Flammerite

Flammerite is a mineral and fuel available only in Colkiverse E. It is a dark orange speckled ore, with properties similar to coal - it burns well, and is used to power the huge steam engines of the steampunk universe.
== Appearance and Variations ==
There are some variations, with different rarity. Standard flammerite is dark orange-brown, with yellow and orange speckles, giving it a flaming or starry appearance.
The most popular variations out of the many are 'snowflake flammerite', which has larger speckles that look more like snowflakes; 'rainbow flammerite', which has its reddish and yellowish colours in bands instead of speckles, and 'blue flame flammerite', which has blue and green speckles as opposed to orange and yellow. The non-cosmetic properties of these variations are no different.
Like coal, high pressure turns flammerite into Diamond Flammerite, but flammerite diamonds have different purposes.
== Uses and Alloys ==
Flammerite is primarily used as fuel, and is very rarely used as jewellery. The fires heat large steam engines that power Colkiverse E's steampunk machinery. It is far more effective than coal, and is fairly clean, as the smooth rocks and ores leave little dust. It is also used in heating, as flammerite generates heat.
Flammerite diamonds, as well as being good cutting tools, burn quick and hot, and when two diamonds are struck together it creates a large, bright, fiery explosion. Diamond flammerite dust is popular in guerilla warfare, as throwing it creates a burning smoke screen, similar to pepper spray, but more fire-burny instead of spice-burny.
Alloys include plosite (with garazonium), which is extremely volatile and explosive, and antimendite (with pendanti), which, when burnt, lets off a gas that is extremely toxic to pandimensional beings.
== Mining and Locations ==
It is mostly found in deep underground caves in hot regions. Although the veins of flammerite are fairly rare, they tend to be very large, and aren't hard to find with thermal dowsing, as flammerite's natural heat alerts miners of its location. But the heat could easily be lava, or a steam pocket. So, like, y'know.
Since flammerite is found primarily in hot regions, some of the biggest flammerite mines are located in the Colkiverse-E equivalents of Africa and the Middle East, particularly the ever-industrial Aridistan. 
However, flammerite's tendency to occur in hot regions seems due to the heat in the ground, as veins of flammerite have been found in hot parts of otherwise cold regions, such as near volcanoes, geysers or hot springs. The regional difference tends to be the cause of variations such as rainbow, snowflake and blue flame.
Category:Minerals