Let's learn about Amazonite stone meanings, from its geological facts to its crystal healing properties.
This serene blue-green gemstone is a soothing member of the Feldspar family. How can it benefit you?
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What is Amazonite?
Amazonite is the only blue-green crystal and the only gem variety of Microcline Feldspar. Microcline is the most common Feldspar.
Other Feldspar family members that you probably know are Moonstone, Sunstone, and Labradorite. The Feldspar family is known for its distinctive iridescent sheen. Amazonite is no exception to this phenomenon, and upon the surface of the stone, you will often find a dancing shine.
The distinctive sheen is caused by the thin layers of Orthoclase and Albite. This iridescence is also known as Schiller Sheen and opalescence.
What is another name for Amazonite?
Amazonite is also known as Amazon Stone. You may also see it incorrectly labeled as Amazon Jade by deceptive or naive vendors.
Flower Amazonite is the name given to the stones when they show a wide range of natural colors like black, orange, and green in one piece.
Do you benefit from Amazonite?
You may benefit from Amazonite crystals if you can relate to any of the following:
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You want to speak your truth
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You would like to open your Heart chakra
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You are attracted to blue-green colors
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You want to balance your male and female energies
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You believe in morality, justice, and fairness
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You need to calm your worries
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You want to attract friendly energies to you
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You find peace in the soothing ocean waves
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Your inner child seeks healing
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You seek a lucky stone promoting positive thinking
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You want to shield against EMFs
What are the metaphysical properties of Amazonite?
In crystal healing, Amazonite is excellent for opening and balancing the Heart Chakra.
It also helps to balance the feminine and masculine energy that all of us humans have within us. It coaxes you to see both views of the problem. Once you realize that there are two sides to every story, you can make more informed and rational decisions.
Here are a few other metaphysical properties that have been associated with Amazonite stone:
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Helps you to see both points of view on any problem – great to place in meeting areas.
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Clears the path for creative expression when placed or worn at the Throat chakra.
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Alleviates worry, fear, and aggravation when rubbed as a worry stone.
- Promotes a positive mindset, bringing optimism and high vibrations to your aura.
How do you use Amazonite in healing?
Whether you are using Amazonite in your healing practice, for meditation, or enhancing your space, here are just a few ideas to get you started. Know more? Share with us and we'll add them here.
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Lie in an Amazonite tumbled stone grid for a balanced yin and yang energy.
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Wear Amazonite jewelry for self-love and attracting friendly energy.
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Give Amazonite to those with whom you have a special connection.
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Meditate with Amazonite spheres when astral traveling.
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Place raw Amazonite in the home for a connection with Earth energies.
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Place Amazonite at the Heart chakra to open and balance your love center.
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Place it at the Throat chakra to unblock your communication center.
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Use Amazonite to visualize the peaceful ocean, the deep seas, and the tropical paradise when you are feeling stressed and tired.
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Drink an Amazonite elixir to soothe the soul.
Watch the Amazonite video
If you prefer watching to reading, click on our Amazonite YouTube video for an overview of this crystal.
This is a part of our A-Z Satin Crystals Meanings video playlist, where we answer your top 5 questions on all of the most popular crystals. Enjoy the examples and don't forget to leave us a video comment!
What chakra is Amazonite?
In its green tone, Amazonite is used to activate the Heart chakra. In its blue tone, Amazonite is used to activate the Throat chakra.
To learn more about crystals and your chakras, visit the Chakra Guide.
How can you care for Amazonite?
Amazonite can be put in water. Clean Amazonite physically under running water, a trickling stream, or a fountain. It can take mild soap and light rubbing.
Like all-natural gemstones, Amazonite should be handled with care. Hard impacts and harsh chemicals could ruin the stone.
Store Amazonite away from items harder than a 6 on the Mohs Scale of Hardness to avoid chips and scratches.
To energetically cleanse, charge, and program your Amazonite stone, visit the Crystal Care instructions.
Sheila's personal experience with Amazonite
Back when I still had my wisdom teeth, they would sporadically grace me with periods of severe pain. I looked up stones associated with gums and teeth. Amazonite was one of the crystals recommended for tooth pain.
