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Peach Moonstone Flame Freeform — Polished Apricot Crystal Statement Piece Gift
Peach Moonstone Flame Freeform — Polished Apricot Crystal Statement Piece Gift
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A polished peach moonstone flame, cut and shaped to a soft point and finished smooth on every face.
The color is warm apricot, deeper and more russet where the stone is dense, paling to cream where the feldspar runs clear. Pale veins drift across it at an angle, and when you turn it in daylight a soft sheen moves over the surface, there and then gone. It stands on its own flat base with nothing to prop it up. It is a solid piece at 1 lb 6.6 oz, with the heft to match the look.
Peach moonstone is a feldspar, the same mineral family as the classic white moonstone, colored warm by fine inclusions. The sheen has a name, adularescence, and it is light bouncing between microscopic layers inside the stone rather than anything on the surface.
Now for the fun part. Moonstone is the traveler's stone in crystal lore, the one people used to tuck into a pocket before a journey, said to keep you safe on the road and bring you home again. It has always been tied to the moon and to cycles, to the idea that things come around rather than run out, which is a comforting thing to hold when a week has gone sideways.
The peach ones get their own reputation. Where white moonstone is read as cool and intuitive, peach is read as the warm end of the family, the one associated with self kindness and a gentler hand, rather than with sharp insight. Lore holds it as a stone for people who are hard on themselves, which is most of us on a Tuesday.
Then there is the sheen, and this is the part people fall for. Adularescence looks like light moving under water, and crystal lore reads it as a reminder that there is always something glowing under the surface of things, yours included. Turn it toward a window and watch it travel.
The flame shape is the one people choose when they want a piece that draws the eye upward without shouting. Nice on a desk, a shelf, a bedside table, anywhere the light changes through the day.
This is a one of a kind piece. The flame in the photos is the exact flame you will receive.
Specifications
- Stone, peach moonstone, a feldspar
- Height, 5.25 inches
- Width, 3 inches
- Weight, 1 lb 6.6 oz
Natural stone, so the color, the veining and the sheen are unique to this piece, and small natural marks are part of what it is.
Because natural minerals are delicate and can be damaged by the stress of shipping, we are unable to accept returns. If your item arrives damaged, please contact us within 48 hours with photos and we will make it right.
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