This appealing gem variety does shine with a cool lunar light but it is the mineral feldspar, quite terrestrial in origin. The shimmer, which is called schiller or adularescence, is caused by the intergrowth of two different types of feldspar, with different refractive indexes. Moonstones come in a variety of colors. The body color can range from colorless to gray, brown, yellow, green, or pink. The clarity ranges from transparent to translucent. The best moonstone has a blue sheen, perfect clarity, and a colorless body color. Sometimes moonstone will have an eye as well as sheen.
Deborah Tannen is University Professor and a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. She is the author of 15 books, including You Just Donât Understand: Women and Men in Conversation (William Morrow, 1990), which introduced to the general public the idea of female and male styles of communication.
1 And the Rendering (2002). 2  Shannen was the host of the series Scare Tactics (2003). 3  Shannen made her return to television on Fox's drama series North Shore (2004). 4  She has ventured into new projects and in 2006, she starred in her own reality series, Breaking Up with Shannen Doherty .lthough little is known about why Shannen Doherty really left Charmed, these are the more well-known theories: 1  Shannen Doherty had several disputes with co-star Alyssa Milano and/or executive producer Brad Kern. 2  She left because it was hard to work with somebody for a long period of time when there are disagreements.