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Moonstone (Lone Wolf)
Moonstone may refer to: * Moonstone (gemstone), a sodium potassium aluminium silicate Arts and entertainment Fictional entities * Moonstone, Colorado, a town in '' The Song of the Lark'' by Willa Cather * Moonstone (comics), the name of two Marvel Comics universe characters * Moonstone, a plot element in season 2 of ''The Vampire Diaries'' * Moonstone Opal, a plot element in ''Tangled The Series'' * Moonstone, a setting in Erin Hunter's ''Warriors'' story arc * Moonstone, an artifact in the ''Lone Wolf'' gamebooks Film and television * ''The Moonstone'' (1909 film), by William Nicholas Selig, probably lost * ''The Moonstone'' (1915 film), by Frank Hall Crane * ''The Moonstone'' (1934 film), by Reginald Barker * ''The Moonstone'' (1996 film), a TV film * ''The Moonstone'' (1959 TV series), a British miniseries * ''The Moonstone'' (1972 TV series), a British miniseries * ''The Moonstone'' (2016 TV series), a British miniseries * "Moonstone" (The Outer Limits), a 1964 epi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moonstone (gemstone)
Moonstone is a sodium potassium aluminium silicate ((Na,K)AlSi3O8) of the feldspar group that displays a pearly and opalescent schiller. An alternative name is hecatolite. Etymology File:Pierrelune.jpg, Moonstone polished ''en cabochon'' The name ''moonstone'' derives from the stone's characteristic visual effect, called adularescence (or schiller), which produces a milky, bluish interior light. This effect is caused by light diffraction through alternating layers of orthoclast and albite within the stone. The diffracted light varies from white to blue, depending on the thinness of the albite layers. More technically, this micro-structure consists of regular exsolution layers (lamellae) of different alkali feldspars (orthoclase and sodium-rich plagioclase). Polished moonstones often display chatoyancy ("cat's eye" effect), where a luminous streak appears through the stone. Asterism is rare and produces four-legged stars. Geology The most common moonstone is of the orthocl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Hard Days Knight
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pachyphytum Oviferum
''Pachyphytum oviferum'', the sugaralmond plant or moonstone, is a species of plant in the genus ''Pachyphytum''. The meaning of the name ''Pachyphytum oviferum'' is ''thick plant bearing eggs''. It comes from Mexico, in the rocky cliffs of the state of San Luis Potosi at 1200 meters altitude. Description The leaves are Succulent plant, succulent and egg-shaped, which gave its name to the species. The stems (20 cm long, 1 cm thick) rise then fall with about 15 leaves. These leaves are 3 to 5 cm long, 1.8 to 3 cm wide and 8 to 17 mm thick. Leaves are pale blue-green to bluish-purple, looking like a sugared almond confection. The inflorescence consists of a 30 cm stem bearing scarlet, bell-shaped flowers. References Bibliography * * External links Crassulaceae {{Crassulaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
