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Microcline vs Amazonite - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between microcline and amazonite

is that microcline is a common feldspar of igneous, plutonic, and metamorphic rocks, made of potassium aluminum silicate, with the chemical formula KAlSi3O8. Microcline is the main feldspar of granite. The bluish-green variety is called amazonstone, and is sometimes of gem quality. Used in ceramics, ceramic glazes, and as a scouring powder while amazonite is a gem variety of microcline feldspar, varying from bright verdigris green to a bluish green.

microcline

English

(wikipedia microcline)

Noun

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  • (mineralogy) A common feldspar of igneous, plutonic, and metamorphic rocks, made of potassium aluminum silicate, with the chemical formula K]]AlSi3[[oxygen, O8. Microcline is the main feldspar of granite. The bluish-green variety is called amazonstone, and is sometimes of gem quality. Used in ceramics, ceramic glazes, and as a scouring powder.

    • See also

    * rock * mineral * pegmatite * granite * amazonstone

    amazonite

    English

    (wikipedia amazonite)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gem variety of microcline feldspar, varying from bright verdigris green to a bluish green.