In Celebration of 10 Magical Years of Singapore Night Festival, The Gem Museum Presents "A Galaxy of Moons & Stars"

Moons & Stars

Moonstone is the name given to the member of a feldspar group of gemstones. They are remarkable for their chatoyancy or adularescence (Glow or inner light). This effect is in the form of a white shimmer, similar to moonshine, caused by structural anomalies within the crystal formation.

Fine moonstone is quite rare. It is found in various locales including the United States but the finest and most abundant sources are in Burma, Sri Lanka and India. Moonstone's body colour can range from colourless to white, grey, brown, yellow, orange, green, or peach. But its beauty is in its sheen, which can be white to deep flame blue.

Star stones are part of a special group of phenomenal gems in the world of gemstones. These stones exhibit special optical phenomena, including asterism (star effect), colour gradation (cat's eye effect) adularescence (flickering light) and iridescence (rainbow effect).

About The Gem Museum

Founded on June 1^st, 2015 by Ms Loke Huiying and Mr Tay Kunming, The Gem Museum is Singapore’s first and most comprehensive private gem museum open to the public. It aims to become the international platform that bridges the gemstone industry and the rest of the world.

The Gem Museum features a wide variety of gemstones and minerals from around the world. Besides being committed to showcase some of the world’s most precious and rare gemstones, it is a place where learning is highly favoured and relationship building within the industry is encouraged. Most of the gems and minerals on display belong to the private collection of Far East Gem Institute’s founder, Mr Tay Thye Sun.

For more information, please visit http://thegemmuseum.gallery/.