Amazonite is a blue or green variety of microcline feldspar. It was mistakenly named “Amazon stone” after the Amazon River when European explorers believed greenstone jewelry worn by indigenous Brazilians was amazonite. It was likely nephrite jade instead.

Amazonite has also been associated with the Book of The Dead, as amazonite was used to carve out tablets displaying some chapters of the now famous Egyptian funerary rites.

Known as the Hope Stone, Amazonite helps with communicating your true thoughts and helps you overcome loneliness. If you hide it in your child’s room it's believed to encourage tidiness or keep it on the kitchen table to persuade others to help more with the chores.