an iridescent spectacle
An everchanging blue-rainbow stone
Labradorite is a vibrant mineral that scatters amazing oranges, yellows, greens, blues across its surface. This menagerie of color is produced by the inclusions of calcium, aluminum, and sodium. When magma containing this mixture cools, it produces separation of microlayers in the rock called lamellae. These separations are spaced only nanometers apart, but the gaps cause a slight irregularity on the surface. These lamellae act like a million tiny mirrors, each refracting light in a different direction.
Mini Museum offers a wide collection of labradorite specimens: our Fine Labradorite Pendants, Labradorite Eclipse Pendants, and hand-held Labradorite Palm Stones.
Explore our collection of this wonderous stone in the collection below!
Shiny Treasures Bundle - Gems, Jewels, and Natural Wonder
Shiny Treasures Bundle - Gems, Jewels, and Natural Wonder
FURTHER READING
Werner, Abraham Gottlob. A treatise on the external characters of fossils. MN Mahon, 1805.
Labradorite, Mindat.org. https://www.mindat.org/show.php?id=2308.
Werner, Abraham Gottlob. Von den Γ€usserlichen Kennzeichen der Fossilien. Bey Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius, 1774.