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An updated version of Kauri Gum and Plumbogummite (the old Anapaite’s components)

#steven universe #gemsona #fusion love #polyamory #Fusion #Perma-Fusion #anapaite #kauri gum #plumbogummite #Obsidian

gold redesigned

I also did that pretty background thingy @ahhween does

#my art #gold #permafusion #rose quartz #jasper #nosean #kauri gum #the chip in roses gem is intentional #NOTICE THE CHIP THATS IMPORTANT AF FOR HER BACKSTORY #gem fusion #steven universe

Anapaite, a unaligned Perma-Fusion consisting of 7 gems.

*Her components are: a Plumbogummite, a Duftite, an Ice (created by @gemcrust ), a Phosphuranylite, a Hlousekite, a Kauri Gum and an Annabergite

*This fusion had an old version, which used to be called Natrochalcite, and her components were only Plumbogummite and Kauri Gum

*Soon I'll make an updated version of her older components (Plumbogummite and Kauri Gum, which were created in early 2018)

#steven universe #gemsona #Fusion #fusion love #Perma-Fusion #anapaite #plumbogummite #duftite #ice #gemcrust #phosphuranylite #hlousekite #kauri gum #annabergite #polyamory #Obsidian

Kauri Gum

Kauri gum is a resin which bleeds from the kauri tree where bark is damaged or a branch broken – the resin bleeds to seal the wound, preventing rot or water getting into the tree. Gum can build up into a hard lump. As the tree grows and bark is shed, gum is forced off to fall to the ground, a process that has been happening for millions of years. Many years ago, there were vast quantities of gum in the ground. New Zealand’s fossil kauri gum, found in coal, has been dated as 43 million years old. More recent gum from 10,000 to 30,000 years old is known as kauri copal (or resinite). Kauri gum, as with the timber was an important export for New Zealand being sent overseas by the ton. It was collected from the ground by picking up the exposed pieces where the forests had once grown. As the easily found gum disappeared, the gum diggers probed in the ground with spears to locate the gum nuggets, then dug it up with spades. Trees were also a source of gum – collectors would chip pieces of old hard gum from the branches and top (or head) of trees where it had collected for many years. Attempts were also made extract further gum by cutting the trees to bleed fresh gum, collecting it later after it developed into a hard lump.

USES OF KAURI

Due to their size, strength and ability to withstand seawater, kauri were used to make waka (canoes). Some of the greatest Māori waka taua (war canoes) were constructed out of single massive kauri trunk. Some of the larger canoes could hold up to 180 warriors. Kauri gum (kāpia) had many key functions and was arguably more valuable to Māori than the timber. It was burned as an insecticide in kumara plots, wrapped in flax to make torches for night-fishing and even used as chewing gum. Kauri gum was also burnt to get soot, which was mixed with animal fat and/or charcoal and used for tā moko (tattooing). Gum was used by Māori for cooking fires and lighting because it burns very easily. It was also had many other uses including medical remedies.

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