Amazonite is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.
You can make 368 anagrams from letters in amazonite (aaeimnotz).
1595-1605; Amazon (river) + -ite1
As has already been said, amazonite is sometimes sold as "jade," which is incorrect.
"amazonite" was originally misnamed, as none is found along the river of that name.