1.6" Polished Natural Amazonite Palm Stone Mineral Specimen Madagascar
Location: Madagascar
Weight: 0.8 Ounces
Dimension: 1.6 Inches Long, 1.1 Inches Wide, 0.7 Inches Thick
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Amazonite is a gemstone with a rich history spanning many centuries, celebrated for both its aesthetic qualities and its reputed healing properties. This pale green mineral has been intricately carved into statues, amulets, and jewelry, and has also served as a medium for inscribing significant texts in ancient times. Its enduring appeal continues today, valued for its multifunctional benefits and distinctive beauty.
Amazonite mineral holds a deep and fascinating history that defines its significance. Valued by the peoples of pre-Columbian South and Central America, this pale green stone’s importance dates back to approximately the 10th century BC. As legend has it, the warrior women of Brazil’s ancient Amazon tribe used amazonite to decorate shields, treat ailments, and heal wounds—practices central to its symbolic meaning. It is also said they gifted amazonite to visiting men. Conquistadors admired the amazonite gemstones and their ease of carving into various forms. Ancient Egyptians etched Chapter Seven of the Book of the Dead, The Judgment of Osiris, onto amazonite slabs and adorned themselves with amazonite jewelry, viewing the stone as a symbol of fertility and good fortune. They fashioned amulets from amazonite, believed to boost reproductive strength, a key aspect of amazonite’s traditional benefits. Notably, a scarab ring and other green amazonite artifacts were discovered among Tutankhamun’s treasures.
Amazonite, also referred to as "The Amazon Stone," was named after the Amazon River in South America. It is believed to have been discovered in the Amazon River Basin in Brazil. However, there are no longer any deposits of this pale green mineral rock found in the Amazon River Basin area. Amazonite is present in other parts of Brazil, though. Amazonite rock is also found in Colorado and Virginia in the United States, Australia, and Madagascar.
