h a l f b a k e r yIncidentally, why isn't "spacecraft" another word for "interior design"?
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harden gems
Vapor deposit quartz on soft gems to make them durable | |
Some gems and minerals are beautiful but
can be easily scratched or abraded if used in
high contact jewelry like a ring. If the mineral
could be encased in quartz by putting it in a
vapor depositing oven, it would have a tough
clear coat. Example Violanes is a rare violet
mineral from Italy
which would be a
gorgeous gemstone if it were able to be
hardened.
Violanes
https://www.gemdat.org/gem-8118.html
[pertinax, Nov 07 2020]
Epitaxy of quartz - current state of the art?
https://science.sci...6134/827.full?rss=1
This suggests the idea would be harder than it looks. [pertinax, Nov 07 2020]
Synthetic Quartz
https://en.wikipedi...tificial_treatments
Hydrothermal process [8th of 7, Nov 07 2020]
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Quartz crystals are produced industrially by deposition from aqueous solution. |
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Good idea, Humans have been lacquering things from year dot. |
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But should quartz be the standard go to material. Carbon as a lacquer? The match of deposition chemicals and application environments for the needed mineral is going to a be game and a half. Maybe the Alloyotron can be adapted. |
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Extrapolating, this could give rise to designer stones where amounts minerals are positionally doped in other minerals to make out of this world gems. |
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It would make a lot more sense to encase them in colorless sapphire. |
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Easier to stick a piece of sellotape over the top. |
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