Feldspar                    Mineral Group: SILICATES
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Feldspar is a common mineral in many rocks.

  • Feldspar tends to be pink. When it is green-blue, it is called amazonite.
  • Feldspar is the mineral that looks like a flower in "daisystone".
  • Feldspar has perfect cleavage. It will easily break into "rhombs".
  • Amazonite is a form or feldspar.

SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Bancroft, Ontario, CANADA

 
   


SPECIMEN: Feldspar crystal cluster
SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Bancroft, Ontario, CANADA

 

Daisystone Pink daisy-shaped flowers in dark matrix. Evenly distributes in 3-D so that a “daisy” appears on any freshly broken surface. Used for lapidary.


SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Pancake Bay, Ontario, CANADA

 
Felspar is found in daisystone in the form of radiating prismatic crystals.

Amazonite is the name given to the blue-green variety of feldspar.

  • Amazonite is usually blue-green.
  • When it breaks it has flat surfaces because it has perfect cleavage.
  • It is a flashy mineral. It reflects sunlight with almost a schiller.
  • Because it is beautiful it used in jewellery and as an ornamental stone.

SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Quadville, Ontario, CANADA


SPECIMEN: Amazonite Pebbles

  Small pieces of amazonite are tumbled and polished to make shiny green pebbles that people like to buy.

 

 

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