Spectrolite
Spectrolite is a variety of labradorite which displays intense reds, oranges and yellows and even blues and greens. These different colors are due to the light interference by thin lamellae, in parallel layers, within the spectrolite.
Spectrolite (Labradorite) Facts, Information and Description
Spectrolite, the most valued type of labradorite, comes from Finland.
SPECTROLITE
Overview: Spectrolite is a trade name for Labradorite, owing to the spectal colors in the gemstone.Spectrolite is composed of Calcium Sodium Aluminum Silicate.
Spectrolite
aka Finnish Labradorite
This brilliantly iridescent material is regarded as the world's most beautiful form of labradorite (a variety of plagioclase feldspar).
Spectrolite
Spectrolite is a Labradorite Feldspar. Spectrolite is the trade name given to Labradorite from Finland which is the most beautiful and vibrantly colored of all Labradorites.
Spectrolite
A particularly colorful deposit of Labradorite was discovered in Finland, and later mined elsewhere in Scandinavia, which shows not only blue, but green, gold and rarely red or violet sheen, ...
SPECTROLITE
Spectrolite is another name for Finnish Labradorite (a variety of plagioclase feldspar). It is a fairly abundant grayish mineral that has brilliant iridescent flashes of color (usually green, blue, orange, or red) after it is polished.
Spectrolite is another name for Labradorite.
Spinel is a hard semi-precious stone composed of octahedral magnesium aluminum oxide crystals. Spinel occurs in all colors, frequently resembling and being mistaken for rubies and sapphires.
Spectrolite (Labradorite)
LAB151, Labradorite, Spectrolite, [N], 26.4x17.5mm Irregular Shape, 36.75 ct. $ 89.99
Larimar (Pectolite) ...
Spectrolite, moonstone, sunstone, colorless, yellow, red, green
Bytownite
10-30% albite ...
Labradorite/spectrolite can be helpful in any of the above situations. Hold one or place on the third eye (between and above the other two) and think of its flashing color as flames of illumination deeply grounded in being.
Labradorite (Spectrolite)
Stone of transformation. It clears & protects the aura and provides insight into one's destiny. Labradorite also reduces anxiety and stress.
Labradorite (aka: spectrolite, Labrador feldspar, opaline feldspar, or "black moonstone") derives its name from the principal location that it is found, Paul's Island Labrador, a region of Atlantic Canada near the island of Newfoundland.
Spectrolite is dark translucent gemstone with an intense blue flash which is mined in Finland. Labradorite from Madagascar has minute black inclusions and a blue, green or golden flash.
The most valuable deposit of Labradorite is Spectrolite. This particular colorful deposit of Labradorite was discovered in Finland.
Labradorite was originally found along the coast of Labrador about 1805; it is also found in Newfoundland, other parts of Canada, also known as spectrolite, the Ukraine, the Ural mountains, and the USA. Labradorite has a hardness of 6 to 6.
After a new source was found in Finland in the forties, labradorite was introduced in the gem market under the name spectrolite.
Labradorite is sometimes called rainbow moonstone, term which is now prohibited.
Its name is derived from its main source in Labrador, Canada, but large amounts of labradorite are also found in Finland (spectrolite) and Madagascar.
Labradorite: A variety of feldspar with a flashing display of spectral colours, suggestive of the northern lights, sometimes called spectrolite. Found mostly in Karelia, Finland.
Fire
Characteristic of certain gemstones that disperse white light into a rainbow of colors. It is a primary characteristic of gem diamonds, opals, fire agate, spectrolite and other stones.
Gemstone varieties of labradorite exhibiting a high degree of iridescence are called spectrolite, moonstone and sunstone are also commonly used terms, and high-quality samples with good iridescent qualities are desired for jewelry.
There are deposits in Canada (Labrador, Newfoundland), also in the Malagasy Republic, Mexico, Russia and the U.S. Labradorite from Finland which exhibits the spectral color particularly well is offered in the trade as Spectrolite®.
Oregon produces semitransparent to transparent red to green (or bicolored) material ( sunstone , heliolite , or plushstone ). Brilliantly iridescent blue/purple/yellow/green material from Finland is known as spectrolite .
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 See also: Stone, Color, Labradorite, Gemstone, Crystal
  
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