Approved Tech Amberite

[Efret Farr]

SPECIAL FEATURES

• When dry
  • Tenebrescent
  • Good conductor of heat
• When hydrated
  • Good insulator
  • Moisture-resistant
• In both states
  • Sharp
  • Brittle
  • Fireproof
  • Prized for its beauty

STRENGTHS

• Ouch!: Amberite is one of the sharpest natural materials known in the galaxy and can cut a wide variety of materials—from leather to bone.

WEAKNESSES

• Oops!: Despite its sharpness, amberite is brittle, meaning that it can easily be shattered or scratched.

DESCRIPTION

c. 6 billion years ago - The protomoon Toshara incorporates more material into itself as it cleans up its orbit around Toshaal. Layers begin to differentiate according to atomic mass and density, with heavier and denser materials moving towards the center of the planet and pushing lighter, less dense mass towards the surface. A core, mantle, crust, and ultimately continents are formed as planetary layers. The comparatively light elements that form amberite are caught up in heavier magmas and brought into the core, where it then solidifies.​

c. 4.7 billion years ago - The oldest known amberite vein emerges on the newly-solidified Tosharan surface. It takes likely takes only a few decades for the the harsh winds to erode away the gabbro rind in which the amberite cooled.​

c. 9,450 years ago - The first known arrowhead made from amberite is made and used by prehistoric sentient species to hunt and wage war.​

c. 702 ABY - An Iskalonian acquires three large hand samples of amberite from a Tosharan merchant stranded as she travels the Mara Corridor.​

900 ABY - Jedi master and archeologist Efret Farr is gifted one of the hand axes that were made from the material by a family descendant of said Iskalonian. In an investigation into the source of the mineral, she travels to Toshara. After finding an unaltered outcrop of amberite on the planet's surface and comparing it with the hand axe, she enlists the help of Dr. Asori Soto to publish a mineralogical paper on amberite. The main findings are summarized below.​

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Name: Amberite​

Formula: 70–75% SiO2 + Na8Al6Si6O6S22​

Classification: Sulfur sodium aluminum silicate​

Color:​

• When dry, bright orange
• When hydrated, darker orange
• In sunlight, bright orange
• In darkness, grey

Luster: Glassy​

Transparency:​

• When dry, translucent
• When hydrated, opaque

Hardness: 5/10​

Fracture: Conchoidal​

Crystal system: None; plutonic glass​

Optical properties: When dry, tenebrescence (translucent grey to translucent bright orange)​

Type locality: Toshara​

Occurrence: Ubiquitous, normally as massive, flowing veins; both surface and subsurface​

Outcrop-scale texture: Aukahi (like taffy candy being pulled apart; Genetian: smooth, clear)​

Mineral associations: Plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene plus olivine, hornblende, and/or orthopyroxene as the rock gabbro​

Related mineral: Amberine​

Formation: Amberite's elemental components spontaneously separate from magmas in Toshara's core and solidify to produce plutonic glass (similar to volcanic glass except volcanism is not involved); the process that allows this is not known but current theory suggests that the chemical reaction of a gabbro melt with an amberite melt is massively endothermic, which cools the amberite quickly enough so that crystals are not formed; the gabbro then forms over time and envelops the amberite. When exposed at the surface of Toshara, the gabbro readily weathers away to reveal the contained amberite.​

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Uses: Many:​

• Ornamental (mostly when dry)
  • Sculpture
  • Jewelry
  • Tinted mirrors
  • Artistic material
• Tools (mostly when dry)
  • Scalpels
  • Facial care implements with microneedles
• Construction (when dry)
  • Strands used in carpet or linen
• Construction (when hydrated)
  • Duracrete alternative or additive aggregate
  • Polymer or other binder media
  • Insulation
• Soil amendment (when hydrated)

 

[MANIAC]

Efret Farr

It is very cool, I love it. After I discussed this John, I have to ask you to remove the canon from title and rename the sub. In the Wookieepedia there is a very few information about this material and you made it how you imagined it. And from this point, it is not a canon item, but a custom one. (we accept only the wookieepedia and starwars.com as canon source)

 

[Efret Farr]

MANIAC ~ Would it be acceptable to rename this Amberite and say it's a closely-related mineral to Amberine?

 

[MANIAC]

Efret Farr

Yes, that is possible and a good solution.

 

[Efret Farr]

MANIAC ~ Awesome; thanks for your guidance! Here's a list of changes I made:

• Renamed sub, made new header to reflect the name change, and replaced 'amberine' with 'amberite' throughout the sub
• Updated Intent and Primary Source(s) in the OOC Information section, and removed the canon source
• Added Related mineral data point to Description and linked to the amberine Wookieepedia page

EDIT: Also linked the Toshara Wookieepedia page under Description > Type locality

 

[MANIAC]

Efret Farr

Thank you!

Approved.