| There are many different colors and qualities of | | | | permeates the whole stone. |
| moonstone. When selecting a piece of jewelry, it | | | | Pink Moonstone is becoming popular lately. These |
| is important to know your preferences as well as | | | | gems do not usually show the range of color of |
| the range of values or prices that such a piece of | | | | the above two: more often it is a shimmer of |
| moonstone is expected to have. | | | | white that moves across the gemstone. Caution |
| Moonstone is a natural, semiprecious gemstone | | | | should be used, however, because many large |
| that displays unique optical properties, like a wave | | | | pink moonstone cabochons with good play of |
| of liquid color that moves through the stone. It is | | | | color are actually rainbow moonstones that have |
| most often cut en cabochon, and usually with a | | | | been affixed onto a pink backing. Many sellers are |
| high dome. | | | | honest about this manipulation, but there are also |
| Rainbow Moonstone, as the name suggests, | | | | those that may try to deceive, or more likely, are |
| shows all the colors of the rainbow: blue, yellow | | | | ignorant of the treatment themselves. |
| and orange- pink are the most common. | | | | You know you are safe from a moonstone being |
| Blue Moonstone will show flashes of blue when | | | | treated with backing if you buy your moonstone |
| moved in the light. The exact shade of blue varies | | | | ring (or any jewelry) with the back of the |
| with each stone: the most valuable blue | | | | cabochon open and exposed, instead of sealed in |
| moonstones have a rich deep royal blue that | | | | silver. |