Amazonite

Mikhail Ostrooumov is a researcher and lecturer at the Institute of Earth Science at the University of Michoacán in Morelia, Mexico. He has studied and written extensively on minerals over the last 40 years. He received his Doctorate in Mineralogy at the Saint Petersburg Mining Institute in Russia. He has also lectured at the Mining Institute in Cuba, Mainz University in Germany, Nantes University in France, and the Technological Institute of México. He has authored three books in Russian, four books in Spanish, contributed to six chapters in scientific books, and received 700 citations to his published works.

1. Introduction2. Geological Setting3. Mineralogy4. Morphology, Crystalchemistry, and Properties of Amazonite 5. Color and Genesis of Amazonite 6. Importance of Amazonite: Typomorphic Features and Employment

7. Conclusions