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Moonstone   /mˈunstˌoʊn/   Listen
Moonstone

noun
1.
A transparent or translucent gemstone with a pearly luster; some specimens are orthoclase feldspar and others are plagioclase feldspar.





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"Moonstone" Quotes from Famous Books



... planning called for imagination as well as mere invention. In the 'Edgar Huntley' of Charles Brockden Brown the veil of doubt skilfully shrouds the unsuspected and the unsuspecting murderer who did the evil deed in his sleep—anticipating the somnambulist hero of Wilkie Collins's 'Moonstone.' ...
— Inquiries and Opinions • Brander Matthews
... that yesterday On yon mountain ridge a glow Soft as moonstone paled away, Leaving less forlorn the snow? Could it be the sun? Oh, fain Would I ...
— Rhymes of a Rolling Stone • Robert W. Service


Words linked to "Moonstone" :   transparent gem, felspar, feldspar


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