REF. POINT: WORLD CLASS EXTREMELY RARE 13.60 CT AAA PEARL WHITE CATS EYE MOONSTONE PAIR

 Reference Point

EXTREMELY RARE AND EXQUISITELY BEAUTIFUL 13.60 CARAT AAA PEARL WHITE CATS EYE MOONSTONE PAIR

Provenance – Kangeyam, Tamil Nadu, India

CARAT WEIGHT: 13.60 CARATS

DIMENSIONS: 11.85 x 11.80 x 6.70 & 11.80 x 11.75 x 6.50mm

TREATMENTS: NONE

CUT: ROUND CABOCHON CUT

The Moonstone is characterised by an enchanting play of light. Indeed it owes its name to that mysterious shimmer which always looks different when the stone is moved and is known in the trade as 'adularescence'. In earlier times, people believed they could recognise in it the crescent and waning phases of the moon.

India's moonstones show cloudlike plays of light and color which are very valuable including beige brown, green, orange or simple brown. Rarer colors include blue, peach, smoke, light yellow, champagne, black and red.

Specimens from India also feature a nebulous interplay of light and shadow on a background of beige-brown, green, orange or brown. These discreet colours, in connection with the fine shimmer, make the Moonstone an ideal gemstone for jewellery with a sensual, feminine aura. This gemstone was very popular once before, about a hundred years ago at the time of Art Nouveau. It adorns a noticeably large number of the jewellery creations of the French master goldsmith René Lalique and his contemporaries, mainly to be found in museums and collections today.

This gemstone is surrounded by a good deal of mystique and magic. In many cultures, for example in India, it is regarded as a holy, magical gemstone. In India, Moonstones are also regarded as 'dream stones' which bring the wearer beautiful visions at night. In Arabic countries, women often wear Moonstones sewn out of sight into their garments, for in their cultures the Moonstone is a symbol of fertility. 

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