I then used a tumbled Amazonite stone programmed to alleviate the throbbing pain held against my jaw and focused on the non-painful side of the mouth.
Although Amazonite could not solve the problem caused by the wisdom teeth crowding my mouth, it provided me with temporary relief. The stone allowed me to focus on self-healing rather than the pain.
This traumatic time left me with a fond memory of Amazonite.
Lisa's personal experience with Amazonite
I like Amazonite for its silver sheen. It draws me in like the other stones of the Feldspar family.
I turn to Amazonite if I'm feeling frustrated or hot-tempered. Its sea-green color brings a swift and sudden sensation of much-needed calm zen. I enjoy it best in the form of polished stones and spheres.
Although I appreciate any high-quality Amazonite with a superb sheen, I find myself most attracted to the strong minty green ones. I have encountered some mint green stones with black mineral inclusions that really remind me of Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream! These pieces are deliciously cooling and take me back to my youth. Mint chocolate chip ice cream is still one of my favorite picks, as is Amazonite.
Mineral Facts of Amazonite Stone
Take a look at Amazonite's scientific facts and educate yourself on the mineral's physical form.
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Mohs Scale of Hardness: 6-6.5
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Surface Color: Blue-Green, Green
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Streak Color (can vary from surface color, this is the color of the crystals’ powdered minerals): White
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Group: Tekto Silicate (one Silicon surrounded by 4 Oxygen atoms)
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Cleavage (where the crystal breaks off naturally to form a new face, parallel to its structure. This is a clean break and can cleave over and over again along the same face, retaining the crystals structure): Easy Cleavage = Perfect
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Fracture (where you break the crystal, not on a natural cleavage): Uneven/Brittle, Splintery
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Luster: Vitreous (glassy)
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Tenacity: Brittle - Sensitive to pressure
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Transparency: Transparent (light flows through crystal) to Opaque (no light flows through crystal)
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Crystal System: Triclinic (3 axes of unequal length)
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Crystal Habit: Tabular, Prismatic, and Blocky
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Fluorescence: Weak - olive green
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Specific Gravity: 2.56–2.58
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Density: 2.56-2.58
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Refractive Index: 1.522–1.530
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Radioactivity: Trace amounts, no health risk
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Magnetism: No
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Solubility: Insoluble in water
How is Amazonite formed?
Amazonite is often found forming with Smoky Quartz, Orthoclase, and Albite in coarse granite or pegmatites.
Pegmatites are formed when magma in the Earth cools and coarse-grained rocks form on the Earth’s surface. These pegmatites are made of coarse granite and can contain unique minerals like Amazonite.
As for Amazonite's mesmerizing hues, it was previously thought that the blue-green color was caused by copper, like so many other blue and green stones. They later found that the color is caused by lead and water.
Is Amazonite radioactive?
Although Amazonite may contain trace amounts of radioactive elements, it does not pose a health risk. The radioactivity is typically very low.
Natural Amazonite should be radioactive. The potassium in its chemical formula is slightly radioactive. Other mineral inclusions in the stone, like uranium and thorium, also have trace amounts of radioactivity.
Is Amazonite toxic?
If you are worried about the lead involved in the Amazonite stone's coloring, don't be. It is such a tiny trace amount and it is so tightly woven in the stone's structure, that there is absolutely no harm to your body.
If you are working with raw Amazonite in a lapidary setting, wear the proper equipment to keep from inhaling the stone's dust.
When making a gem elixir, use the indirect method.
Normal use of Amazonite stones and jewelry is not toxic, but take caution in the case of prolonged exposure.
Where is Amazonite found?
Even though it was named after the Amazon River, Amazonite is actually not found in the Amazon. The guess is that it was named after the green colors of the rainforest.
Amazonite is found in other places in the world, with some of the biggest deposits coming from Colorado & Virginia, USA, Brazil, Russia, Madagascar, and Australia.
What is the hardness of Amazonite?
Amazonite is a 6 to 6.5 on the Mohs Scale of Hardness, making it just a tiny bit softer than Quartz and a tiny bit harder than Glass.
