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Posted on 5/22/26 at 10:08 pm to AlterEd
Its not granite.
quote:And it is more than a millimeter thick. It can be done by artisans today as well.
In your image, the “translucent” appearance is coming from lighting passing through a thin edge of stone with a light-colored matrix. That behavior is typical of:
Calcite/alabaster (very common in Egypt)
Or sometimes fine limestone / travertine
Granite (quartz + feldspar + mica) does not transmit light like that, even in very thin sections. It stays opaque.
This post was edited on 5/22/26 at 10:09 pm
Posted on 5/22/26 at 10:20 pm to Jake88
quote:
Calcite/alabaster (very common in Egypt)
Looks like this.
Posted on 5/22/26 at 10:23 pm to AlterEd
I know.
Posted on 5/22/26 at 10:24 pm to Jake88
They're not the same.
Posted on 5/22/26 at 10:28 pm to AlterEd
I know. What is the provenance of that image? How do we know it's not resin?
This post was edited on 5/22/26 at 10:45 pm
Posted on 5/22/26 at 10:46 pm to Jake88
Comes from this guy's project. Good work they're doing too. They're laser scanning these pre-Dynastic vases and coming up with near perfect symmetry on vases that are upwards of 6,000 years old.
Posted on 5/22/26 at 11:01 pm to Jake88
And?
Posted on 5/22/26 at 11:15 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
Dunning and Kruger are just running amok all over this thread.
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