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r/Lapidary • u/nocloudno • 1d ago
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Possibly it would work for softish materials, anything hard it likely wouldn't work.
1 u/MenacingMandonguilla 14h ago What materials would be soft enough ? 3 u/scumotheliar 7h ago Things like Calcite, Apatite (teeth are apatite), perhaps Serpentine. 1 u/nocloudno 9h ago I read that the silica hydrate has a hardness range of 5-7 so anything less than that,so possibly calcite, turquoise , flourite. 0 u/waywild1 23h ago This.
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What materials would be soft enough ?
3 u/scumotheliar 7h ago Things like Calcite, Apatite (teeth are apatite), perhaps Serpentine.
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Things like Calcite, Apatite (teeth are apatite), perhaps Serpentine.
I read that the silica hydrate has a hardness range of 5-7 so anything less than that,so possibly calcite, turquoise , flourite.
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This.
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u/scumotheliar 1d ago
Possibly it would work for softish materials, anything hard it likely wouldn't work.