Talk:Dust/@comment-31209987-20170727135725/@comment-26397825-20170727140045

Yes. As you use dust, it is depleted. It's not an infinite power source, which is why they have to keep mining more up all the time.

Powdered dust contains more elemental output per gram, but is more volatile. Crystalised dust has less elemental output per gram, but is less volatile.

Basically, Ruby sneezing set off a briefcase of powdered dust, but a crystal was able to survive being thrown and bouncing along a rooftop, only exploding when it was shot.