In space, high-energy particles emanate from different sources, bombarding and penetrating solid objects that pass by. The researchers used a dating technique that measured the grains' exposure to cosmic rays during their interstellar journey over billions of years. "I always compare it to burning down the haystack to find the needle," Heck said. "We can see them with an optical microscope." Stellar "baby boom"įor the study, Heck and his colleagues examined 40 of these so-called boulders from Murchison, grinding up bits of the meteorite and adding acid, which dissolved minerals and silicates and revealed the acid-resistant presolar grains. But the grains the scientists analyzed for the study were much bigger, ranging from 2 to 30 microns in length. Most presolar grains measure about 1 micron in length, or are even smaller. But unlike dynamic planets, Murchison's parent asteroid is "an almost-inert piece of rock that formed from the solar nebula and hasn't changed since then," so the presolar grains haven't been cooked down into another type of mineral, Heck told Live Science. 2 Starmetal has been cut and changed into Stardust.When large, orphan space rocks form - such as the asteroid that produced Murchison - they, too, can pick up ancient, interstellar dust. The ingot will then transform into stardust, and can be picked up from the ground.įig. 1 Starmetal about to be cut with the Starmetal Cutting Tool.ĭrop a Starmetal Ingot on the ground, and with the Starmetal Cutting Tool equipped in you hand, left-click it. As the Astral Tome dictates, Starmetal is not possible to grind it into dust, and must be dropped in-world before processing.įig. The player must obtain this tool before the creation of Stardust is possible. Stardust is the outcome of cutting a Starmetal Ingot with the Starmetal Cutting tool.
This is a skill that should be practiced, as it will be used more often during later studies. The speed and force required to accomplish this is more than can be leveraged with a crafting table and must be done in-world instead. Disrupting the magical energies in the metal is necessary to create grains of metal dust instead, and the Academy's Starmetal Cutting Tool is particularly suited to this.īy striking a starmetal ingot with swift swings of the cutting tool, the sharp impact to both the physical object as well as its magical field will cause the ingot to rapidly destabilize, shattering into a pile of Stardust, instead. While it can sustain direct impact with little deformation, attempting to grind or cut it results in the metal behaving more like a putty and smearing out of shape. Due to the magical energy contained with it, this metal is both simultaneously hard and soft. While Starmetal has many applications for channeling Starlight, the dust from Starmetal is even more reactive. Stardust is a fundamental component in progressing further into Astral Sorcery.
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