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Sunday, July 17, 2016

ADP 001 - Diorite + Hematite (?) D8

Project Number : ADP - 001
Material : Diorite + Hematite (?) D8
Size (Edge) : ~0.9 cm
Last Updated : December 2015
Cut : Done
Sanded : Done
Pipped : Done
Painted : Done
Polished : 0 out of 6 sides

This dice was also one of my earliest dice. I wasn't serious about making dice back then so I didn't ask the seller what this rock was. Diorite with hematite is my best guess since it looked like diorite and slightly attracted to magnets. I bought the rock as a chunk and cut it down into a cube, before sanding the corners into an octahedron. Since I had difficulties making pips on rocks, so I had an idea to make streaks instead.
 


On the picture to the left, the dice shows the "3" side. There are 2 horizontal streaks and 1 vertical streaks. Therefore the side shows 2+1=3. The other picture shows side 3 (top), 2 (right), 8 (bottom, visible on the reflection), and 5 (left). Might need to take a better picture.

To make the streaks look more contrast, I colored them with silver markers.

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