Garbleshift
Garbleshift t1_j68j5h7 wrote
Reply to comment by SkriVanTek in can gemstones be melted into a gradient? by Acceptable_Shift_247
The description above still applies to the parts you melt.
The point is that when you heat a rock and then cool it, in different circumstances from those in which it was originally formed, you're making a different kind of rock, with different physical properties. Every atmospheric oxygen and moisture are an issue. And minerals haven't been refined the way industrial metals have, so you don't even really know exactly what you're heating up. The chance of the molten part staying stuck to the part that didn't melt is pretty slim.
Garbleshift t1_je333m3 wrote
Reply to comment by urzu_seven in Why are there multiple species of various life forms, but humans only have one? Are there other complex single-species organisms? by CyberOGa3
Yes but the question seems deeply confused about this. The person you're responding to almost certainly already knows it.