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Whatizit--September 28, 2023
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Uploaded: 09/28/23 10:15 PM GMT
Whatizit--September 28, 2023
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Since I originated the "What Is It?" form of image contest, something like 10 years ago, when I discovered this object earlier today I knew I had to present it to my friends here to see if anyone could identify it. I mean, I know its origin--somewhat unique, I must say--and it probably has a name, but my internet searching has produced nothing. So can any of you figure out what it is? I will let it stand for a few days to give you all a chance, then I'll let you in on how it was created. (please excuse the iPhone quality--not only was my DSLR damaged beyond repair but my leased copy of Photoshop disappeared... when it rains it pours). Happy Trails!
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.casechaser
09/28/23 11:59 PM GMT
It is a laying down miniature Christmas Tree, sans lights and bulbs!!
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'Nik', I think Murphy's law ("Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong") has become applicable to you.
As for your entry, you've made me doubt myself. At first I thought it might be something of plant origin. But now think it could be rock or a mineral, like Kyanite Quarts Crystal.
I'm curious.
'Nik', I think Murphy's law ("Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong") has become applicable to you.
As for your entry, you've made me doubt myself. At first I thought it might be something of plant origin. But now think it could be rock or a mineral, like Kyanite Quarts Crystal.
I'm curious.
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I'm with Cornelius. Black Kyanite crystal. I think.
Full of healing qualities. :)
Full of healing qualities. :)
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Hmmm very interesting! I'm going with either some kind of pine that was treated with color, or the black kyanite? tigs=^..^=
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Looking at photos of black kyanite I can see how some of you might think that this object is indeed that material.
-nik
-nik
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Maybe a kind of lichen ?
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My thanks to all who leave comments for my work and to those of you who like one enough to make it a favourite. To touch just one person that way makes each image worthwhile. . . . . . . . . .. . . . "The question is not what you look at, but what you see" ~ Marcel Proust
Okay, the skinny on the two sides/thoughts of this object:
On one hand, several of you have mentioned Black Kyanite, a naturally occurring crystal. The Wikipedia definition is "Kyanite occurs in Manhattan schist, formed under extreme pressure as a result of a continental collision during the assembly of the supercontinent of Pangaea [pron. Pan-gee-ah]. It is also found in pegmatites of the Appalachian Mountains, in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and at Pizzo Forno in Switzerland.
On the other, I have been working on building a shop/studio in my back yard over the past couple years, and among other processes, cutting reinforcing steel bar to length has been a regular feature. Using my Milwaukee metal chop saw, a prodigious amount of sparks fly backward from the blade, half of them flying everywhere while the other half blasts directly into the (black) 3-sided chamber you see here, to the left of the bottom of the blade. These sparks are basically minute molten pieces of steel, many hitting exactly the same spot. Over time, many are literally "welded" in place in a cone-like shape and, since they are black as well, I never saw these "Steel Stalagmites" growing until just recently, when I finished cutting 120 pieces (of 1/2" steel) and decided to clean the saw before putting it away (instead of simply vacuuming up the steel dust). This "Stalagmite" broke off as I wiped, the flat left end of the object being the point of separation. Two more are still in there but they are much wider and will not break loose.
I find it unique and interesting that this inadvertent sculpture of mine would look so much like a natural substance as to trigger the responses it did in my fellow Caedesians.
Happy Trails;
-nik
On one hand, several of you have mentioned Black Kyanite, a naturally occurring crystal. The Wikipedia definition is "Kyanite occurs in Manhattan schist, formed under extreme pressure as a result of a continental collision during the assembly of the supercontinent of Pangaea [pron. Pan-gee-ah]. It is also found in pegmatites of the Appalachian Mountains, in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and at Pizzo Forno in Switzerland.
On the other, I have been working on building a shop/studio in my back yard over the past couple years, and among other processes, cutting reinforcing steel bar to length has been a regular feature. Using my Milwaukee metal chop saw, a prodigious amount of sparks fly backward from the blade, half of them flying everywhere while the other half blasts directly into the (black) 3-sided chamber you see here, to the left of the bottom of the blade. These sparks are basically minute molten pieces of steel, many hitting exactly the same spot. Over time, many are literally "welded" in place in a cone-like shape and, since they are black as well, I never saw these "Steel Stalagmites" growing until just recently, when I finished cutting 120 pieces (of 1/2" steel) and decided to clean the saw before putting it away (instead of simply vacuuming up the steel dust). This "Stalagmite" broke off as I wiped, the flat left end of the object being the point of separation. Two more are still in there but they are much wider and will not break loose.
I find it unique and interesting that this inadvertent sculpture of mine would look so much like a natural substance as to trigger the responses it did in my fellow Caedesians.
Happy Trails;
-nik
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Amazing and very interesting :)
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My thanks to all who leave comments for my work and to those of you who like one enough to make it a favourite. To touch just one person that way makes each image worthwhile. . . . . . . . . .. . . . "The question is not what you look at, but what you see" ~ Marcel Proust