MOONSTONE

MOONSTONE PROPERTIES

As ancient as the moon itself, moonstone possesses an energy that can nourish, give passion, and awaken feminine energies. Providing healing vibes, moonstone evokes tranquility that has a sensual, esoteric feel to it.

Exuding a glowing vitality that can re-energize the mind and body and wash negativity away, moonstone contains strong rays of gold, blue, and/or purple. It’s gleaming white energy makes it a protective gem.
 

MOONSTONE HEALING PROPERTIES

A stone of inner growth and strength, moonstone soothes emotional instability and stress, and stabilizes the emotions, providing calmness.  It enhances intuition, promotes inspiration, success and good fortune in love and business matters.

Moonstone also aids the digestive system, assimilates nutrients, eliminates toxins and fluid retention, and alleviates degenerative conditions of skin, hair, eyes, and fleshy organs such as the liver and pancreas. 

It stimulates the pineal gland and balances hormonal cycles and is coveted for PMS, conception, pregnancy, childbirth, and breast-feeding. 

Moonstone is also beneficial to men in opening the emotional self.

Moonstone Chakra

Working with the Sacral, Third-Eye and Crown Chakras, moonstone connects humans to inspiration and helps us channels our own intuition. Moonstone encourages introspection and judgment and helps bring about easier decision making.

Enhancing emotional vision, delivering improved creative abilities and freedom of expression, moonstone helps people to open up and see things differently. Moonstone can also help with patience and improve the flow of energy in our lives.

Moonstone in History

During ancient times, people believed that the moonstone elicited a deep passion between lovers.  Many believed that those who wore this stone could predict the future. The reverence for this stone passes through to modern times.

One of the reasons the stone is so highly revered is its physical qualities. The pearly iridescence of the moonstone is considered by many to be a thing of beauty. Its mysterious name and playful glimmer has been highly valued throughout history by many people but especially by leaders of various religions including monks, shamans, and spiritualists.

People have been making jewelry from moonstones for centuries.

Moonstone Properties

The most prized moonstone is from Sri Lanka and India. Blue moonstones are highly valued because of their rarity. Such stones can only be found in Sri Lanka. While India is famed for producing rainbow moonstones. The most historically interesting moonstone mines are found in Switzerland's Adula Mountains.

Other mines around the globe can be found in Myanmar, Brazil, Norway, USA, Australia, Germany, Tanzania, India, and Madagascar.