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# it's either the stuff that birds file their beaks on
or the stuff that gets washed up on the beach

i'll go for the latter, it's easier to carve.
(, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 19:51, archived)
# they're both the same thing you know
(, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 19:54, archived)
# you're having me on right?
do they cook the beach crumbly things to make them hard?
(, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 19:55, archived)
# i do not know.
they're both cuttlefish though, maybe it's just that the ones that watch up and been foating about in the sea for ages.
(, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 19:58, archived)
# yes!
i get points!
(, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 20:00, archived)
# Ms Morbo is quite right!
Beep boop.
(, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 19:59, archived)
# Try selenite
It's a sort of gypsum, which is very low on the Mohs scale (ie soft).
Looks like iridescent soap.
(, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 19:57, archived)
# looks intersting
ta very much.

(wow, googing for a crystal brings up a hell of a lot of utter balls)
(, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 20:01, archived)
# Crystals and minerals are fun.
Expensive, useless fun.
(, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 20:02, archived)
# i'm going to buy a grow your own set
god bless art foundation courses, nothing is useless!

except thoughs 50 bogroll tubes i still havn't found a use for...
(, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 20:24, archived)
# NOOOOO
You can't grow crystals! They have to form in the furnaces of
volcanic rock over thousands of years. You have to buy them
from ropey hippy shops.
(, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 20:27, archived)
# sorry!
i'll look into that as well, i live in brighton so there's one on every street corner... the smell funny inside.
(, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 20:35, archived)
# spume?
(, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 19:54, archived)
# squid bones
(, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 19:56, archived)