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Originally Posted by Roland
How does one relax in the sands of diamonds and precious stones? These, and especially diamonds, are made of very hard materials. I have one of those whetting stones with diamond sand on it and it will take your skin right of when you slip and hit the stone while sharpening.
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Maybe she's going to get a gift of skin that's 10 in Mohs scale?
On the other hand, most regular sand on regular beaches is made up of the most common rock on earth - quartz - which is 7 in Mohs scale. That's abrasive material, too, and yet I don't see people complaining about abrasion too much - id does depend on the force with which you hit it, so stepping on abrasive material does not cause as much damage as hitting it with more force.
On the third hand, I have seen both diamond sand and corundum sand and I must admit that precious stones look rather... bland when ground.
Personally, I'd prefer to rest on larger pieces of gemstones, but then, of course, the diamonds would be grinding all of the softer stones... maybe set them in a matrix like these new countertop surfaces?...
Hmm....
This is more complicated than I have thought.