amazonite

[am-uh-zuh-nahyt]

noun

Mineralogy.

1. a green feldspar, a variety of microcline, used as an ornamental material.

amazonite

/ ˈæməzəˌnaɪt /

noun

1. Also called: Amazon stone. a green variety of microcline used as a gemstone. Formula: KAlSi 3 O 8

Word History and Origins

Origin of amazonite¹

1595–1605; Amazon (river) + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

Pink mother-of-pearl earrings, ocean-hued amazonite bracelets and flame-tinged cornelian rings are all in full bloom in this versatile collection.

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While $5,000 days are extremely rare, the Stallingses do earn a living selling specimens of gold, amazonite, pyrite, quartz, fluorite, shark teeth and obsidian out of the back of their Toyota RAV4 and on eBay.

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It’s over a bowl of real grapes, though, that the flies are crowding: For weeks, Ryan has been observing the fruits’ slowly shriveling skins, now furrowed with mineral-green pastures of mold, in an effort to perfect her simulacra in amethyst, rose quartz and amazonite.

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The collection’s equally exotic masterpiece was the Lady Gipset, hand-embroidered with different kinds of gemstones including quartz, tourmaline, sodalite, amazonite and pink jasper.

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The handsome, hefty-looking hand candy consisted of brass, silver or gold rings inlaid with square-cut stones like opal, turquoise and amazonite or slightly more rectangular strips of lapis or onyx approximately the width of a USB jump drive.

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