Amazonite
Amazonite stone meaning and crystal healing properties. Amazonite raw beads are often use as jewelry beads, bracelet, necklace, ring and earrings.
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Amazonite properties
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 Ilmensky Mountains, 50 miles southwest of Chelyabinsk, Russia, where it occurs in granitic rocks.
More recently, high quality crystals have been obtained from Pike’s Peak, Colorado, where it is found associated with smoky quartz, orthoclase, and albite in a coarse granite or pegmatite.
Crystals can also be found in Crystal Park, El Paso County, Colorado. Other locations in the United States which yield include the Morefield Mine in Amelia Courthouse, Virginia. It is also found in pegmatite in Madagascar, Canada and in Brazil.
Coloring of amazonite
Because of its bright green color when polished, the stone is sometimes cut and used as a cheap gemstone, although it is easily fractured, and loses its gloss due to its softness.
For many years, the source of amazonite’s color was a mystery. Naturally, many people assumed the color was due to copper because copper compounds often have blue and green colors. More recent studies suggest that the blue green color results from small quantities of lead and water in the feldspar.
Feldspar
Feldspars (KAlSi3O8 – NaAlSi3O8 – CaAl2Si2O8) are a group of rock forming tectosilicate minerals that make up about 41% of the Earth’s continental crust by weight.
Feldspars crystallize from magma as veins in both intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks and are also present in many types of metamorphic rock. Rock formed almost entirely of calcic plagioclase feldspar is known as anorthosite. Feldspars are also found in many types of sedimentary rocks.
This group of minerals consists of tectosilicates. Compositions of major elements in common feldspars can be expressed in terms of three endmembers:
– potassium feldspar (K-spar) endmember KAlSi3O8
– albite endmember NaAlSi3O8
– anorthite endmember CaAl2Si2O8
Amazonite healing properties benefits
The following section is pseudo scientific and based on cultural beliefs.
A soothing stone. The stone meaning and crystal healing properties calms the brain and nervous system and aids in maintaining optimum health. Balances the masculine and feminine energies. Raw amazonite beads helps you to see both sides of a problem or different points of view. It soothes emotional trauma, alleviating worry and fear.
It will also help you hold on to your integrity and honor because you will be protected by its healing and positive energies as it dispels negative energy including negative psychic attacks. You will gain intuitive wisdom and pure love with the help of the stone.
Chakra amazonite meaning
Amazonite is deeply stimulating to both the heart and throat chakras. The heart chakra, located near the center of the breastbone, regulates our interaction with the external world and controls what we embrace and what we resist. It gives us the balancing ability to be ourselves within the environment.
FAQ
What is amazonite good for?
A soothing stone. It calms the brain and nervous system and aids in maintaining optimum health. Raw stone is beneficial in osteoporosis, tooth decay, calcium deficiency and calcium deposits. It relieves muscle spasms.
How do I use amazonite for healing?
Wear crystal earrings and necklaces to keep the gemstones near the head and throat. Carry a worry stone in a pocket when going out of the house. Hold the stone for calm, soothing energy during especially stressful times.
Where should amazonite be placed in a home?
It is a very useful gemstone which can be placed in a variety of places. Keep one in the bedroom, on a nightstand or under the pillow, where it can give you a restful night’s sleep, keep nightmares away and help decipher some of your dreams.
Is it safe to wear amazonite stone?
Some healing energies stones contain iron and can be magnetic so should not be kept near your computers but The stone is perfectly safe for your devices and will help shield you from their harmful influence.
What kind of stones are working with amazonite?
Amazonite crystal is best paired with other throat chakra stones. If you wish to have a more mature and more graceful way to express your emotions, you can pair your stone with pink tourmaline, rhodochrosite, opal, or aventurine.
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