Fluorite – XXS

Fluorite’s Little Garden of Colour

Purple and lavender lead the palette shown for Fluorite – XXS, with pale green, blue-green and nearly colourless pieces adding lighter notes. Occasional yellow and brown patches interrupt those cool tones. Smooth, glossy surfaces catch bright reflections, while cloudy patches and fine inner lines soften the view through transparent and translucent areas.

Fluorite also has a place in the language of light: the word fluorescence was coined in 1852 from fluorspar, another name for fluorite. That connection adds a little history to the pleasure of looking closely.

The rounded, irregular outlines suggest a tiny terraced garden—an oval pool, a roughly triangular leaf, a block-like step. In that imagined landscape, lavender paths meet pale green borders, and a cloudy patch becomes a small veil of mist within the stone. Supplied as an approximately 35g pack of XXS pieces.