Stone Archive / 礦石檔案
Fuchsite
Fuchsite
Provenance (產地)
Brazil
Concept
MORNING RIME
TRACE & NARRATIVE / 痕跡與敘事
A chromium-bearing variety of muscovite mica, named after the mineralogist Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs. The deeper the chromium content, the deeper the green.
Found in metamorphic terrain across Brazil, India, and Russia. It has the thin, layered structure typical of mica, and under light, a fine sparkle rises to the surface. Neither metal nor liquid, yet in certain light it briefly resembles both.
Occasionally it hosts crystals of ruby. "Ruby in fuchsite"—red points against a green ground—is two contrasting minerals growing simultaneously from the same host rock. Complementary colours, side by side in nature.
PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES / 物理特性
- Hardness 2–3 — one of the softest stones in this collection
- Scratches very easily — avoid contact with all harder materials
- Handle with particular care
SYMBOLIC INDEX / 象徵體系
Heart | Anahata
Aquarius
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROJECTION / 心理投射
Boundary — Recovery — Self-Worth
For those who give at their own expense without noticing. It doesn't discourage generosity — it reinstates the border. A reminder that the line between care and self-erasure needs tending.
SELECTOR'S NOTE / 選品手記
He gives more than he tracks, and the deficit creeps up quietly. The giving itself is not the problem. Losing sight of the boundary is. I selected this stone as a reminder of where the line sits — not to stop the generosity, but to stop the disappearance.
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