About Amazonite
Amazonite is a striking green-blue member of the microcline feldspar family, known for its calming color and silky luster. It ranks 6–6.5 on the Mohs scale, making it best suited for pendants, earrings, and gentle-wear pieces—just like most feldspars.
Despite the name, amazonite isn’t from the Amazon River. Instead, some of the finest material in the world comes from Colorado’s Pikes Peak region, where feldspar-rich pegmatites have produced high-quality stones for over a century. But the use of amazonite predates modern gemology—specimens have been found in ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian tombs, carved into amulets, inlay, and sacred objects. It's been a revered gem for at least 2,000 years.
The vivid turquoise-green hue is believed to come from trace amounts of lead or possibly copper, though the exact cause is still debated. Some call it “Amazon Stone” or “Amazon Jade,” but it shares more with moonstone and labradorite than anything in the jade family.
Amazonite is often seen as a stone of balance and boundary-setting, with a reputation for soothing anxious minds and helping people speak clearly from the heart.
