Grubfriend He/Him Posted July 5, 2024 Posted July 5, 2024 (edited) Hi, I'm back! I saw a video a while ago about crystal lattices and that led to two theories, the first is about how gemhearts hold Ligh, and the other about making perfect gemhearts. Also, polestones are another term I remember for gemhearts, and may refer to objects that can contain Investiture. For the first one, the idea is that the less flaws a gemstone has, the longer it can hold Stormlight, but why? A perfect crystal lattice would look like this, perfect on the left, flawed on the right. Spoiler ._._. ._._. | | | |\. | ._._. ._._. It is some deviation the the pattern that lets light loose, so I suggest that, Light fills the openings and forms VERY small, VERY weak bonds with the atoms in a gemheart, and when there is a deviation, there is enough room that the weak bonds break and the Light flows out, and we know all gemhearts are the same material with just a different color, so this rule would fit all gemhearts if true. That is just the general idea, and if someone else who knows more about crystal structures can reword my claim if it isn't clear, I would be much obliged. My other theory is how perfect gemhearts were made. There is a machine, don't remember what it was called it was referenced in Veritasium's video about the blue LED, that can use gas to manufacture crystals much faster than nature, and with less flaws. So, if the proper resources could be found, you can manufacture perfect gems. And as a side note, with a knowledge of how much Light can fit in a unit of gem, we can measure the amount of Investiture per cubic whatever of gem. Edited August 27, 2024 by Xiahida
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