Creating the Claw

Lane Haygood · 07 Jul 2008, 20:51 · from 2008-July.txt.gz

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From: lhaygood at gmail.com (Lane Haygood)
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 15:51:21 -0500
Subject: (urth) Creating the Claw
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I'm no geologist, but I did have an interest in the subject in my  
younger days, so I'll take a stab at this one.  I'd say that as long  
as the thorn was coated in some sort of heat-resistant material, like  
an advanced type of plastic, it could survive the processes used to  
create such a gem.  Then again, in a society that can build solar  
sails...

Lane

On Jul 7, 2008, at 3:44 PM, Dave Tallman wrote:

> All the interesting discussion on how to forge Terminus Est leads me  
> to think of another question. Sev dropped off his plain rose thorn  
> in the past. Centuries later, it shows up in the center of a  
> sapphire. I know there are techniques for creating synthetic  
> corundum crystals, like the Vereuil process and hydrothermal  
> synthesis, but they seem to involve high heats and pressures. How  
> could the gem be created without burning up the thorn? Also, how  
> could it be centered?
>
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