Feldspar is a common mineral in many rocks.

• Feldspar is commonly found in granite.
• Feldspar tends to be pink. When it is green-blue, it is called amazonite.
• Feldspar is the mineral that looks like a flower in "daisystone".
• Feldspar has perfect cleavage. It will easily break into "rhombs".
• Amazonite is a form or feldspar.

Daisystone Pink daisy-shaped flowers in dark matrix. Evenly distributes in 3-D so that a “daisy” appears on any freshly broken surface. Used for lapidary.

Amazonite is the name given to the blue-green variety of feldspar.

• Amazonite is usually blue-green.
• When it breaks it has flat surfaces because it has perfect cleavage.
• It is a flashy mineral. It reflects sunlight with almost a schiller.
• Because it is beautiful it used in jewellery and as an ornamental stone.

SPECIMEN: Amazonite Pebbles

Granite is one of the most commonly found rocks that contains feldspar.

• granite is mainly composed of feldspar, quartz and mica
• feldspar is often salmon, pinkish in colour