Deanne
I was wondering if if was Labradorite too. As far as flash goes--in lesser quality stones, if flash is there, you may have to get it in just the right light and at just the right angle to get it to show. Try flipping it around and angling it a hundred different ways in different lights. I picked up one for a friend not long ago that's extremely picky that way...and when the flash isn't visible, it's a boring gray green. (But it's spectrolite, so when you convince it to show off, it's got a full rainbow of colors. So tempted to keep that one!)
I don't think D is Labradorite any more - I've played around with it for a while and haven't seen any change. Also, when I held it up in the sunlight the stone appeared very green; it seems grey most of the time, but direct natural light really brought out the green colour (no sheen or anything though)
Pretty certain. Moonstone has greyish/semi transparent bands running through, or a "cat's eye" effect in the middle. Rainbow moonstone gives off a multi coloured sheen like Labradorite does (natch! Cause it is actually a form of Labradorite!)
To me, Moonstone is pretty distinctive. It has a pearly sheen to it that isn't present on white quartz. And the white moonstone I've personally seen doesn't have the almost bleached white tone of the white quartz, it's closer to an off white. I tend to agree with Padma based on current evidence.
Okay, thanks for elaborating on that This stone definitely doesn't have any of those effects/features, so white Quartz it is.
Well...it looks more pink/greyish white to me than brown. Smoky Topaz normally runs from a very pale whitish brown to a very dark brown, and anywhere in between. But, I guess it might be, if it looks brown to you in real life? Computer monitors can change the real colour of things.
I'd need more pics to be sure, but right now, it doesn't look like any smoky I'm familiar with. Close ups, more angles, and holding it up to the light might help, it looks pinkish on my screen too.
Hmm, I still don't see any pink, but I don't see brown either. Just completely grey. Will look into that some more.
I'm starting to think I'll keep this stone separate from most of the others regardless. Most of my tumbles I use for their metaphysical properties, but this one I don't actually feel much with. I chose it because it has these 'shapes' inside that look like buildings, trees, mountains, or some other structure - looks like a whole little magical land inside I just like to look at it. Can't get that detail in a photo though