{"product_id":"tono-lims-earth-contact-fluorite-daylight","title":"Tono \u0026 Lims Earth Contact Fluorite Daylight — 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHue:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tono \u0026amp; Lims describe it as a pale base with similarly coloured glitter. On my Tomoe River swatches it reads as a soft dusty rose-brown: warm beige-pink in the writing sample, cooling to a greyish mauve-taupe under indirect light, and deepening to a proper cocoa brown where the ink pools. The one real divergence from the official description is the shimmer — it isn't \"similarly coloured\" at all, it's distinctly gold and contrasts with the base rather than matching it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShading:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present throughout. Light to moderate in normal writing; strong in swabs and pooled areas, running from pale beige at the thin edges to dark chocolate at the heavy ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheen:\u003c\/strong\u003e None.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShimmer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes — fine gold, and generous with it. Understated in the writing sample, unmistakable in swabs and under direct light, where it flares to an olive-gold. Shake the vial before filling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlow:\u003c\/strong\u003e Medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe interesting bit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fluorite is the mineral that gave fluorescence its name — the word was coined in 1852 after the way certain fluorite specimens glow. It's also the mineral collectors prize for showing up in almost every colour there is, and for looking like a different stone depending on the light you hold it in. Tono \u0026amp; Lims took that idea and ran a whole sub-set through it inside the Earth Contact Line — Daylight, Snow, Crystal, Marine, Indigo, Mint — one mineral, several moods. Daylight (catalogue number 026-5) is the warm one. Earth Contact is the brand's gems-and-minerals shimmer series; Tono \u0026amp; Lims themselves are a Japanese label founded by Takashi Ono, with the ink made in South Korea by Lim's Lab.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a hand-decanted 4ml sample vial from my own bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePhotos are my own swatches on Tomoe River Paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eI'm a collector and I'm always happy to talk ink, so please message me if you have any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tono \u0026 Lims","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57266211750214,"sku":"INK-033","price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/9696\/1862\/files\/TonoandLims-FlouriteDaylight3.jpg?v=1789166896","url":"https:\/\/thepensmuggler.co.uk\/products\/tono-lims-earth-contact-fluorite-daylight","provider":"The Pen Smuggler","version":"1.0","type":"link"}