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Amazonite Stone
Chemical formula: KAlSi3O8
Mineral Name: Microcline Feldspar
Hardness: 6
Color: Green, blue/green
Amazonite is the rare green variety of microcline that is used as a semiprecious stone. It is also known as amazon stone. The name microcline comes from two Greek words meaning little and inclined, referring to the cleavage angle's slight inclination from ninety degrees.
Amazonite comes with a hardness of 6 to 6.5 and the color varies in various shades of green to blue-green. It has a vitreous luster with transparency ranging from being opaque to translucent.
Amazonite is used as an ornamental lapidary material. It is said to aleviate muscle spasms and to relieve stress and exhaustion. It also stimulates clarity of thought, to enhance understanding and improves one's ability to interact with others. It is believed to pacify, soothe, harmonize, balance human energies. Amazonite creates a feeling of power and also leads a person away from the self-destructive behavior. It facilitates a feeling of peace and calmness that flows to the heart and aligns the physical and astral bodies.
