APPLICATIONS: | Ornamental mineral. |
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: | Virgo. |
CHEMICAL STRUCTURE: | KAlSi3O8, Microline. |
CLASS: | Tektosilicate. |
CLEAVAGE: | 001 perfect to 010 distinct intersecting at approximately ninety degrees. |
COLOR: | Shades of green to blue-green. |
CRYSTAL HABITS: | 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. |
CRYSTAL SYSTEM: | Triclinic; bar 1. |
FIELD INDICATORS: | Short prismatic crystals, tabular crystals or masses. |
FRACTURE: | Conchoidal. |
GENERAL INFORMATION: | Birefringence is 0.008, seen on 001 sections. Index of refraction: 1.53. 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. |
GROUP: | Alkali feldspar. |
HARDNESS: | 6 to 6.5. |
LUSTER: | Vitreous |
METAPHYSICAL: | Provides for passivation and elimination of aggrevation. It soothes the nervous system and dispels negative and irritating energy. It soothes all the chakras and works extremly well with the heart and throat chakras. It enhances communication concerning love. It was used in the breast plate of the high priest. It aligns the physical body with the etheric and astral bodies, producing a balancing and preventive energy. It can balance male/female energies bringing forth the qualities of clarity, clear spirit and balancing many aspects of ones personality. Amazonite aids in the attunement of the spiritual dimension and the province of chaos in order to facilitate the complete traversing of all boundaries. This aspect of amazonite helps one to access the harmonious center within the kingdom of perfection and to integrate and synthesize the duality. It aids one to manifest and retain the pure energy of universal love. |
PHYSICAL: | It has been used in the treatment of the nervous system, energy blockages, metabolic process, calcium deficiency, osteoporosis, tooth decay and spasms. |
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: | 2.56-2.57. |
TRANSPARENCY: | Opaque to translucent, rarely transparent. |
VIBRATES: | To the number 5. |
