Labradorite Crystal System is Triclinic.
Atoms formed three axes, all of them are unequal in length, none of them are right angles to each other. Its shape is three dimensional like a cube, but it has been skewed or inclined to one side making it oblique. All crystal faces are parallel to each other.
Labradorite is a feldspar gemstone. It often displays a beautiful iridescent play of colours, which can move as the stone is rotated.
Labradorite gemstones usually have a dark base colour with metallic-looking colour plays of blue, green, yellow, and red. This iridescent effect is commonly known as labradorescence, and is named after this stone. It is caused by internal fractures that reflect light back and forth, dispersing it into different colours.
Labradorite in a white matrix is often called "Rainbow Moonstone".
Spectrolite is a particular variety of Labradorite from Finland.
Labradorite got it's name by Missionaries on the Isle of Paul, near Nain, Labrador, Canada.
The Eskimo Inuit people, Canada's First Nations believed that the Aurora Borealis was imprisoned within the stone and the Northern Lights were missing from the sky and locked in the iridescent stone.
Only when a warrior crushed the Labradorite, were the lights set free and returned to their rightful home.
