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  2. Vitreous enamel - Wikipedia

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    The powder melts, flows, and then hardens to a smooth, durable vitreous coating. The word vitreous comes from the Latin vitreus, meaning "glassy". Enamel can be used on metal, glass, ceramics, stone, or any material that will withstand the fusing temperature. In technical terms fired enamelware is an integrated layered composite of glass and ...

  3. Jet (gemstone) - Wikipedia

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    Jet is a type of lignite, [1] the lowest rank of coal, and is a gemstone.Unlike many gemstones, jet is not a mineral, but is rather a mineraloid. [2] It is derived from wood that has changed under extreme pressure.

  4. List of fictional elements, materials, isotopes and subatomic ...

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    Godzilla vs. Hedorah: Acidic, sludge-like material which composes the kaiju Hedorah's body, which is also its primary method of attacking. Can also be used to shoot a crimson laser beam from the kaiju's eyes. Durable, but needs to be wet in order to function is vulnuerable to drying out, especially via electrocution. Hihiirokane Various works

  5. Rotten stone - Wikipedia

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    Rotten stone is sometimes used to buff stains out of wood. Some polishing waxes contain powdered rotten stone in a paste substrate. For larger polishing jobs, rotten stone mixed with a binder is applied to polishing wheels. It has also been used to polish brass, such as that found on military uniforms, as well as steel and other metals.

  6. Sharpening stone - Wikipedia

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    Truing (flattening a stone whose shape has been changed as it wears away) is widely considered essential to the sharpening process but some hand sharpening techniques utilise the high points of a non-true stone. As the only part of a diamond plate to wear away is a very thin coating of grit and adhesive, and in a good diamond plate this wear is ...

  7. Stonesetting - Wikipedia

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    The earliest known technique of attaching stones to jewelry was bezel setting. A bezel is a strip of metal bent into the shape and size of the stone and then soldered to the piece of jewelry. The stone is then inserted into the bezel, and the metal edge of the bezel pressed over the edge of the stone, holding it in place.

  8. Surface plate - Wikipedia

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    The quartz content of these granite surface plates increases the wear resistance of the plate as quartz is a harder stone. Black granite is dominantly used in machine bases, granite accessories, and custom applications for its superior stiffness, excellent vibration damping, and improved machinability.

  9. Metalworking - Wikipedia

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    It was used for both jewelry and simple tools. However, copper by itself was too soft for tools requiring edges and stiffness. At some point tin was added into the molten copper and bronze was developed thereby. Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin. Bronze was an important advance because it had the edge-durability and stiffness that pure ...