What real life mineral is the closest to minecraft redstone in physicochemical properties, except for the colour?
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[Edited on 191025 by fusso]Texium - 25-10-2019 at 11:25
A red crystalline powder that spontaneously glows and conducts electricity? I don't think anything remotely similar exists in real life.RedDwarf - 25-10-2019 at 11:50
Do we need a new forum for Fusso's posts? Texium - 25-10-2019 at 14:08
Sounds like something that fusso would suggest!Ubya - 25-10-2019 at 14:23
hahahahah.
anyway, a conductive mineral is already not that common, red minerals also are not that common, a red conductive mineral? never heard of one existing
anyway, i like mincraft a lot
[Edited on 25-10-2019 by Ubya]fusso - 25-10-2019 at 14:30
hahahahah.
anyway, a conductive mineral is already not that common, red minerals also are not that common, a red conductive mineral? never heard of one existing
anyway, i like mincraft a lot
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[Edited on 191025 by fusso]mayko - 25-10-2019 at 14:43
a red conductive mineral? never heard of one existing
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native copper? Boffis - 25-10-2019 at 14:52
Apart from native copper there are nickeline (NiAs), briethauptite (NiSb) and melonite (NiTe2). The first and the last are much the same colour as
fresh copper but the second is a beautiful violet-pink. There are also a few thallium antimony compounds that range into the metallic magenta red
colours but none of them are either luminous or phosphorescent.diddi - 25-10-2019 at 18:13
you could be adventurous and include fluorescent minerals. that gives you the beautiful reds and crimson colours, but i cant think of any fluoros
that are conductive. fusso - 26-10-2019 at 06:03
And redstone will glow for a few seconds after hitting with a pickaxe or being stepped on (piezoluminescence?). What real life minerals do that?SWIM - 26-10-2019 at 12:20
And redstone will glow for a few seconds after hitting with a pickaxe or being stepped on (piezoluminescence?). What real life minerals do that?
Sounds like triboluminescence.
Are you sure this mineral isn't composed of crushed cherry Lifesavers or watermelon Jolly Ranchers?
elementcollector1 - 26-10-2019 at 14:47
Could also be a semiconductor with red LED characteristics - I've seen people light up LEDs briefly using the stored charges on their fingers.
Semiconductors come to mind in general, if only because they're an easy out for a 'conductive' mineral. I don't recall Minecraft's rules on redstone
circuits, but they're probably not conducive to semiconductors being the source...
EDIT: Red selenium? It doesn't seem to have the triboluminescent properties, but it is a listed semiconductor with a bandgap of 2.05 eV (thus, it
would emit light at about 605 nm, or orange-red color if electrically excited).
[Edited on 10/26/2019 by elementcollector1]chemist1243 - 21-11-2019 at 12:40
mix graphite with small granular bits of aluminum powder. the graphite might just conduct while in powder form.
