Amazon

Semi-precious stones, gems Mineral characteristic.

Amazonite - green or bluish-green feldspar KAlSi3O8 with whitish silky sheen. Variety of mineral microcline refers to honesty, painted lead ions in the blue-green or green, often non-uniform color due to inclusions of white and yellowish albite. Coating resistant to 500 degrees temperature. Semi-precious stone. In order to see the poorly marked phenomenon of iridescence (running on the surface otsverk), amazonite need to split naturally and sanded along the natural cleavage. The products amazonite rarely oshlifovyvayut correctly, so the phenomenon of iridescence is not observed, the stone does not show its wonderful features. But amazonite in the form of a sphere, oval, etc. round or ovoid guaranteed to shine and show the phenomenon of iridescence in rotation. Amazonite is used as a decorative-facing stone. The most important thing - the right to cut or faceted amazonite cabochon at the required angle.

These stones have been known to people since ancient times. On the territory of Ethiopia and Egypt amazonite mines already existed for several thousand years before our era. Amazonite is often to be found in ancient Egyptian amulets and jewelry. Ancient Greek myths say that the times The leader of the Amazons Hippolyta was made of green stones. Perhaps it was amazonite? Anyway, according to the testimony of ancient historians, quarried stone in the Amazon if Riphaeus mountains. It used to be called the Urals, where amazonite really there. Jewellery amazonite found during excavations of Scythian burial mounds in those places where the descriptions of Herodotus and Pliny lived Amazons.

Amazonite today the most widely used for the manufacture of necklaces, brooches, cufflinks, vases, boxes, ashtrays, etc. Amazonite is most often found in the form of large crystals, sometimes friends and individual crystals of up to 1.5 m (sometimes more). Amazonite is opaque or translucent in thin plates. Painting amazonite green, greenish-blue, bluish-green. Often there are samples of amazonite pertitovye intergrowths of albite white, which makes them particularly attractive and silky ebb. Amazonite green color disappears by heating it to 300-500 o C, but it can be reduced under the influence of X-rays or radioactive or even during prolonged storage in the dark. When heated to a temperature of more than 600 o C causes irreversible discoloration amazonite. It has been experimentally proved that amazonitic coloring can be obtained by X-ray irradiation microcline mineral enriched various impurity elements.

Amazonite can be a rock-forming mineral granites and pegmatites, found in hydrothermal pneumatolytic formations, but the main amazonite field will be used as a jewelry and gemstone, associated with rare-earth and rare-metal pegmatites amazonitic. Amazonite Diagnosis is usually straightforward due to the presence of characteristic white pertitovyh intergrowths, but sometimes it can be taken for amazonite, jadeite and turquoise.

The magical properties of stones.

Amazonite - a stone of courage and devotion. The bright green color of amazonite creates a good mood, relieves anxiety and uncertainty. It is believed that the jewelry amazonite help strengthen family relationships and build a strong family. They are attracted to material wealth and are able to inspire the elderly to youth impulses. Mystics underlay pieces of amazonite a magic altar to impart special properties. Not by chance it is believed that amazonite reinforces the tendency to visions. It develops natural laziness. It is especially useful for people who have an increased-aggressive reaction to wanting to divide the world into two halves sharply environment - black and white. Amazonite protects people from rash actions, misperception, excessive self-esteem and a pathological pride, entailing a huge amount of trouble. stone women bring life success, victory over the complex circumstances offers many interesting and favorable realization of possibilities, besides it will make the charm and beauty resistant to the adverse effects of general and in particular will be a female talisman against zavistnits, witches, etc. Amazonite -. talisman artistic natures activating romantic trends and transforming them into real acquisition and promotion, it is a talisman, and the people who love to talk with a lot of other individuals in the search for relationships and dating for the promotion of social: amazonite will help them to be adequate to any situation, be able to find common ground and tactfully to find out another person's opinion, without insisting on his own. Amazonite -.. Sacred stone in many nations, that is able to bind to the host with a fantastic wealth of information and energy of the universe. Stone is useless to those who do not want to learn to set themselves goals and achieve them, that is, those who do not intend to move forward on the path of spiritual development, for amazonite exclusively recognizes the great problems of its owner. Buildable stone can even give a mystical revelation.

