Marcasite Heart, 2 Inches Robert Fass begins by uncurling

begins by uncurling

a map of how thought and feeling shape the self

or quiet remembrance

power and destruction

made as a focus for money-drawing work: drawing income

Marcasite Heart, 2 Inches Robert Fass begins by uncurlingSet three of these side by side and you would be forgiven for thinking they came from different quarries. A marcasite heart is cut from a nodule rather than a solid block, so what you are holding is really a cross section: grey and blue grey ground, pale crystalline banding running through it, small metallic flecks that catch the light at certain angles, and on some pieces an open pocket lined with tiny sparkling crystals. This is a stone that rewards