Once upon a moonlit night, two hearts blended, love surrendered, with embracing arms, remember (borrowed from a song by Frank Sinatra).

In Antiquity, as well as in the Middle Ages, people believed that the cosmos is reflected in gemstones. Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist traditions mingled with Pagan legends led to the association of certain precious stones with different days, months, astrological signs, Tribes of Israel, and Apostles, but also with healing powers for social, physiological, metaphysical, and even medical conditions.

The moonstone is assigned to the planets Neptune and Venus. The combination of moonstone with Venus is interesting as it's still today considered to be a woman's stone. The moonstone is the birthstone or month stone for June. Moonstone is said to protect travellers, especially from danger by sea, reconcile lovers, bring good fortune, inner growth, and strength. (Not that we necessarily promote or believe such claims, but we think they make for interesting conversation.)

In semi-precious stones, there are gems and gems, but this cabochon-cut moonstone is the gem of gems. This top-quality fine blue moonstone shows an incredible "three-dimensional" depth of color, which one will see clearly only when playfully tilting the stone and moving it. Transparent with a violet hue when playing with it in the light. Blue moonstones of fine quality are becoming increasingly scarce, pushing up the prices accordingly, and to find one of this size is even rarer. Executed in platinum with six old mine brilliant cut diamonds in line pointing towards the moonstone, this jewel is an example of how frugal and yet beautiful Art Deco can be.

Click here to see a close-up of this beautiful moonstone pendant.

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