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All rare stones should always be checked on a regular dosimeter on the permissible level of radiation and a chemical laboratory in the absence of toxic and volatile components which are hazardous to humans and the environment.

  1. Adamini *
  2. Annaberg ** erythrite
  3. antimonite *
  4. Arsenolit **
  5. arsenopyrite **
  6. orpiment **
  7. Bayldonit *
  8. Beryl **
  9. betafite **
  10. Billietit **
  1. Bismutinit *
  2. antimonnickel *
  3. Viteri *
  4. gadolinium **
  5. Galit * *
  6. geocronite *
  7. glaucodot *
  8. Dekluazit Mottramit **
  9. Jordan *
  10. Carnot **
  1. vermilion **
  2. cobaltite *
  3. Kottunit *
  4. Lirokonit *
  5. marcasite *
  6. monazite *
  7. ammonia *
  8. Nichelino *
  9. Autun **
  10. pyromorphite *
  11. pyrochlore *
  1. proustite *
  2. rammelsbergite *
  3. realgar **
  4. Mercury *
  5. Senarmontit *
  6. Sulphur *
  7. skutterudite *
  8. Strontianite * *
  9. Antimony *
  10. tetrahedron *
  11. thorianite **
  1. Torit **
  2. uraninite **
  3. Farmacol *
  4. chalcocite *
  5. Hutchinson *
  6. Celestine * *
  7. Zircon **
  8. euxenite **
  9. enargite *
  10. aeschynite **
  11. conichalcite

Catalog of stones - all the stones in alphabetical order

  1. Aventurine *
  2. Agat ***
  3. azurite *
  4. Aquamarine *
  5. Alexandrite
  6. Diamond ***
  7. Almandine
  8. Amazonite *
  9. Amethyst **
  10. Ametrine
  11. Ammolite
  12. Ammonite
  13. Apatite
  14. Belemnite
  15. Beryl **
  16. mammoth tusk
  17. Turquoise
  18. Bulls-eye
  19. Verdelho
  20. Gagate (coal) * *
  21. Heliodorus **
  22. Heliotrope
  23. Hematite **
  24. Hessonite
  25. Howlite, Cowley
  26. Garnet
  27. grossular
  28. demantoid **
  1. chrome diopside Diopside
  2. Draveil
  3. petrified wood
  4. dumortierite
  5. Jade
  6. Pearl
  7. Emerald **
  8. Calcite *
  9. cacholong
  10. Quartz
  11. Quartz-hair-worm
  12. Quartz pink
  13. vermilion **
  14. conichalcite **
  15. Corals
  16. Corundum
  17. Cat's Eye Quartz
  18. Cat's eye chrysoberyl
  19. Flint * *
  20. Kuntz **
  21. Labrador **
  22. Lapis lazuli
  23. Moonstone
  24. Malachite
  1. Meteorite
  2. morganite **
  3. Morion **
  4. Jade **
  5. Obsidian **
  6. Onyx marble. **
  7. Onyx chalcedony
  8. Opal
  9. Orthoclase, microcline **
  10. pegmatite **
  11. Nacre
  12. Pyrite * *
  13. pyrope
  14. semi-opal
  15. Prase
  16. Rauhkvarts smoky quartz **
  17. Rhodonite
  18. Ruby
  19. rubellite
  20. Sapphire **
  21. Sardonyx
  22. Selenite
  23. Serafini
  24. Cornelian
  25. Serpentine (coil) **
  1. Simbirtsit **
  2. Sodalite
  3. Hawkeye
  4. staurolite **
  5. Tektite *
  6. Eye of the Tiger
  7. Tourmaline *
  8. Topaz
  9. Uvarovite
  10. Ulex * *
  11. fluorite
  12. Haliotis
  13. Chalcedony
  14. Peridot *
  15. Chrysoprase **
  16. crystal mountain
  17. Celestine * *
  18. Citrine
  19. Zircon **
  20. charoit **
  21. Schorl
  22. Spinel *
  23. Shungite * *
  24. eudialyte *
  25. euclase
  26. Epidote (Jasper)
  27. Amber
  28. Jasper