This listing is for a really fascinating fuchsite specimen in a display jar,
including an info card about this mineral and the location this specimen came from.
This kit is great for avid mineral specimen collectors or beginners.
It would be a perfect gift set for getting someone interested in mineral collecting and science.
The 1 centimeter scale cube is for size comparison only. It is not included in the sale.
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The photos show multiple specimens to give a representation of the variety of shapes and colors in these specimens.

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Hi there. I am selling this really lovely fuchsite mineral specimen. It is from Minas Gerais, Brazil. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask me. Have fun bidding, thanks so much for visiting my auction and have a great day!


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Fuchsite

Verdite (microcrystalline fuchsite metamorphite) South Africa.jpg

Verdite, a microcrystalline metamorphic rock, is composed mostly of green fuchsite. This specimen (6.5 cm across at its base), of Archean age, is from Barberton, Mpumalanga, South Africa

General

Category Silicate mineral

Crystal system Monoclinic

Identification

Color Light to medium green

Crystal habit Curved aggregates

Cleavage Perfect basal

Fracture Uneven

Mohs scale hardness 2.5

Luster Vitreous to pearly

Streak White

Diaphaneity Transparent to opaque

Specific gravity 2.8–2.9

References [1]

Fuchsite, also known as chrome mica, is a chromium (Cr) rich variety of the mineral muscovite, belonging to the mica group of phyllosilicate minerals, with the chemical formula K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2.[2]


Trivalent chromium replaces one of the aluminium (Al) atoms in the general muscovite formula producing the apple green hue distinctive of fuchsite. It is often found in minute micaceous aggregates (with individual plates barely visible), as a major component of chromium rich phyllitic or schistose metamorphic rocks of the greenschist facies.


Verdite is a type of metamorphic rock made mostly of an impure, often multicolored, variety of fuchsite. It is used for ornamental carvings.


Fuchsite is named after the German chemist and mineralogist Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs.


Properties

Fuchsite crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system. Common colour of the mineral is pale green to emerald green depending on the amount of Cr substitution. The micaceous crystals are flexible and slightly sectile with a hardness of 2-2.5 on the Mohs scale. Fuchsite fluoresces lime green under long wave UV light. Fuchsite's radioactivity due to its potassium (K) content is barely detectable.