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    MEL · The Light Lab

    Every stone has a light it waits for.

    Hold a lamp, find the angle, and watch moonstone, opal and labradorite show what a shop window never does.

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    Moonlit Shore

    Night tide, wet sand, and four stones that answer the moon.

    1. Adularescence

      Moonstone

      Light scatters between thin layers inside the feldspar, so a blue glow floats across the surface as the stone turns.

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    2. Orient

      Pearl

      Nacre is built from thousands of thin layers. Light bouncing between them leaves a soft pink and green overtone, called orient.

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    3. Translucency

      Aquamarine

      Aquamarine is clear beryl. Lit from behind, light passes straight through and the sea-blue colour shows at full depth.

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    4. Play-of-color

      Opal

      Opal is made of tiny silica spheres stacked in rows. They split white light like a prism, so the colours jump as the angle changes.

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    Aurora Cavern

    Basalt, sea spray, and three stones that flash like the northern lights.

    1. Labradorescence

      Labradorite

      Thin layers inside the feldspar interfere with light, so the polished face flashes blue and green at one precise angle.

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    2. Directional flash

      Rough labradorite

      In rough labradorite every crystal block has its own layers, so each one flashes at a different angle.

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    3. Schiller

      Larvikite

      Larvikite is a feldspar rock. Its small aligned crystals throw silver-blue flecks of light under low side light.

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    Golden Terrace

    Late sun through olive leaves, and three stones that turn it gold.

    1. Transmitted colour

      Citrine

      Citrine is quartz coloured by traces of iron. Light passing through it comes out honey-gold.

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    2. Chatoyancy

      Tiger’s eye

      Parallel fibres inside the quartz reflect light as one bright band that slides across the dome as the light moves.

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    3. Metallic lustre

      Pyrite

      Pyrite is an iron sulphide. Its flat crystal faces reflect light like polished brass.

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    Amethyst Grotto

    Inside an opened geode, where the purple deepens toward the centre.

    1. Colour zoning

      Amethyst

      Iron traces settle in layers as the crystal grows, so the purple deepens toward the tips.

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    2. Colour bands

      Fluorite

      Fluorite grows in layers with different traces, which show as purple and green bands when light passes through.

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    3. Mica sparkle

      Lepidolite

      Lepidolite is a lithium mica. Its thin flakes catch light as tiny sparks.

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    Jade Garden

    A courtyard after rain: moss, wet stone and four kinds of green.

    1. Translucency

      Jade

      Jade is made of tightly interlocked fibres. They scatter light softly, so lit from behind it glows from within.

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    2. Aventurescence

      Aventurine

      Tiny flat mineral flakes inside the quartz reflect light as glittering points.

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    3. Banding

      Malachite

      Malachite is a copper mineral that grows in thin layers, seen as rings of light and dark green.

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    4. Transmitted colour

      Peridot

      Peridot is gem olivine. Iron gives it a clear yellow-green when light passes through.

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    Rose Courtyard

    Morning mist, warm plaster, and four stones in shades of pink.

    1. Milky glow

      Rose quartz

      Fine fibre-like inclusions scatter light inside the quartz, giving a soft, milky pink.

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    2. Inclusions

      Strawberry quartz

      Clear quartz holding tiny red mineral inclusions, which show as points of colour when light comes through.

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    3. Veining

      Rhodonite

      Rhodonite is a manganese mineral. Black veins of manganese oxide run through the pink.

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    4. Facet fire

      Pink topaz

      Each facet reflects light at its own angle, so a cut stone sparkles face by face as the light moves.

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    Obsidian Night

    Black lava, still water and stars, and four dark stones with hidden light.

    1. Sheen

      Obsidian

      Obsidian is volcanic glass. Tiny aligned bubbles or crystals inside give a gold or rainbow sheen under raking light.

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    2. Mirror polish

      Black onyx

      A dense, fine-grained black chalcedony that takes a mirror polish.

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    3. Pleochroism

      Tourmaline

      Tourmaline absorbs light differently along different directions, so one crystal can look green one way and pink another.

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    4. Porous texture

      Lava stone

      Gas trapped as the lava cooled left a fine, porous surface.

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    Ember Ridge

    Red rock at sunset, and three stones that hold the last of the light.

    1. Deep colour

      Garnet

      Garnet is so densely coloured it looks nearly black, until light passes through and shows deep red.

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    2. Fluorescence

      Ruby

      Chromium inside the crystal turns ultraviolet light into a red glow.

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    3. Warm translucency

      Carnelian

      Carnelian is a translucent chalcedony. Iron gives it an orange-red glow when light passes through.

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