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moonstone|ˈmuːnstəʊn|
[f. moon n.1 + stone n., after L. selēnītēs, Gr. σεληνίτης (λίθος) selenite.]
‘A popular name, alluding to the lustre, for some varieties of adularia and albite. The moonstone of the ancients was probably selenite’ (Chester Dict. Min. 1896).
1632Sherwood, A moone-stone, pierre de la lune. 1681W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. (1693) 893 A moon-stone; Selenites. 1778Eng. Gazetteer (ed. 2), Hanborough, Oxf. near Woodstock, is noted only for the selenites, or moon⁓stone. 1802Phil. Trans. XCII. 289 Moonstone of Ceylon. 1839Bailey Festus xix. (1852) 311 The moonstone's changing light. 1877Streeter Prec. Stones 210, 211.
attrib.1898G. Meredith Odes Fr. Hist. 24 She gazed With eyes, the moonstone portals to her heart. 1898Westm. Gaz. 5 May 3/2 The coat was of Parma violet velvet and the skirt moonstone-grey. |