Verdite
Commercial name for a green stone, primarily an impure fuchsite, originally from North Cape River, South Africa. Consists mainly of fuchsite, with small amounts of…
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Northern Light Stone
Commercial name for a metamorphic rock from Norway, a fuchsite schist or gneiss. The rock contains at least the green mica fuchsite and quartz; some…
Dragon’s blood stone
Commercial name used for a fuchsite-containing hornfels from Australia. It is also sometimes labeled (incorrectly) as a type of jade, jasper or bastite. It has…
Bastite
The name bastite is primarily used in the trade for a fuchsite-containing chert from Western Australia, also known by the trade names Dragon Stone or…
Arctic Green
Commercial name (especially in the natural stone trade) for a metamorphic rock from Norway, a fuchsite schist or gneiss. The rock contains at least the…
Live session #9 Mica’s
Recorded live session in which I discuss and show minerals from the mica group. I begin with a brief introduction about properties of micaceous minerals…
