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Adularescence is an optical phenomena often called the “moonstone” effect. The phenomenon is applied to feldspar, usually orthoclase that, when cut as a cabochon, exhibits a floating, billowy bluish or white light as the stone is turned. Referred to as schiller by mineralogists.