FUCHSITE
  • Fuchsite has a wonderful emerald-green color with the beautiful sparkly shine. It
    is in fact a dark green variety of muscovite. Fuchsite contains nearly four per cent
    of chromium (chrome mica), and the green color comes a result of these chromium
    impurities. Muscovite itself is a Potassium aluminium silicate hydroxide fluoride,
    with the chemical structure                      KAl2 (Al Si3 O10 )(F, OH)2 .

  • Fuchsite is quite soft, with the hardness around 2 or 3 Moh’s scale. It is often
    found in compact masses with small crystals.
  • This material was named after Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs (1774-1856), German
    chemist and mineralogist, chiefly known for his mineralogical observations and for
    his work on soluble glass.He was ennobled by the king of Bavaria in 1854.
  • Fushsite is said to have a strong connection to the herbal world. It increases the
    healing effects of certain herbal tinctures and enhances the transfer of energy
    from other minerals. I t also tends to speed the healing process, and help improve
    the immune system.