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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The chatoyancy of the adularia variety of feldspar; the moon-like sheen of the moonstone, best visible when the stone is cut with a convex dome.

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  • noun A phenomena, exhibited by some specimens of the mineral adularia, exhibiting a bluish sheen along crystal faces. Adularia with this property is called moonstone. (See sanidine).

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