Adularia, moonstone, selenite are the names of the same mineral. Adular is the name of a mountain in Switzerland where this mineral is common. "Moonstone" is a translation of the word "selenite", derived from the name of Selene (as the ancient Greeks called the moon goddess). Selenite and looks like a fragment of a night star, emitting a special soft moonlight.
The mineral's color palette is rich: from translucent white, bluish-silver to pale pink, yellowish, gray, greenish tinting, including various shades of brown color. There is also a black moonstone - a Labrador with a beautiful luster and bewitching flicker.
Selenite is m stone, which is a representative of the feldspar family , but not of those widespread, rock-forming, but precious, very rare, iridescent with soft bluish-silver iridescent light of thin-plate crystals from the depths of the mineral. Especially valuable moonstones are mined in the Republic of Sri Lanka. In 1912, the National Association of Jewelers, based on astrological treatises, compiled a list of stones recommended for zodiac signs. This list includes selenite. The stone is not included in the list of talismans only for a particular zodiac sign. It suits the Lions and Aquarius. It is also the main stone of Cancers under the control of the Moon. Especially venerated in India, selenite stone.
Magical properties
Moonstone was valued long before our era by Indians, Chaldeans, Greeks, Turks, Saxons, Romans and other inhabitants of European and Asian countries, who firmly believe in the magical power of the mineral. In Messopotamia, only priests were allowed to touch it, and among them only high servants took selenite stone under the tongue and made prophecies in the full moon - a time when he showed all the power of magical power.
The ancient Greeks believed that moonstones were gifts from Apollo. In each of them, this god of light, healer and patron of the arts inhales the properties of providence and mystical revelations. In India, they consider selenite stone to be a healing agent, with it you can immerse yourself in pleasant dreams, it contributes to the development of intuition. It draws in the cooling moon energy, calmingly acting on the mind, eliminating anger and relieving nervous tension. Selenite is a stone that encourages dreaminess and tenderness; it radiates and attracts love. This gem is considered a symbol of fertility and a talisman of love - girls and women wear it around their neck, and men - in rings, cufflinks, tie clips.
Therapeutic effect
It is said that some instances of selenite in the full moon may “cry”. Their "tears" (moisture) are the cure for any disease. For a married woman, selenite will help to find motherhood, moreover, become fertile. The great Avicenna in his writings noted that the powder from selenite, taken orally by patients with epilepsy (epilepsy), will cure him. Tibetan medicine and modern lithotherapy treat the mentally ill and epileptics with the same stone. Jewelry removes swelling that occurs with diseases of the kidneys and bladder.