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Amazonite: Mineral information, data and localities. Exact matching result shown. To search for other matches click here. Named in 1847 by Johann Friedrich August Breithaupt for an unspecified type locality area "near" the Amazon River. A green to blue-green variety of K-feldspar, usually microcline, but sometimes applied to orthoclase.
Amazonit mineral data, information about Amazonit, its properties and worldwide locations.
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A small hand sample of amazonite Amazonite in pegmatite. In thin section, alkali feldspar grains often look like they’re sprinkled with dirt (PPL) or tiny confetti (XPL). You can find the explanation on the alkali feldspar page. Amazonite at mindat.org
Amazonite, also known as amazonstone, [4] is a green tectosilicate mineral, a variety of the potassium feldspar called microcline. [4] [5] [6] Its chemical formula is KAlSi 3 O 8, [1] [7] which is polymorphic to orthoclase.
Amazonite is also called amazonstone or amazon jade (Farndon and Parker, 2011). It was named in 1847 by Johann Fredrich August Breithaupt for the Amazon River although amazonite has never been...
Amazonite is the pale green to bluish green variety of Microcline which is a member of the Feldspar Group of minerals that also includes Albite, Andesine, Anorthite, Bytownite, Hyalophane, Labradorite, Moonstone, Oligoclase, Orthoclase, Sanidine and Sunstone. The color of Amazonite is usually caused by an higher lead (Pb) content of up to 1.2% PbO.
