Stone

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This is a list of both common and fine stone that can be accessed by artists or other crafters in Lithmore. This should be a reference, not a rulebook. Other varieties of stone exist and may be used in crafting. These are only samples.

Common Stone

  • River Rock - Stone found at the bottom of the River Bren or any of its offshoots. Colors range through shades of gray, with the occasional slightly darker or lighter segment.
  • Slate - A fine-grained stone comprised mostly of clay. Slate is found in slate or black colors.
  • Travertine - A more common form of limestone found at the bottom of springs, especially hot springs. It is white or light tan-colored, with the rarest varieties possessing a faintly rusty hue.
  • Basalt - Basalt is a very hard volcanic rock that can easily be compared to granite. Basalts mostly have a uniform grey shade. Basalt found in Lithmore has been imported from Tubor, where it is most abundant.

Fine Stone

  • Nephrite - A slightly soft and tough stone, nephrite is ideal for carving. While nephrite can be found in a creamy white form, it is almost always in shades of green. The most costly nephrite stones possess a near-translucence.
  • Marble - A smooth, crystalline stone that is typically a pure, uniform white, more rarely found in black, pink, or blue-gray colors. It is soft and easy to carve by hand, and its resistance to shattering makes it prime stock for sculptors.
  • Sandstone - Sandstone may be any color, though the most common are tan, brown, yellow, pink, grey, white, and black. It is irregularly patterned with banding that mirrors the topographic layers of the landscape it came from. Sandstone found in Lithmore has been imported from Farin, where it is most abundant.
  • Granite - A hard stone that requires immense skill to carve by hand. Granites are predominantly white, pink, red and brown, or gray in color. Minuscule sparkles of quartz or gold deposits become visible when the stone is exposed to the light.
  • Limestone - A hard, sedimentary stone useful as a building material. Limestone is found less commonly than travertine, though similarly tends to line the bottom of hot springs. It tends to have a smooth, pale tan color.