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minus-squarehansolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoThe whole “copper absorbs impurities” thing is a long-lasting trope. Copper is very soft and doesn’t break like this. Certainly not a ring in half. The matte out is MS Paint to connect 2 probably unrelated images.
minus-squareHackworth@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 days agoAh, I’d never heard that. Found the image and it appears to have originally been hematite.
minus-squarehansolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoYeah, brittleness of a stone makes sense for a break like that.
The whole “copper absorbs impurities” thing is a long-lasting trope. Copper is very soft and doesn’t break like this. Certainly not a ring in half. The matte out is MS Paint to connect 2 probably unrelated images.
Ah, I’d never heard that. Found the image and it appears to have originally been hematite.
Yeah, brittleness of a stone makes sense for a break like that.