amazonite

[ am-uh-zuh-nahyt ]

noun

, Mineralogy.

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

amazonite

/ ˈæməzəˌnaɪt /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of amazonite¹

1595–1605; Amazon (river) + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

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.

From New York Times

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.

From New York Times

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Los Angeles Times

Inside the second is a single cluster of aqua-colored Amazonite, gently striated with white.

From Literature