Difference between revisions of "40d:Economic stone"

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Economic stones have special uses as ore, fuel or flux, or other uses like making special items. In technical terms, an economic stone is any stone which can be used as a reagent in any form of reaction. Obsidian is an exception, having been made an economic stone even though it is not used in any reaction - its specialty is that it can be used to craft swords.

(In the same vein, bauxite is unique as a material for magma-safe mechanisms, but, oddly, is not listed with in the economic stones menu as of version 40d, and so cannot be controlled in a similar fashion.)

You can use the z : Stone menu to restrict or un-restrict their use in the production of items and buildings. If you want to use an economic stone for something other than its listed uses, the stone must be green in that menu. This is critical when making a native aluminum statue, or preventing your masons from making furniture out of all your flux stone.

The z-Status: Stone menu will also show what each stone can be used for -- useful when you are wondering what to do with a pile of tetrahedrite.

Stone name	Found in	Found how	Use	Value	Icons
Obsidian	Igneous extrusive	Full Layers	Swords	3	▓
Calcite	Limestone, Marble	Small clusters	Flux	2	"
Chalk	Sedimentary Layer	Full Layers	Flux	2	░
Dolomite	Sedimentary Layer	Full Layers	Flux	2	`
Limestone	Sedimentary Layer	Full Layers	Flux	2	▓
Marble	Metamorphic Layer	Full Layers	Flux	2	▓
Bituminous coal	All Sedimentary	Veins	3 Coke	1	☼
Lignite	All Sedimentary	Veins	2 Coke	1	*

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-Economic [[stone]]s have special uses as [[ore]], [[fuel]] or [[flux]], or other uses like making special items. You can use the {{K|z}}&nbsp;:&nbsp;<tt>Stone</tt> menu to restrict or un-restrict their use in items and buildings.  In technical terms, an economic stone is any stone which can be used as a reagent in any form of [[reaction]]. [[Obsidian]] is the exception because it can be used to make [[weapon|swords]].  Though technically not an economic stone, [[Bauxite]] is included here for the players' sake considering its special use for [[Magma-safe]] [[mechanism|mechanisms]].
+Economic [[stone]]s have special uses as [[ore]], [[fuel]] or [[flux]], or other uses like making special items. In technical terms, an economic stone is any stone which can be used as a reagent in any form of [[reaction]]. [[Obsidian]] is an exception, having been made an economic stone even though it is not used in any reaction - its specialty is that it can be used to craft swords.
-The Stone menu will also show what each stone (except Bauxite) can be used for -- very useful for figuring out what you need to mine to make that obscure [[metal]] your [[noble]] is whining about.
+:''(In the same vein, [[bauxite]] is unique as a material for [[magma-safe]] [[mechanism|mechanisms]], but, oddly, is '''not''' listed with in the economic stones menu as of version 40d, and so cannot be controlled in a similar fashion.)''
+You can use the {{K|z}}&nbsp;:&nbsp;<tt>Stone</tt> menu to restrict or un-restrict their use in the production of items and buildings.  If you want to use an economic stone for something other than its listed uses, the stone must be ''green'' in that menu.  This is critical when making a [[native aluminum]] [[statue]], or preventing your [[mason]]s from making [[furniture]] out of all your [[flux]] stone.
+The [[Status#Stone_Status_Screen|z-Status: Stone]] menu will also show what each stone can be used for -- useful when you are wondering what to do with a pile of [[tetrahedrite]].
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-|[[Bauxite]]*||[[:Category:Sedimentary Stone Layers|Sedimentary]] Layer||Large clusters||''See above''||1||{{Raw Tile|+|#fff|#aaa}}
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