Natural stones vary. Your strand will match these photos in colour and size range, not bead for bead. Photographed under daylight-balanced light with no colour correction.
Amazonite 22x34mm Faceted Triangle
Specifications
| SKU | GS236 |
|---|---|
| Stone | Amazonite |
| Shape | Trilliant |
| Bead size | 22x34mm |
| Cut | Faceted |
| Color | — |
| Weight | On request |
| Hardness (Mohs) | 6 to 6.5 |
| Origin | Cut in Jaipur, India |
| Availability | In stock |
Amazonite, also known as the Amazon Stone. Amazonite is a green/blue-green semi-precious gemstone often found with white, and a silky or silver shine. A relatively good polish, and somewhat raw with natural texture makes it even more appealing to most of the people.
What it makes
Trilliants are used for pendants, earrings. Measured side by side, e.g. 9x10mm; usually drilled top-drilled across one corner. More about trilliants.
A hope stone the color of shallow water.
Hold a strand of amazonite up to the window and the color sits still. Blue-green, opaque, with no glow coming through from behind. The Russian beads carry white albite stripes, some in a grid, some in ribbons. Because light does not pass through the stone, what you end up looking at is the cutting: flat faces, clean edges, a low steady sheen along the polish. People reach for it when a design wants turquoise blue and a stone that stands on its own name.
In crystal tradition amazonite is held to be a stone of hope, and people have long believed that is what it brings the wearer. The belief is usually left at that one word, with no list attached to it. It is handed down by word of mouth, repeated from one pair of hands to the next, and offered as belief rather than as a finding. Nothing in it is measured or proved. Makers who care about such things tend to say the word plainly when they hand a finished piece over, and then leave the rest of it to the person who wears it.
Beliefs about stones are tradition, not advice. Watch the film and read the full story.
Blue-green microcline, a potassium feldspar (KAlSi3O8) colored by trace lead and water. Mohs 6 to 6.5, two cleavage directions. Russian material from the Ilmen Mountains shows white albite stripes in a grid or ribbon pattern, hence "Russian banded". Also Peru, Brazil.
Earrings, necklaces and light bracelets; chips on hard knocks along cleavage. Warm soapy water only; no ultrasonic or steam.
Full stone guideMore amazonite
