Origins & Geology
Found in: Brazil, USA (Colorado), Russia, Madagascar, Ethiopia
Amazonite is a blue-green variety of potassium feldspar (microcline), colored by trace amounts of lead and water. Despite the name, it was not originally found in the Amazon river basin – ancient Egyptians mined it in the Eastern Desert. The stone adorned King Tutankhamun's gold death mask and jewelry.
Amazonite Meaning & Healing Properties
The 'stone of hope' and 'the stone of truth', amazonite soothes the emotional body and calms aggression and irritability. It filters stress, heals trauma, and helps one to see both sides of a conflict. Named for the Amazon warrior women, it empowers feminine energy and helps set clear personal boundaries.
How to Use Amazonite
- Soothing stress and anxiety
- Setting healthy boundaries
- Healing emotional trauma
- Honest communication
- Balancing both sides of an argument
Amazonite Facts
- Despite its name, amazonite was first found in Egypt – not the Amazon
- It adorned the jewellery in Tutankhamun's tomb
- Amazonite is named after the legendary Amazon warrior women
- It gets its colour from trace amounts of lead – making it one of the few gems coloured by lead
How to Cleanse and Charge Amazonite
Amazonite is a variety of microcline feldspar, and like the other feldspars here it has strong cleavage — despite a hardness of 6 to 6.5 it will split cleanly along an internal plane if knocked badly. Rinse briefly in cool water rather than soaking, since water can work into those planes, and dry it fully. The blue-green colour comes from trace lead and water content and fades with prolonged sunlight and heat, so keep it off bright windowsills. Salt scratches the polish. Moonlight and sound are safe.
How to Spot Fake Amazonite
Dyed howlite and dyed jasper are the substitutes, and both miss the internal texture that makes amazonite recognisable. Genuine amazonite shows a perthitic texture — fine white or cream streaking and grid-like patterning running through the blue-green, produced by two feldspars separating as the crystal cooled. That patterning is irregular, three-dimensional and impossible to fake convincingly. Dyed material has a flat, even colour with white areas that look painted on rather than structural, and dye concentrated in cracks.
What to Pair Amazonite With
Amazonite is a throat-chakra stone associated with saying difficult things calmly and with setting boundaries, which pairs it naturally with aquamarine for clear speech and with sodalite for thinking before speaking. Rose quartz softens it. Black tourmaline is a common partner for anyone using it specifically around boundaries, since the two cover complementary halves of the same problem.
Questions People Ask About Amazonite
Can amazonite go in water?
Briefly. It is a feldspar with strong cleavage, so avoid soaking, hot water and salt, all of which can work into the natural splitting planes.
Why is my amazonite losing colour?
Sunlight and heat. The blue-green depends on trace lead and water content within the crystal, and prolonged ultraviolet exposure fades it permanently.
What are the white lines in amazonite?
Perthitic texture — fine streaks of a second feldspar that separated out as the crystal cooled. The irregular, three-dimensional patterning is a good sign the stone is genuine.
What is amazonite used for?
Traditionally for calm honest speech and boundary-setting — saying the difficult thing without heat behind it.
Where to get Amazonite
If you want to work with Amazonite as a physical stone, here are three forms commonly used.
As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.