A quiet microscope view becomes a crowded stage when you look closely enough.
Here, the macerals and minerals you meet in polished blocks finally get to speak.

Welcome to The Society of Reflective Personalities — an irregular gathering of carbonaceous minds, mineral acquaintances, and the occasional photonic existential crisis. Each member, from Collotelinite with its obsession for perfect illumination to Fusinite who has already survived more heat than anyone asked for, arrives carrying a history etched into their structure. Time, pressure, microbial meddling, and the patient aggravation of geologists have shaped them all.

Each entry pairs a fictional portrait with a rigorously sourced Scientist’s Note, keeping imagination and accuracy in the same focal plane. It’s a reminder that even the most familiar maceral has a story hidden in its reflectance, fluorescence, or stubborn lack of both.

Step inside, lift the cover slip, and meet the characters carbon has been forming for hundreds of millions of years. The light is already on..