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Moonstone cabochon. The most common moonstone is of the orthoclase feldspar mineral adularia, named for an early mining site near Mt. Adular in Switzerland, now the town of St. Gotthard. [1] [better source needed] A solid solution of the plagioclase feldspar oligoclase +/− the potassium feldspar orthoclase also produces moonstone specimens.
Moonstone, one of June's modern birthstones, can appear to be almost clear at times, but is "prized for its blue to white adularescence," according to the International Gem Society.
Olivine basalt collected from the rim of Hadley Rille by the crew of Apollo 15. Moon rock or lunar rock is rock originating from Earth's Moon.This includes lunar material collected during the course of human exploration of the Moon, and rock that has been ejected naturally from the Moon's surface and landed on Earth as meteorites.
While the Apollo 17 Goodwill Moon rock presented to Cyprus was recovered, the Apollo 11 rock given to the country remains missing. [8]In his June 26, 2011 Op/Ed appearing in the Cyprus Mail entitled "Houston we have a problem: we didn't give Cyprus its moon rock", Joseph Gutheinz revealed that after NASA recovered the Cyprus Apollo 17 Goodwill Moon Rock over a year ago they failed to give the ...
The optical effect of adularescence in moonstone is typically due to adularia. [7] The largest documented single crystal of orthoclase was found in the Ural Mountains in Russia. It measured around 10 m × 10 m × 0.4 m (33 ft × 33 ft × 1 ft) and weighed around 100 tonnes (110 short tons). [8]
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Moonstone's powers derive from a Kree gravity stone (found on Earth's moon), charged with unknown energy and bonded to her nervous system. [ 100 ] [ 101 ] She can use the stone to fly, and to become intangible to pass through solid objects (while intangible she is immune to some magic-based attacks).
The rubble would have traveled at up to about 2,200 miles (3,600 km) per hour, they found. One of the canyons, called Vallis Planck, measures about 174 miles (280 km) long and 2.2 miles (3.5 km) deep.