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amazonite specimen

Amazonite

Amazonite is a beautiful blue green stone that is usually seen with white streaks running through it. If you take some time to do some research on Amazonite, you'll find there is not a lot of information to be found about this crystal. This could be because it has only recently become well known in the New Age/Metaphysical/magical communities.

Amazonite creates a feeling of power within you. It is almost like you can feel the power of the Amazon running through this crystal. It inspires truth, sincerity, honor, self love, courage, communication, eloquence, integrity, trust, clairvoyance, clarity, prophecy and openness. Hold a piece of Amazonite your third eye (middle of forehead), Amazonite unlocks psychic vision.

Amazonite helps one to analyze and sort out information and combine this process with intuitive wisdom. It helps you to manifest and retain the pure energy of Universal Love. Amazonite is a Spiritual Gem stone of Faith and Self discovery. Too often we tend to use our thinking minds reasoning abilities to try to rationalize thoughts and images we receive, rather than letting our intuitive selves show us the meanings. Amazonite brings you closer to the Spirit that works within you and allows you to trust and act upon those intuitive flashes.

Often, when our faith lags, we tend to get aggravated at ourselves and others around us. This can range from simple aggravation to somewhat self destructive behavior. Amazonite restores our faith, gives us the self confidence we need to make those tough life decisions and still be able to show compassion to others.

Amazonite is a very soothing and calming crystal healing stone. It accomplishes this by dispelling negative energy and allowing us to let go of sadness and grief. It is very calming on both the brain and the nervous system.

* Amazonite Chemical Composition: KAlSi3O8
* Class: tektosilicate
* Crystal system: triclinic; bar 1
* Crystal habit: as anhedral to euhedral crystals or massive, lattice (perthitic) intergrowth with albite is usually present, also rarely in a cuneform interpenetrating pattern with quartz known as graphic granite
* Twinning: twinned according to the albite twin law with {010} the twin plane, and the pericline twin law with b the twin axis. Carlsbad twins also occur, but baveno and manebach twins are rare.
* Specific gravity: 2.56-2.57
* Index of refraction: 1.53
* Birefringence: weak maximum birefringence of 0.008 seen on {001} sections.
* Hardness: 6 to 6.5
* Color: various shades of green to blue-green
* Luster: vitreous
* Transparency: opaque to translucent, rarely transparent
* Cleavage: characteristic cleavages are {001} perfect and {010} distinct intersecting at approximately ninety degrees
* Fracture: conchoidal

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