40d:Saltpeter

Saltpeter

x x x x x x x • = = = x x x • • = = = x x • • • • = = x • • • • • • =
Uses
Masonry Stone crafting Construction
Location
Found in sedimentary layers as small clusters
Properties
Material value 1 Melting point 11500 (x) Boiling point 14000 (m) Ignition point none (m) Solid density 1201 Specific heat 800
Wikipedia article

v0.34.11 · v0.31.25 · v0.28.181.40d · v0.23.130.23a This article is about an older version of DF. More Info

xTATTEREDx  · +FINE+  · *SUPERIOR*  · ≡EXCEPTIONAL≡  · ☼MASTERWORK☼

Saltpeter is a non-economic yellow stone found within sedimentary layers.

Saltpeter is also the most lightweight stone besides raw adamantine, so it's preferable for making crafts and absolutely inappropriate for stone-fall traps and catapults.

This article or section has been rated D for Dwarf. It may include witty humour, not-so-witty humour, bad humour, in-jokes, and references to the Bay12 forums. Don't believe everything you read, and if you miss some of the references, don't worry.

In real life, it is used in conjunction with charcoal and sulfur in order to make gunpowder.

It is rumored that if a Dwarf ever discovers this, Dwarven "Civilization" would come to an explosive, but Fun end.

Raws
[MATGLOSS_STONE:SALTPETER] [NAME:saltpeter][COLOR:6:7:1][TILE:'x'] [ENVIRONMENT:SEDIMENTARY:CLUSTER_SMALL:100] [SOLID_DENSITY:1201] a gypsum

Stone
Sedimentary	Calcite • Chalk • Flint • Chert • Claystone • Conglomerate • Dolomite • Limestone • Mudstone • Rock salt • Sandstone • Shale • Siltstone
Igneous I.	Diorite • Gabbro • Granite
Igneous E.	Andesite • Basalt • Felsite • Obsidian • Rhyolite
Metamorphic	Gneiss • Marble • Phyllite • Quartzite • Schist • Slate
Ore	Adamantine, raw • Aluminum, native • Bismuthinite • Cassiterite • Copper, native • Galena • Garnierite • Gold, native • Hematite • Horn silver • Limonite • Magnetite • Malachite • Platinum, native • Silver, native • Sphalerite • Tetrahedrite
Economic	Bituminous coal • Calcite • Lignite
Unique	Bauxite • Graphite • Kimberlite
Other	Alabaster • Alunite • Anhydrite • Borax • Brimstone • Chromite • Cinnabar • Cobaltite • Cryolite • Gypsum • Hornblende • Ilmenite • Jet • Kaolinite • Marcasite • Mica • Microcline • Olivine • Orpiment • Orthoclase • Periclase • Petrified wood • Pitchblende • Puddingstone • Pyrolusite • Realgar • Rutile • Saltpeter • Satinspar • Selenite • Serpentine • Stibnite • Sylvite • Talc