Notes from the workshop.

What I learn about the stone, the metal, and the twelve signs, written down as I go. No schedule. A piece appears when there is something worth saying.

The long read

Which zodiac should wear moonstone

The argument across all twelve signs, why the calendar hands the Moon's own sign a ruby, and how to choose when the lists disagree.

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A rainbow moonstone bracelet laid out straight on blue-gray paper, the stone and its coin at the center

The month

Moonstone, and the other two stones June was given

Pearl, moonstone and alexandrite. What the 1912 list actually is, how the three differ in hardness and in light, and how to choose between them.

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A rainbow moonstone bracelet with its silver coin, laid on navy velvet, two loose rainbow moonstones out of focus behind it
GSI report 74841180101: natural labradorite (rainbow moonstone), 4.82 ct oval cabochon
Where the stone comes from
The lab report on our stones, what the name means, and who makes the silver.
A rainbow moonstone bracelet with an engraved silver coin, laid flat on dark velvet
Moonstone for Scorpio
The deep end of the water signs.
Close-up of an oval rainbow moonstone with a blue flash, beside an engraved silver coin on woven fabric
How to Tell a Real Moonstone
The tilt test, and what opalite actually is.
The care card that comes with each piece, resting on a camel-colored knit
Moonstone Care
Water, cleaning, and the one thing not to do.

Quiet, and always there.