feldspar

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.