Green Fuchsite Freeform Palm Stone - 58mm, 43g

Green Fuchsite Freeform Palm Stone - 58mm, 43g

Regular price £8.99 Sale

Locality - Madagascar
Size – 58 x 29 x 18mm
Weight – 43g

This fuchsite freeform features deep, mossy green and semi-translucent, stormy grey tones with tiny flecked inclusions of silvery-gold pyrite and a subtly sparkling surface. It is a nicely polished, long piece, ideal for holding or carrying.


About Fuchsite

Fuchsite is a green variety of muscovite mica, its colour caused by high chromium content, with fine specimens showing rich, emerald colouration and a sparkling effect on its surface caused by fine grained crystals within it. It is often associated with ruby (specimens that are often incorrectly marketed as 'ruby in zoisite') and may also be included with silvery pyrite flecks. It was originally discovered in Schwarzenstein Mountain in Austria, and named in 1842 by Karl F. Emil von Schafhäutl in honor of the German mineralogist Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs. Most fuchsite is mined in Brazil, though it has also been discovered in India, Russia, Madagascar and South Africa. Fuchsite is one of the most commonly misspelled and mispronounced minerals, often mistakenly spelt 'fuschite' and pronounced with a long 'u', when it is correctly pronounced 'fook-site', as in 'book'.