The phrase "a moonstone for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific purpose or recipient for a moonstone, such as a gift or an item intended for someone.
Example: "I bought a moonstone for my sister's birthday, as she loves gemstones."
Alternatives: "a moonstone intended for" or "a moonstone meant for".
A stalled negotiation might have elicited from her jewelry box a turtle in lapis lazuli; a friendly summit, the dandelion with a moonstone for its puff; a contentious encounter, a rhinestone bee or a copper-pincered crab.
Collins writes, "A stalled negotiation might have elicited from her jewelry box a tortoise in lapis lazuli; a friendly summit, the dandelion with a moonstone for its puff; a contentious encounter, a turquoise wasp or a copper-pincered crab".
No need for a Moonstone, Waterstone or Leafstone (oh, this analogy runs deep); you probably have all the necessary pieces to evolve your egg sandwich at home as we speak.
Gold and enamel ring set with a moonstone cameo frog.
On a recent trip together, Castilla marveled at a moonstone gem she spotted at a store.
Find a moonstone or moonpool.
Make a place like a Moonstone where leaders go to get their nine lives.
Bella wears a silver ring with a moonstone on it and she wears that on her right index finger.
He persisted but was always a slow worker, a radio play, According to Plan, surfacing eventually in 1987, then an adaptation of Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone for the Worcester Swan in 1990 (a TV version came in 1997), followed by a smart and spikey adaptation of Alexander Ostrovsky's Artists and Admirers for the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1992.
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So here's my question: Do you mean to tell me that you've been reading "The Moonstone" for the last twenty or so years?
