Featured Opals or?

My hubby asks same... I generally answer, "I don't now yet... but you always could sell it when I'll pass" (I'm 7 years older than him)
And either, he doesn't have the faintiest idea of the size of my hidden hoard, seing only what is on display

 

Do either Moonstone or Laborodite have an objection to a quick wash with some gentle soap do you think?
The silver is now clean but the stones are pretty grimy. I know Opals don't like getting wet so just thought I should check about these!

 

No problem.

 

Like all stones there are different levels of quality,yours are on the lower end.The more expensive stones have more color and brighter flash.

 

I'd better get polishing then!

 

Labradorite comes in at least two colors, gray with the blue-ish butterfly wing effect, and white with the rainbow-y effect. Some folks call white labradorite "rainbow moonstone", just to confuse matters. I think there's an orange one too, but I've never seen it in person.

 

The distinction does not seem to be a well-defined one. According to this sort of Moonstone for Dummies page from the GIA

https://www.gia.edu/moonstone-description

'To be called moonstone, a mineral’s actual identity is not as important as the beauty of its adularescence.'

 

It's easier to tell them apart in person.

 

Think we would also like to see them cleaned up & photographed on a white background. I don't know what colors behind are doing to colors displayed by the stones in pix.

 

I'll take some more photos when I've given them a bit more of a clean up!.

 

Found this what seems like a good article on Moonstones. Other good articles on there for amateurs like me!
https://www.modernvintagestyle.co.uk/blog-section/Different-Types-and-Colours-of-Moonstone

 

@KSW

The above link is full of misleading/bad information with a number of "trade names" which do not apply to actual moonstone.

 

Oops, ok, I'll unlearn what I've just read!

 

Try this one - the GIA. Their stuff is 99.99% legit.

https://www.gia.edu/moonstone-description