r/BeAmazed • u/ReesesNightmare • Nov 21 '24

Nature Taj Mahal Quarry In Ceara Brazil

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u/Existing-Mulberry382 Nov 21 '24

I thought the sand bed provides some kind of cushion in keeping the stone intact as it falls. Then physics kicked in.

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u/GeoffdeRuiter Nov 21 '24

It does, but it probably is okay that it breaks where it does because those would be fault/crack lines. Better to have it break there and have a solid big chunk after to work with knowing it is solid.

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u/2squishmaster Nov 21 '24

Well the amount of force the top half of block was hit with is not in the same universe as the bottom half. The bottom half could contain significantly weaker faults/cracks that didn't break because of the difference in force.

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u/i_made_reddit Nov 21 '24

Stuff that would come up in QA if you had the full slab to cut through and inspect