Amazonite
Also known as: Amazon Jade, Amazon Stone
Type: Alkali feldspar mineral, a potassium aluminium silicate
Triclinic and prismatic crystal system
Hardness: 6-6.5
Description: Turquoise
Found in: Brazil, Colorado, India, Madagascar, Namibia, Russia
Properties: It assists in communications helping the heart and throat chakra to work together in order to enable a person to speak from the heart soothing the emotions and nerves.
It is a stone of truth -giving people the power to see the whole situation and find the right path. It also allows the person to know how much to say , how to say it and when.
It aligns the physical body with the etheric and astral bodies and balances yin/yang energy
Charkas: All especially heart and throat.
Astrological Sign: Virgo
Element: Water
Other Notes: Amazonite is named after the Amazon River in Brazil
Amazonite jewellery dating to 2000BC has been discovered
Chapter Seven of the Egyptian Book of the Dead was engraved on to amazonite
Tutankhamen had a amazonite scarab ring.
It is claimed it was used as the third stone on the breast plate of Moses
It was associated with the God Belus by the Assyrians
