
Blue-Green Microcline
Amazonite
Green to blue-green microcline feldspar.
Amazonite is the blue-green variety of microcline feldspar.
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The mineral atlas
Begin with feldspar color and optical effects, then compare the other materials commonly displayed beside them: tourmaline, jade, serpentine, garnet and peridot. This is a browsing group; each entry identifies its own mineral family or rock constituents.
10 specimens · Geology, history, and spiritual attributes
10 specimens

Blue-Green Microcline
Green to blue-green microcline feldspar.
Amazonite is the blue-green variety of microcline feldspar.
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Iridescent plagioclase feldspar
A plagioclase feldspar variety known for labradorescence.
Labradorite is a feldspar best known for broad flashes of blue, green, gold and other colors that appear as the stone turns in the light.
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Feldspar with Adularescence
Adularescent feldspar material, classically intergrown alkali feldspars.
Moonstone is admired for a moving sheen that seems to float within or just above its surface.
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Feldspar with Reflective Inclusions
Feldspar gem material with reflective inclusions, sometimes showing aventurescence.
Sunstone ranges from softly sparkling peach-colored material to transparent red, green and multicolored gems.
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Norway's Blue-Flashing Ornamental Rock
Norwegian igneous rock rich in feldspar that can show blue-silver iridescence.
Larvikite is a coarse-grained igneous rock whose gray feldspars can flare blue or silver when the light catches them.
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A Mineral Family in Many Colors
Borosilicate mineral supergroup / black tourmaline focus
Tourmaline encompasses a family of boron-bearing silicate minerals rather than a single composition.
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Interlocking Minerals, Enduring Craft
Jadeite jade and nephrite / a material umbrella
Jade is valued not only for color but for the dense mineral fabric that allows it to become a fine-edged carving, a smoothly rounded bangle or a luminous cabochon.
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Green Minerals Formed Through Transformation
Serpentine-group minerals and serpentine-rich rock
Serpentine is a group of hydrous magnesium silicate minerals; serpentinite is a rock composed largely of them.
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A Shared Structure, a Remarkable Palette
A group of related silicate minerals.
Garnet is a mineral family, not a synonym for dark red.
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Green from the Earth's Interior
Gem-quality olivine, usually magnesium-rich.
Peridot is the transparent, gem-quality form of olivine, a magnesium–iron silicate.
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