amazonite

English

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amazonite

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Amazon +‎ -ite; the gem does not actually come from the Amazon, but it was confused with an unrelated green stone that does.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæm.ə.zəˌnaɪt/

Noun

amazonite (countable and uncountable, plural amazonites)

1. A gem variety of microcline feldspar, varying from bright verdigris green to a bluish green.

Derived terms

• amazonitic

Translations

gem

Chinese: Mandarin: 天河石 (zh) (Tiānhéshí) Finnish: amatsoniitti French: amazonite (fr) f German: Amazonit (de) m Italian: amazzonite f Japanese: 天河石 (Tengaseki), アマゾナイト (Amazonaito) Polish: amazonit (pl) m Portuguese: amazonita f (Brazil), amazonite f (Portugal) Russian: амазони́т (ru) m (amazonít) Spanish: amazonita f Turkish: amazonit

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025), “Amazonite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “amazonite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

Anagrams

• anatomize

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

amazonite

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Noun

amazonite f (plural amazonites)

1. (mineralogy) amazonite

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ma.zoˈni.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ma.zoˈni.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ma.zoˈni.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɐ.zuˈni.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: a‧ma‧zo‧ni‧te

Noun

amazonite f (plural amazonites)

1. European Portuguese standard spelling of amazonita

Further reading

• “amazonite”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025