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ama·zon·ite (am′ə zən īt′)

noun

a green microcline, often cut and polished as a gem
also Amazon stone

Etymology: after the Amazon River

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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