Editing Amazonite (section)

== Occurrence ==

Amazonite is a mineral of limited occurrence. In Bronze Age Egypt, it was mined in the southern Eastern Desert at Gebel Migif. In early modern times, it was obtained almost exclusively from the area of [[Miass]] in the [[Ilmensky Mountains]], {{convert|50|mi|-1}} southwest of [[Chelyabinsk]], [[Russia]], where it occurs in [[Granitoid|granitic rocks]].<ref name="EB1911"/>

Amazonite is now known to occur in various places around the world. Those places are, among others, as follows:

Australia:

* [[Eyre Peninsula]], [[Koppio]], Baila Hill Mine (Koppio Amazonite Mine)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barnes L. C., et al, (1980), Some Semiprecious and Ornamental Stones of South Australia, Government Printer, Adelaide, South Australia. |url=https://www.mindat.org/reference.php?id=15954600}}</ref>

China:
* Baishitouquan granite intrusion, [[Hami|Hami Prefecture]], [[Xinjiang]]: found in granite<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Yang|first1=Jianye|last2=Zhao|first2=Lei|last3=Zhang|first3=Weiguo|date=April 2014|title=The Geochemical Effect of Lanthanides: Its Types and Application for Magmatic Rocks—A New Method to Semi-Quantitatively Determine Strength of Magmatic Fluid Complexation and Fractional Crystallization|url=http://en.earth-science.net/PDF/20140514043208.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://en.earth-science.net/PDF/20140514043208.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|journal=Journal of Earth Science|publisher=China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)|volume=25|issue=2|pages=252–262|doi=10.1007/s12583-014-0420-z|s2cid=54836739|issn=1674-487X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Sihai|first1=Liu|last2=Changzhi|first2=Wu|last3=Lianxing|first3=Gu|last4=Zunzhong|first4=Zhang|last5=Junhua|first5=Tang|last6=Guangrong|first6=Li|last7=Ruxiong|first7=Lei|last8=Chuansheng|first8=Wang|date=2008|title=中天山白石头泉岩体年代学、岩石成因及构造意义|trans-title=Geochronology, petrogenesis and tectonic significances of the Baishitouquan pluton in Middle Tianshan, Northwest China|url=http://www.ysxb.ac.cn/ysxb/ch/reader/create_pdf.aspx?file_no=20081206&year_id=2008&quarter_id=12&falg=1|journal=Acta Petrologica Sinica|language=zh|location=Beijing|publisher=China Science Publishing & Media Ltd.|volume=24|issue=11|pages=2720|issn=1000-0569}}</ref>
Libya:
* Jabal Eghei, [[Tibesti Mountains]]: found in granitic rocks<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Suayah|first1=Ismail B.|last2=Miller|first2=Jonathan S.|last3=Miller|first3=Brent V.|last4=Bayer|first4=Tovah M.|last5=Rogers|first5=John J.W.|s2cid=26947582|date=April 2006|title=Tectonic significance of Late Neoproterozoic granites from the Tibesti massif in southern Libya inferred from Sr and Nd isotopes and U–Pb zircon data|journal=Journal of African Earth Sciences|volume=44|issue=4–5|pages=564|doi=10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2005.11.020|bibcode=2006JAfES..44..561S|issn=1464-343X|display-authors=3}}</ref>
Mongolia:
* Avdar Massif, [[Töv Province]]: found in alkali granite<ref name="Pivec1981"/>

Ethiopia:
* [[Konso Zone]]

South Africa:

* [[Mogalakwena Local Municipality|Mogalakwena]], Limpopo Province<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Amazonite from South Africa|url=https://www.mindat.org/locentries.php?p=14468&m=184|website=www.mindat.org|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref>
* [[Khâi-Ma Local Municipality|Khâi-Ma]], Northern Cape<ref name=":0" />
* [[Kakamas]], Northern Cape<ref name=":0" />
* [[Ceres, Western Cape|Ceres Valley]], Western Cape<ref name=":0" />

Sweden:
*[[Skuleboda|Skuleboda mine]], [[Västra Götaland County]]: found in pegmatite<ref name=Almq>{{Cite book|title=Nyttosten i Sverige|last1=Lundegårdh|first1=Per H.|publisher=[[Almqvist & Wiksell]]|year=1971|isbn=|location=Stockholm|language=Swedish|pages=21}}</ref>

United States:
* Colorado:
** [[Deer Trail, Colorado|Deer Trail]], [[Arapahoe County, Colorado|Arapahoe County]]<ref name="bulletin"/><sup>:233</sup>
** [[Custer County, Colorado|Custer County]]<ref name="bulletin"/><sup>:234</sup>
** [[Devils Head (summit)|Devils Head]], [[Douglas County, Colorado|Douglas County]]<ref name="bulletin"/><sup>:234</sup>
** Pine Creek, [[Douglas County, Colorado|Douglas County]]<ref name="bulletin"/><sup>:234</sup>
** Crystal Park, [[El Paso County, Colorado|El Paso County]]<ref name="bulletin"/><sup>:234</sup>
** [[Pikes Peak]], [[El Paso County, Colorado|El Paso County]]: found in coarse granites or [[pegmatite]]<ref name="EB1911"/>
** [[St. Peter's Dome]], [[El Paso County, Colorado|El Paso County]]<ref name="bulletin"/><sup>:234</sup>
** [[Tarryall Mountains]], [[Park County, Colorado|Park County]]<ref name="bulletin"/><sup>:235</sup>
** Crystal Peak, [[Teller County, Colorado|Teller County]]<ref name="bulletin"/><sup>:235</sup>
* Wyoming
* Virginia:
** Morefield Mine, [[Amelia County, Virginia|Amelia County]]: found in pegmatite<ref name="virginia_minerals">{{Cite journal|last1=Penick|first1=D. Allen Jr.|last2=Sweet|first2=Palmer C.|date=May 1992|title=Mineral collecting sites in Virginia|url=http://www.dmme.virginia.gov/DMR3/dmrpdfs/vamin/VAMIN_VOL38_NO02.pdf|url-status=dead|journal=Virginia Minerals|location=Charlottesville, Virginia|publisher=Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy|volume=38|issue=2|pages=10–12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424152733/http://www.dmme.virginia.gov/DMR3/dmrpdfs/vamin/VAMIN_VOL38_NO02.pdf|archive-date=24 April 2012}}</ref>
** Rutherford Mine, [[Amelia County, Virginia|Amelia County]]<ref name="virginia_minerals"/>
* Pennsylvania:
** [[Media, Pennsylvania|Media]], [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Delaware County]]<ref name="bulletin"/><sup>:244</sup>
** [[Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Middletown]], [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Delaware County]]<ref name="bulletin"/><sup>:244</sup>