australia, Austria, Mexico, Madagascar, Norway, Poland, India, Sri Lanka and the United States.
From the late 1880s to the early 1920s small Moonstone specimens gave its name to Moonstone Beach, a beach community of Redondo Beach, California where visitors day-tripping from Los Angeles as well as tourists from the East Coast gathered the moonstones from the many mounds of gemstones washed ashore.