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Amazonite and Smoky Quartz 25.40 mm X 50.80 mm

$135.00

This piece has a gemmy rich dark brown smoky quartz crystal and has a bright blue green amazonite surrounding it.

The soothing blue-green variety of microcline feldspar is  named after the Amazon River.

Earthy smokey quartz is gray, brown, or near black in color an dis part of teh quartz family. The quartz family which is comprised of silicon dioxide which is the second most abundant mineral in the Earth’s continental crust. Natural irradiation is what gives smoky its color.

Locality: Lake George, Colorado, USA

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MICROCLINE (var. AMAZONITE)

 

HISTORY, NAME, LOCALITIES: Amazonite, pronounced AM-ah-zahn-ite, has been fashioned into beads and carved objects since antiquity.  It was originally known as “Amazon stone,” which is the root of its name.  Mineralogists recognized amazonite as a variety of microcline in 1830.  Because of its rarity, amazonite has few collecting localities.  Notable sources are located in Russia, Austria, Brazil, and the United States (Colorado).

 

MINERALOGY, PROPERTIES, OCCURRENCE: Amazonite is the green, gem variety of microcline [potassium aluminum silicate, KALSi3O8] and a member of the feldspar-mineral group.  It is a tectosilicate or framework silicate that crystallizes in the triclinic system as equant crystals with square cross sections.  It has a Mohs hardness of 6.0-6.5, perfect cleavage in one direction, and a specific gravity of 2.56.  Amazonite is usually opaque and its diagnostic green to green-blue color is due to traces of lead and the effects of geophysical radiation. It occurs in granite pegmatites with such other minerals as albite and quartz.

 

METAPHYSICAL PROPERTIES, LORE, USES: Many ancient cultures attributed talismanic value to amazonite pendants and carvings, while medieval physicians prescribed it to treat skin and eye ailments.  As a popular, semi-precious gemstone, amazonite is now fashioned into decorative objects and cabochons.  Metaphysical practitioners consider amazonite to be a “hope stone” that inspires hope and increases personal confidence.  Amazonite has no technological uses.

 

COLLECTORS’ INFORMATION: Amazonite, both as individual crystals and composite specimens with albite and smoky quartz, is widely collected because of its distinctive green color, mineralogical associations, and relatively large crystal size.

QUARTZ (var. SMOKY)

 

HISTORY, NAME, LOCALITIES: Smoky quartz is the smoky-gray, brown, or near-black gem variety of quartz.  Its name alludes to its color.  Gem-quality, smoky quartz is fairly common with collecting localities in Brazil, Switzerland, Scotland, Japan, Russia, and the United States (Maine, Colorado, New Hampshire, North Carolina, California).

 

MINERALOGY, PROPERTIES, OCCURRENCE: The physical properties of smoky quartz are the same as those of quartz [silicon dioxide, SiO2], with the exception of its diagnostic smoky-gray to brown and near-black colors which are created by the effects of natural geophysical radiation.  Smoky quartz crystallizes in the hexagonal system and occurs mainly in granite pegmatites as short-to-long, horizontally striated, hexagonal, prismatic crystals with pyramidal terminations and good transparency.  It has a Mohs hardness of 7.0, conchoidal fracture, vitreous luster, and specific gravity of 2.65.

 

METAPHYSICAL PROPERTIES, LORE, USES: In ancient times, smoky quartz was thought to cure infertility and generally benefit the reproductive organs.  Modern metaphysical practitioners believe that smoky quartz protects against harmful radiation, while enhancing the beneficial effects of medical radiation treatments.  It also helps to overcome nightmares, depression, and ambivalence.  Smoky quartz is a popular gemstone and is faceted into gems, often of 10 or more carats.

 

COLLECTORS’ INFORMATION: Smoky quartz is collected for its unusual colors, transparency, high degree of crystal development, and frequent association in composite specimens with such other pegmatite minerals as muscovite, albite, and the amazonite variety of microcline.

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