Ember Quartz

Ember quartz is found near the Master Gate of Fire, in the Ember Dominions. It is a crystal like material made from coalesced sand and fire elemental power coming out of the gate. The quartz has an internal glow of deep reds, oranges and lighter yellows and white. Each of Quartz as the potential to power many items, but only in the last few years have they be discovered outside of the Ember Dominion who as no interest in them other in than a heat and light source, and heat not needed in a country of mainly desert and hotsprings.
A Member of the Imperium University, Shiro Hoshon from the Crane Imperium found out about them on a research trip to the north, and bartered with the traders of the Dominion for a bag full of the quartz to experiment on and to learn about them. He took them back to the University and started experimenting with what they could do and just how many heat, which means energy can come off them. He discovered that with the right setup that the heat could be used to generate power via steam generation, or by cracking the stones open which create an explosion, as the elemental energy was released quickly, but that was difficult because size of the quartz didn't equal the power released from them, there was no way of knowing how much energy would be released in cracking, and one mistake could cause serious damage to the lab, experiment area or either building. One such test blew out the windows of that side of the building, damage the brick structure and generally made a mess. Shiro lost his hearing, and part of his hand in that explosion, since then he not risk cracking any more. But as experiment with steampower clockwork devices, heating the water via the quartz, and having good success on many small inventions. Nothing that as any practical purposes yet, but improvements and small steps may bring something to the world in time.

Type

Ore/Mineral