Amazonite - MD

Amazonite is a green to bluish opaque gemstone variety of microcline. It is generally not uniformly colored, but very suitable for carving and polishing. Microcline is a common, but not well known, mineral.

Item Size: Medium 3/4 - 1" (18-25mm)


GENERAL INFORMATION

Mineral Class: Silicates

Mineral Species: Tectosilicates (Framework Silicates)

Mineral Group: Potassium Feldspar (Subgroup: Microcline)

Chemical Formula: KAlSi₃O₈

Composition:
14.05% - Potassium K
09.69% - Aluminum Al
30.27% - Silicon Si
45.99% - Oxygen

Environment: Granitic pegmatites, hydrothermal and metamorphic rocks

IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1830

Locality: Feldspar as a group is common mineral found world wide

Name Origin: AMAZONITE – From the Amazon River in Brazil, where there are important deposits. MICROCLINE - From the Greek mikron meaning ‘little’ and klinein meaning ‘to stoop.’

Amazonite Sources: Brazil, India, Namibia, Madagascar, Russia, Colorado


PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

Cleavage: Perfect, Good

Color: Green, bluish green

Crystal System: Triclinic – Pinacoidal

Density: 2.56

Diaphaniety: Transparent – Translucent

Fracture: Uneven – Flat surfaces (not cleavage) fractured in an uneven pattern.

Habit: Blocky – Crystal shape tends to be equant (e.g. feldspars).

Habit: Crystalline – Coarse – Occurs as well-formed coarse sized crystals.

Habit: Prismatic – Crystals shaped like slender prisms (e.g. tourmaline).

Hardness: 6 – Orthoclase

Luminescence: Non-fluorescent

Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)

Specific Gravity: 2.56

Streak: White


METAPHYSICAL PROPERTIES

Affirmation: I speak and live my highest truth, and I call forth its manifestation in the world.

Chakras: Throat, heart

Number: 5

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Planet: Uranus

Element: Water

Beneficial for: Electromagnetic smog; emotional trauma; worry; fear; negative energy; aggravation; universal love; alcoholism; thyroid and parathyroid; liver; nervous system; osteoporosis; tooth decay; calcium balance; calcium deposits; metabolic deficiencies; calcium deficiencies; muscle spasm; gout; arthritis; hair loss; brittle nails; adrenal glands

Amazonite is deeply stimulating for the heart and throat chakras. Its energy is that of personal truth, allowing one to express one’s heart through communication. (It’s especially helpful for musicians and writers!) Amazonite is a stone of harmony, a truth-teller and a peacemaker, assisting one in communicating one’s true thoughts and feelings without over-emotionalism. This is the first step towards both inner and outer peace.

It opens and clears the throat chakra to assist those who tend to repress the expression of their own thoughts and feelings due to fear of confrontation or conflict. This stone also assists one in identifying how one’s words have created current reality, and how to change one’s communication to reflect a higher, more aligned reality. It can empower us in manifesting our dreams; as it works with the throat chakra, intentions spoken aloud will be magnified. Holding Amazonite while forcefully affirming aloud what one wishes to create can powerfully enhance one’s ability to bring it into being. The power of the spoken word is a great and mystical thing – remember that Genesis affirms that the Universe was brought into being by the word of God. Amazonite teaches us to speak the truth and to make what we speak come true.

Once one has expressed one’s truth, it is necessary to assume to other person’s point of view in order to achieve harmony, and Amazonite facilitates this through activation of the heart chakra. A similar process operates within oneself, as the competing factions of one’s personality with their separate motivations and desires come to awareness through self-examination. Sleeping with Amazonite can bring these all into focus through dream symbolism. Meditating with the stone makes everything more conscious, so one can listen to and integrate all the parts of the self. This is a stone of truth, so the visions, dreams, and intuitions that surface while working with it can be trusted.

Amazonite is helpful for those who don’t know what they want, what they feel, or what they have to offer the world; this stone can assist them in gaining clarity, gently pointing them toward their knowledge and gifts. Amazonite also assists those who have difficulty setting appropriate boundaries. Because of its ability to help overcome fear of conflict, it frees one to identify and set strong and clear boundaries on physical, energetic and emotional levels. These can be internal boundaries helping one to develop self-discipline, or external boundaries assisting in defining one’s personal space.

Amazonite is also a powerful filter, absorbing microwaves and cell phone emanations and protecting against electromagnetic pollution.