Does Amazonite come in different colors?
Amazonite is best known for its blue-green color. This color intensity varies from stone to stone. Some Amazonite will be very pale blue, while other crystals will be a deep blue. This blue-green color is what makes Amazonite distinctive.
However, the stone may include inclusions of other minerals and also show white, gray, orange, and translucent veins.
Is Amazonite magnetic?
Amazonite isn't magnetic, but iron inclusions may make it exhibit magnetic properties.
In fact, Amazonite is diamagnetic. This means it is weakly repelled by magnetic fields, making it a popular choice to shield against electromagnetic fields, or EMFs.
What does Amazonite mean in divination?
Drawing Amazonite in a gemstone divination session means:
You need a quiet moment of reflection.
Use Amazonite to focus on centering your energy and allowing the solutions to your problems to flow freely.
Is Amazonite the same as Turquoise, Aquamarine, Larimar?
If you are not yet familiar with your natural stones, you may confuse Amazonite with other blue-green stones like Turquoise, Aquamarine, or Larimar. We discuss the difference between Amazonite and its lookalikes in Fake vs Real Amazonite.
How to test if Amazonite is real or fake?
There are many ways to test your Amazonite to find out if it is real or fake. Besides buying from a trusted vendor like Satin Crystals, we have some tips you can perform on your current collection. Check out the Fake vs Real Amazonite article.
Is Amazonite found in jewelry?
Yes, the attractive blue-green color of Amazonite makes it a beauty in jewelry. You can find the stone in a range of shades, whether you prefer a paler color or a darker shade of blue-green.
It is a moderately priced crystal that can be found in all jewelry forms, from earrings to necklaces to bracelets. Even the deeper blue-green Amazonite crystals with high sheen may have natural white streaks and irregular patches of color.
Amazonite is also found in crystal carvings as it takes a nice polish. The larger and the more lustrous the stone, the pricier the piece.
Which wrist should you wear Amazonite on?
At Satin Crystals, we believe that as long as the crystal is in your aura, it will be providing you with positive benefits. That being said, some people like to wear jewelry according to their dominant vs non-dominant hands.
Read more about the different energies this provides in the Ultimate Bracelet Guide.
Is Amazonite a birthstone?
While Amazonite is not a birthstone on the Western chart, it is associated with the zodiac sign Virgo. Find out more in Birthstones by Month and Sign.
Where is the best place to put Amazonite?
You should place Amazonite in the Travel & Spirituality area to aid in astral travels and enhancing spiritual practices. This is the bottom right corner of your space, according to the Feng Shui map.
For more on placing crystals, visit How to Clear & Fill the Home with Crystals.
How do you meditate with Amazonite?
To meditate with your Amazonite crystals, program them for your intention. Hold, wear, and surround yourself with the stones during your meditation.
Need help meditating? We have recorded a Guided Amazonite Meditation for you to follow along.
Is Amazonite a lucky stone?
Amazonite stone is used as a lucky charm by promoting a positive outlook on any situation. It fosters hope and encouragement, raising your vibrations to synchronize with luck.
Amazonite has the nickname "Gambler's Stone" as it is believed to increase luck in games of chance.
Is Amazonite grounding?
Amazonite is not a particularly grounding stone, but it does bring about calm and balance to your aura. This balance can aid in grounding to the present moment.
Should you sleep with Amazonite?
Yes, you can sleep with Amazonite if you are seeking its calming energies during your astral travels throughout the night. Place the stones at your bedside or under the bed.
If you don't move around in your sleep, you can even wear jewelry or place tumbled stones under your pillow. Polished pieces will be better if you anticipate nightly movement.
Is Amazonite the same as Kiwi Jasper?
The stone with the tradename Kiwi Jasper, or Sesame Jasper, is actually a Quartz mix of Amazonite, Tourmaline, and other Quartz-related minerals.
You can use this type of "Jasper" for its Amazonite properties in healing.
What does broken Amazonite mean?
If you want to know the metaphysical meaning of broken stones, visit Broken Crystal Meanings.
A broken Amazonite may indicate that it's time for a new one!
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