Amelia County, Virginia
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Amelia County is a county located just southwest of Richmond in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. The county is located in Central Virginia and is included in the Greater Richmond Region. Its county seat is Amelia Court House.
Amelia County Court House
Princess Amelia of Great Britain, for whom the county is named
Amazonite
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Amazonite, also known as amazonstone, is a green tectosilicate mineral, a variety of the potassium feldspar called microcline. Its chemical formula is KAlSi3O8, which is polymorphic to orthoclase.
Amazonite from Brazil
Deep robins-egg blue color amazonite crystal on smoky quartz and albite, from Teller County, Colorado. Size: 3.4 cm × 3.3 cm × 2.5 cm (1.3 in × 1.3 in × 1.0 in).
Amazonite crystal on smoky quartz, from Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado
Large deep-turquoise amazonite crystal with attached stark-white microcline, from Konso, SNNPR, Ethiopia. Size: 16.4 cm × 11.9 cm × 8.0 cm (6.5 in × 4.7 in × 3.1 in).