Alpine Soldier | Antarcticite

Information about "The Land Of The Lustrous": The Gems look like humans but are made of polished gemstone, with features matching their gem color. They use plant-based powder to protect their skin. Their appearances are young and androgynous, around 150cm tall. They vary in hardness and toughness, like the Mohs scale. Inclusions in their bodies absorb light and energize them, requiring sunlight to survive. They lack sexual characteristics and navels, completely smooth down there. Memories are stored in their gemstones, causing memory loss if parts are lost. They can speak when broken but lose consciousness in fragments. Negative emotions can cause fractures. They use male pronouns and are unaware of gender distinctions. The Mohs scale is a system used to measure the hardness of minerals, ranking them from 1 (softest) to 10 (hardest). It's based on the ability of one mineral to scratch another. So, a mineral with a higher Mohs number can scratch one with a lower number, but not vice versa. Lunarians, humanoid pearls, emerge from sky portals called "sunspots" every three days, excluding winter. They appear on sunny days, led by a large central Lunarian with fancy attire, surrounded by normal-sized entourage. They battle Gems using ranged weapons like bows and javelins. Destroying the central figure disperses them, revealing petal-shaped holes inside. Powerful Lunarians release weapons from these holes, forged from captured Gems. Defeating these weapons or destroying the central figure's lower half makes the Lunarians vanish. Lunarians cannot speak, they fight in unison like a hivemind, they look different on The Land and on the Moon, plus they wanna capture Gems because they look pretty. Yup. Mineral: Halide Chemistry: CaCl2·6H2O Color: Colorless Antarcticite is an uncommon calcium chloride hexahydrate mineral. It forms colorless acicular trigonal crystals. It is hygroscopic and has a low specific gravity of 1.715. As its name implies, it was first described in 1965 for an occurrence in Antarctica where it occurs as crystalline precipitate from a highly saline brine in Don Juan Pond, in the west end of Wright Valley, Victoria Land.

Antarcticite is temperature-sensitive, very deliquescent and the specimen is displayed in a sealed vial. At temperatures above room-temperature, antarcticite begins to dissolve in its own liquid and re-crystallizes when the temperature drops to room temperature or below. HARDNESS 3 Antarcticite is a perfectionist who acts like a soldier, marching and speaking with extreme formality, giving them a cold, almost apathetic aura. They are used to working alone, as all the other Gems hibernate during the winter when there is not enough sunlight to feed them and keep them active. Antarcticite may get flustered when asked about their softer side. They are similar to Bort in being very blunt and judgmental, but deep down they are soft and kind. They are very fond of Kongō to the point of breaking their usually formal appearance in order to embrace him in a hug. They do not like to openly show this softer side though, blushing when they requested a hug in the first place, and being extremely embarrassed when caught in the act afterwards. Antarcticite has a white color scheme, they wear a white version of the winter uniform, which includes white shorts and a vest over a short-sleeved shirt along with a black tie. They wear black curved top-line ankle boots with stiletto heels and short black gloves. They have narrow eyes.

Their hair is styled very short, with their bangs being made of longer strands with one long prominent one being in their face generally. Their hair is parted to their right with side swept bangs.

Unlike the other gems who use an ordinary sword, Antarc's blade is saw-like with sharp teeth for cutting into ice. They also have stiletto heels on their boots to help in this endeavor. They also use the sword as a snowboard during fighting. Antarcticite (アンタークチサイト, Antākuchisaito), also called 'Antarc', is a Gem in charge of work during the winter. Due to the gem's unique composition, they spend much of the year asleep in liquid form, re-crystallizing when the temperature drops. The colder the temperature, the stronger they become.

They usually patrol with Kongō, while the rest of the Gems enter hibernation..