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About amazonite
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.
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