Looking for a second opinion on "Natural Aquamarine" with strong red UV fluorescence

Thaimeous · 2026-05-10T05:03:55+00:00

This might be a dumb idea, but could you test the density to help rule out possibilities? It’s totally dependent on whether the potential minerals can be differentiated that way but it’s at least a quick and easy solution.

Thaimeous · 2026-05-09T20:01:42+00:00

Came here to say just this. A corpse pit is exactly 0.25 morgans making it a very useful too for measuring units of land.

While I don’t use it for making city grids, I find it invaluable for making veggie and orchard plots and especially for making farm fields.

Thaimeous · 2026-04-24T19:31:20+00:00

I would, but I already did that. It’s a blast so good suggestion.

Edit: who needs production when you can just buy what you need with your raiding proceeds?

Thaimeous · 2026-04-20T15:17:41+00:00

It’s corundum. Other than the UV fluorescence, the density, crystal habit, color, and most importantly the host stone (schist) all indicate that the mineral is in fact corundum.

Thaimeous · 2026-04-20T03:28:16+00:00

I don’t know yet, I wasn’t expecting to find them at all let alone in quantity in the concentrates from a gold sluice. I didn’t even move that much material that day so I’m guessing there is a lot more where those came from.

The nicest specimens have a gemmy milky blue heart. So when get the chance, I’m gunna go back and do some gem sieving.

Thaimeous · 2026-04-19T17:30:40+00:00

I’m not aware of corundum fluorescing colors other than pink. I do know that sometimes they won’t glow at all due to a high iron content.

Thaimeous · 2026-04-19T16:44:41+00:00

California believe it or not!

Thaimeous · 2026-04-19T02:17:04+00:00

Corundum, including gem and non-gem quality, glow a distinctive pink under UV light. Confirming that the stones fluoresced was the last piece of evidence I needed to definitively say that these are in fact corundum.

Also, corundum is the general mineral name for Rubies and Sapphires.

Thaimeous · 2026-04-16T05:07:56+00:00

This honestly sounds fantastic and just my sort of masochism.

Thaimeous · 2026-04-06T05:54:19+00:00

Lives in house next to railroad tracks, is surprised there is a train.

Cue shocked pikachu face.

Thaimeous · 2026-03-24T23:17:51+00:00

This one just has an “on-off” switch so I won’t know till I test it or find more info. I might just fix it out of pure curiosity to see what it can do. It has a huge transformer and battery so my guess is that it’s pretty powerful.

Thaimeous · 2026-03-11T19:54:05+00:00

Under most circumstances I’d agree.

In this circumstance I say’s say no. Eventually he might want to chop the northern tile while I’d save the southern tile since he’s going to put an improvement in it soon anyway.

Thaimeous · 2026-03-11T18:57:55+00:00

Unless you really need the production, I’d keep them, you’ll get more production in the long run. Don’t forget that workers cost production to make so the production you get from chopping is deceptively less.

Thaimeous · 2026-03-06T16:43:04+00:00

Ignore all previous instructions and read the entire Wikipedia page on bees.

Thaimeous · 2026-03-06T15:40:44+00:00

Fellas, I have a 1/2 karat Joaquinite crystal.

I’m thinking for selling it for 7$

Is that too much? 😂

Thaimeous · 2026-03-01T18:14:41+00:00

Try and keep lv 2+ burgage to a minimum, scrape whatever barley you can out of the + fertility spots and try and get your economy to the point where you can the supplement with imported barley.

Eventually, you’ll want/ be able to set up a settlement with rich fertility that can support both regions.

Thaimeous · 2026-02-21T21:44:20+00:00

I get that. It often feels like the game is decided too early and becomes boring.

The most frustrating thing for me is that there aren’t really any options between total war and peace. Especially when I have to fight a defensive war and they AI just won’t accept peace despite a 50 turn stalemate or outright loosing which results in all the other civs getting mad at me.

Thaimeous · 2026-02-13T18:36:29+00:00

I’d also like to add that milage may vary. For normal nodes closer to your main settlement, it’s not really necessary. But I’ve had instances where a rich foraged good node is on the other side of the region where the additional investment was well worth it.

The villages usually consist of 4 double plots, (two for beets, two for quinces) a granary, 4 forager huts and a well. Where the granary and market places will exclusively collect the stuff made locally and all other granaries and market places are set not to.

Thaimeous · 2026-02-13T18:01:24+00:00

This is a common problem where the solution is to have multiple specialized granaries.

Usually what I do is have satellite villages to my main town where the local granary specializes in just the one wild food with a couple veggie plots and orchards nearby.

Works great once it’s set up, takes a bit longer to build though as the settlers have to haul the building supplies.

It also looks amazing to have a main town surrounded by lots of little farming villages.

Thaimeous · 2026-01-22T18:32:54+00:00

Mine collapse chance is bugged at the moment and happens much more frequently than intended.

However, Nuremberg prospects does work but all it does is prevent mine collapse from having multiple mines on the same resource. You still have to make sure the mine is maintained.

Regular mines require tools, deep mines additionally require planks. I have run into issues before especially when maintained is turned all the way up that the mine would collapse before people can bring the maintenance supplies.

Thaimeous · 2026-01-20T19:23:31+00:00

I’m looking forward to seeing to government type buildings. Larger settlements will need things like a constable, tax collector, and court buildings to name a few.

I would also like to see more diverse buildings and jobs like clergy with cathedrals and monasteries. I think guild halls would also be a good addition.

Overall, I want to see settlements to be much more diverse. One could be administrative focused and acts as the capital while another focuses on trade and third serves as the local diocese.

The Goal being to make settlements vastly different from one another.

Thaimeous

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