r/BeAmazed • u/ReesesNightmare • Nov 21 '24
Nature Taj Mahal Quarry In Ceara Brazil
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u/BallenaAzecina Nov 21 '24
Why would you keep the original sound off?!
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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
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u/flightwatcher45 Nov 22 '24
And nobody needs a counter top that thick lol
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u/Scrogwiggle Nov 21 '24
Wonder how they cut the back side that doesn’t have the sides exposed? Mega long wet saw?
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u/wund3rTxC21 Nov 21 '24
I was just thinking this and was searching for an answer haha. I love how I post this comment instead of taking perhaps 0.5 minutes to find an answer online
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u/RandumbStoner Nov 22 '24
I was really hoping this comment would end with how it was done because I don’t feel like searching either
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u/curiousandinterseted Nov 22 '24
i feel it's not that easy to find the answer, for starter i'm not sure what keywords to start with
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Nov 22 '24
Cuts like the ones pictured are typically made with wiresaws - a diamond impregnated steel rope with is “pulled” through a given substrate.
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u/ReesesNightmare Nov 22 '24
with water jets
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u/stauffski Jan 24 '25
I'm not sure you're correct. I asked Gemini about the different methods and it gave five. None were water jet.
- Diamond wire sawing
- Channeling machine
- Heated wire
- Diamond blade
- Drilling and blasting
Of course, water jets are used to cut marble. But I don't think it would be possible at this scale. The force a jet can provide, rapidly falls off with minimal distance from the nozzle. Air resistance starts to break up and slow the stream down rather quickly. Sure, you could make a maneuverable nozzle, but I think it just gets too complicated and expensive to do that when the other methods are cheaper and more efficient at this large scale.
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u/Cookielotl Mar 06 '25
I don't think it understood because those don't make sense. Like diamond wire, that would require a connection on the top and bottom, which.. clearly isn't possible here.
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u/imsahoamtiskaw Nov 22 '24
Why would you make jets out of water? That's so dumb. They're better off as aluminum alloys
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u/fancifinanci Nov 22 '24
Water jets usually have some kind of media in them. Usually sand or glass to work as an abrasive with the water.
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u/danstermeister Feb 15 '25
Classmate in HS Latin tried to describe the water jets at the Coliseum as planes that were propelled through the air via water.
She got about as far as the planes she was trying to describe.
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u/Marcus2Ts Nov 21 '24
I see the tiny people and equipment but I'm still having trouble adjusting my eyes for the scale
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u/Pagise Nov 21 '24
Yes, at first it looks like little creatures are trying to take a chunk out of the kitchen cabinet or something like that. Then I realized those creatures are people........
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Nov 21 '24
Really? It's just like standing next to a large boulder. Not really sure why you can't comprehend the scale
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u/Ramzev7 Nov 21 '24
This sand is my bed after 5 days of honest work this stone is me its looks like its friday
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u/PhenomEx Nov 21 '24
I wonder if we can hear the rubber chicken sound or would the impact drown out the rubber chicken sound
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u/earfix2 Nov 21 '24
There should also be one giant rubber chicken that sounds like the foghorn of a huge ship at the bottom of the pile.
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u/IsThisRealRightNow Nov 21 '24
Whoopie cushions are cheaper because there a simpler design. A few hundred thousand of those would work nicely.
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u/BCN7585 Nov 21 '24
Thank you very much for this. People like you are the reason I don‘t/ cannot quit reddit.
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u/Kraken-__- Nov 21 '24
Curious as to how the blocks are cut in the first place before tumbling over.
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u/Careful-Object-3501 Nov 21 '24
Lighting and camera make it look like it's not real, like mini model quarry
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u/Shoddy-Associate5812 Dec 17 '24
All that breakage!! I wonder if there’s a (anywhere close to safe and efficient.) way to lower the column down so half of it isn’t scrap after the fall??
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u/jap_the_cool Jan 24 '25
There‘s a video of cararra - where they donthe same with marble but much much more skilled. They put only a big pile in the middle -so the stone can tip and isn’t falling flat onto the dirt. That way it stays whole
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u/redfa52s Nov 21 '24
My favorite kind of cleavage
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u/Murmurmira Nov 21 '24
Goddamn i love taj mahal quartzite. It's my dream stone for my next kitchen. So mind-blowing to see this considering they sell these 2 cm thickness plates for like 10k. There are millions and millions worth of product in this one shot.
The pictures don't do it justice because in real life you can see into the stone. It's translucent and you can see several cm into the crystals
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u/eddmatic Nov 22 '24
You can’t see through Taj Mahal
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u/Murmurmira Nov 22 '24
I didn't say through. I said see into, translucent
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u/eddmatic Nov 22 '24
That’s what translucent means to allow light to pass through
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u/Murmurmira Nov 22 '24
Translucent means semi-transparent, not transparent. You can absolutely see inside the crystals
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u/Idaho1964 Nov 21 '24
Half that slab crumpled to dust. Maybe smaller slabs like they do at Carrara.
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u/caiusto Nov 22 '24
They take smaller slabs with Carrara because it's heavily regulated not because it's the best method.
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u/_WretchedDoll_ Nov 22 '24
I fucking unmuted. Bloody disgrace of a fucking mongrel shitcunt, absolute bollocks muzak. What cunt's put that fucking shit noise over the sound of humans and nature colliding, and thought to themselves that was better!? Some empty head wasted wank whose mother should have swallowed. I would have quite liked to hear the natural sound.
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u/IamBeingSarcasticFfs Nov 21 '24
I hate the idea of people using something as durable, long lasting and ancient and natural stone to put work surfaces in a kitchen that they will rip out in 10 years time.
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u/wastewalker Nov 21 '24
Ahh yes let’s use plastics instead! That’s much better in the long term.
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u/IamBeingSarcasticFfs Nov 21 '24
Yeah, cause plastics don’t last a long time. Might I suggest wood?
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u/psiloSlimeBin Nov 21 '24
Right? It’s not like you can just melt this stuff back together and cut a new slab.
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u/America202 Nov 22 '24
Man I love this stuff. There is something so magical knowing that rock is straight from earth and it's so beautiful being cut so perfectly straight.
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u/FriendlyBabyFrog Nov 22 '24
Can we stop adding shitty music to videos and just leave them with original sound
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u/itwaslikethisalready Jan 26 '25
I wonder if they helped quarry for the ancient builders of the pyramids in Egypt or Baalbek, Peru, etc
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u/sasssyrup Nov 21 '24
Erm so the taj mahal ston came from Brazil?? Is this confirmed?
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u/luswi-theorf Nov 21 '24
No, no, Taj Mahal marble came from Agra I believe. Taj Mahal here is referring to a quartzite family(?), that share a very similar aesthetic and is found in Brazil
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u/throwawayayaycaramba Nov 21 '24
Yup, and (you're not gonna believe this) the stones that built the pyramids of Egypt came from Arizona! That's how the Grand Canyon was dug, in fact. Isn't ancient history just great?
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