Malusite

    By 1834 CY, the first implementation of a Weird Detector was invented, this was the size of a fairly large tome. The machine itself was a large box of mechanical components that would take a reading from a seperated probe. The probe, according to my documentation, contained a piece of Malusite that would emit a small field of electricity that would travel up a cable towards the reader. The reader contained several strange components that I will need to research further, but reading these documents seems to indicate that a set of lights would indicate a value of Weird in an area. While more portable than earlier devices, this version of the Weird Detector alledgedly had several major defects that led to several early Collectives experiencing near fatal accidents.   As of 1895 CY, the design for the Weird Detector has changed drastically to include a more solidified piece of Malusite that itself acts as the detector producing an output to a 'plastic diffusal face'. It is clear from the writings that this version was always intended to be wrist mounted for easy storage and access in comparison to the previous version. The Malusite gave the face a variable glow of a blue-ish color based on the amount of Weird and Magik that it detected, allowing for judgements to be made based on how bright the glow is.   Recent developments with Malusite have occured in the past decade. There have been writings which suggest that Malusite can be used as an alternative power source as a type of electricity generation. While this is unconfirmed, untested, and highly dangerous to attempt, if the writings and blueprints that I have turn out to be accurate, then there is a high chance that Malusite could drastically change how we produce electricity.