What does it take to work granite with a stone hammer? Let’s experiment! We have tried working granite with dolerite hammers, just like those used by the Ancient Egyptians – watch the video to see the result!

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Experiment location and date: outer Moscow, 5 October 2019
Team:
Oleg Krugliakov rekhmire.ru
Nikolay Vasiutin
‪@Senmuth‬
Pavel Selivanov
Alexander Sokolov
Valeriy Mikhailov

Specific weight of granites – around 2,700 kg/m3
Specific weight of basalts, dolerites, gabbrodolerites around 3000 kg/m3
Small dolerite hammer efficiency working granite:
600 g/hr =222 cm3/hr
Dolerite rambling from small hammer:
249 g/hr =83 cm3/hr
Large dolerite hammer efficiency working granite:
840 g/hr = 311 cm3/hr
Dolerite rambling from large hammer:
229 g/hr = 73 cm3/hr

Filmed by Aleksander Zakharchenko
Edited by Kseniya Ablez
English voiceover: Dmitry Oliferovich
English translation: Maria Protopopova
Music by Spring Thaw Asher Fulero, Belief Silent Partner
We would like to thank Valeriy Mikhailov for his hospitality

Sources and extras:
Oleg Krugliakov’s article on the experiment:
https://vk.com/@chtomoglidrevniedrob...
Oleg Krugliakov’s article ‘Crushing Dolerite’
https://vk.com/@chtomoglidrevniedrob...
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