User blog comment:TheNewProtagonist/Dust is actually kinda dumb./@comment-23784953-20130813151815/@comment-10390252-20130813162834

Actually, that isn't correct. In Storm Hawks, Master Cyclonis is shown actually creating new hybrid crystals from the careful merging and re-faceting of other crystals. However, it's implied that this is is a skill held be very few and is one of the reasons the Cyclonians regarded her as close-to-divine in some ways.

That said, I consider Cyclonis and Piper to be trope-sisters to Weiss and Glynda in their use of their particular Applied Phelbotinum. I wonder if we'll see Weiss blending powdered Dust to create new effects or whether that's something that the SDC does on an industrial scale.