moonstone
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7.8
- noun
- /ˈmuːnstoʊn/
:
piedra lunar
- The artisan crafted a beautiful necklace featuring a shimmering moonstone at its center.
- moonstone ring
- moonstone earrings
- moonstone necklace
Examples
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"I got the moonstones I wanted," said one collector, who had traveled all the way from Florida for the event.
Academic text (1998) -
A moonstone ring had been his fourteenth-anniversary present to his wife—now his ex-wife, another way time had betrayed him.
Fiction book (1991) -
I thought you liked the moonstone.
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I do have Pearl and I do have Moonstone as well.
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I hope it's my taste if it's jewelry, because that moonstone necklace...
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Molly had put on the same black dress, with the moonstone necklace Fred had given her on her last birthday.
Fiction book (1995) -
I remembered what she was wearing, and her moonstone, but wasn't sure that I knew what she looked like anymore.
Fiction book (1994) -
A moonstone glowed in its silver setting as it rested on her forehead.
Fiction book (1994) -
He watched her spear a mushroom in her salad and noticed that she wore a moonstone ring.
Fiction book (1991) -
Emeralds, diamonds, sapphires, moonstones, opals, and rubies were set in an elaborate design that reminded her of the medieval jewelry she'd seen in portraits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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4.5
A hard, shiny gem cut and polished for jewelry
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1.3
A small valuable stone cut and polished for use in jewelry or decoration
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3.3
A hard, shiny stone cut and polished for use in jewelry
How Shiny
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Moonstone is made from moon and stone, literally a 'stone' that shines like the 'moon', because the gem gives a soft, pearly glow like moonlight.