Amazonite Value, Price, and Jewelry Informa on

Some amazonite cut from Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gem cu ng by Afonso Marques. Photo By Eurico Zimbres Zimbres (talk) 17:34, 14 September 2008 (UTC) (Own work)
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Amazonite is a variety of microcline, which is itself a variety of feldspar.

Amazonite Value
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Amazonite Informa on
DATA VALUE

Name Amazonite

Is a Variety of Microcline

Crystallography  Triclinic.

Refrac ve Index  1.522-1.530

Colors  Green, blue-green

Luster  Vitreous.

Fracture  Uneven to conchoidal

Hardness  6-6.5

Specific Gravity  2.54-2.63

 DATA VALUE

Birefringence  0.008

Cleavage  Perfect

Luminescence  Weak olive green, possibly medium to faint red SW, yellow-green LW

Transparency  Translucent to opaque.

Op cs  Biaxial (-)

Comments

Amazonite is a variety of microcline which is a variety of feldspar.

Sources

Brazil; India; United States.

Name

Amazonite is named a er the Amazon River basin in South America.

by Joel E. Arem, Ph.D., FGA

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