Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20130810030606/@comment-24260323-20140507225622

WC-83 wrote: Mining during the Grimm Conflict must have been very hit or miss. Either you struck it and PRAYED that it didn't kill you or Dust might have a natural stage where the crystals break off into smaller ones where it is too large. Then as the RWBY Industrial Revolution takes hold, demand is increased and they develop new techniques to mine Dust safer I'd like to think that natural Dust isn't volatile otherwise they would have naturally been destroyed by environmental effects. I think the raw Dust comes in crystals that when hit with a pickaxe, causes it to shatter into smaller pieces. Those smaller pieces or powder are more volatile.