Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
Amazonite (sometimes called Amazon stone) is a green variety of microcline feldspar.The name is taken from that of the Amazon River from which certain green stones were formerly obtained but it is doubtful whether green feldspar occurs in the Amazon area.Amazonite is a mineral of limited occurrence. Formerly it was obtained almost exclusively from the area of Miass in the Ilmen Mountains 50 miles southwest of Chelyabinsk Russia where it occurs in granitic rocks.
