moonstone

English

A moonstone

Etymology

moon +‎ stone

Noun

moonstone (plural moonstones)

(mineralogy) A translucent gemstone, an orthoclase feldspar, that has a pearly lustre.

Translations

translucent gemstone

Arabic: حَجَر اَلْقَمْر‎ m (ḥajar al-qamr)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 月長石 (zh), 月长石 (zh) (yuèzhǎngshí) (or yuèchángshí)
Czech: měsíček
Dutch: maansteen (nl) m
Finnish: kuukivi (fi)
French: pierre de lune (fr)
German: Mondstein (de)
Hungarian: holdkő (hu)

Italian: pietra di luna f, lunaria f
Japanese: 月長石 (げっちょうせき, gecchouseki)
Kazakh: айтас (aytas)
Korean: 월장석(月長石) (woljangseok)
Portuguese: pedra da Lua f
Russian: лу́нный ка́мень m (lúnnyj kámenʹ)
Spanish: piedra de luna f
Swedish: månsten

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