Every FUGA NY piece is built around a stone chosen one at a time. Two stones with the same name will not share the same depth of colour or the same markings. So that nothing is a surprise when your piece arrives, here is an honest note on how natural stones behave.
Variation is normal
Amethyst runs from pale lavender to deep violet, and a single stone often carries bands of both. The blue flash in labradorite appears and disappears with the angle, and its strength differs from stone to stone.
This is not inconsistent quality — it is what natural stone is. Colour can be made uniform through treatment; we would rather work with the stone as it is.
Inclusions are not flaws
The fine lines and cloudy forms inside a stone are inclusions. In stones like moss amethyst and moss aquamarine, the inclusions are the whole point. The cross in chiastolite forms as the crystal grows.
We do not treat clear and uniform as the only measure of a good stone. We choose the markings that belong to that stone alone.
Why a stone can look different from its photograph
Natural stones change considerably with the light. Studio lighting, a lamp at home and daylight outdoors will not show the same stone the same way — especially stones like labradorite and moonstone, whose colour comes from light interference and never fully survives a photograph.
Each product page carries several photographs from different angles. Looking through all of them, rather than one, gives the closest sense of the piece in hand.
On one-of-a-kind pieces
Most of our pieces are one of a kind. Remade with another stone of the same type, the result would not look the same. If a stone speaks to you, treat it as the one that exists now.
Notes on each stone live on its own page — you will find the full list at the foot of the collection page.