Microcline (Var: Amazonite)

Locality: Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China

Note: The mineral species Amazonite is not listed in our database for this locality. This specimen may be misidentified or the mindat list of minerals at this locality may be incomplete.

8.3 x 6.9 x 3.3 cm. For the longest time, just about all the amazonites you saw on the market were from Colorado. Then there were the amazing finds in Ethiopia, and now -- China - though this material has come out in very limited quantities thus far. The color is more greenish than your typical amazonites, and there is a slight translucency to the crystals. Note the unique accenting albite and books of muscovite which also distinguishes these amazonites.

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