moonstone

[Eng. moon, and stone.] Min .: A variety of orthoclase (q. v.), yielding moon-like white reflections. The best specimens, which are used in jewelry, are found in Ceylon. "Its own curved prow of wrought moonstone ." Shelley: Revolt of Islam , i. 23. moôn-strück, moôn-strick-en, a. [English moon, and struck, stricken . ] Struck by the moon, which by some has been fancifully supposed to be capable of inspiring madne or frenzy; fanciful, sentimental. "As moonstruck bards complain." Byron: Childe Harold , i. 72. moôn-wõrt, s. [Eng. moon, and wort (q. v.).] Bot .: (1) Rumex lunaria ; (2) Botrychium lunaria , and the genus Botrychium (q. v.).