Technique for shaping crystalline spheres

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A TECHNIQUE FOR SHAPING SPHERES FROM CRUDELY SHAPED CRYSTALLINE WORKPIECES OF CERAMIC-LIKE MATERIAL COMPRISING INSERTING THE WORKPIECES ONE AT A TIME IN A VERTICAL TUBULAR HOLDER OPEN AT TOP AND BOTTOM HAVING ITS BORES SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE MAXIMUM DIMENSION OF THE WORKPIECE, PRESENTING THE WORKPIECE TO A FLAT ABRASIVE SURFACE, THE WORKPIECE HAVING ALL ITS TOTAL BULK SITUATED AT DISTANCES FROM ITS CENTER OF GRAVITY HAVING RELATIVELY LOW RATIOS, RAPIDLY MOVING SAID ABRADING SURFACE IN A PLANE PERPENDICULAR TO SAID HOLDER AND CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM END THEREOF, CAUSING THE PROTRUDING AREAS OF SAID WORKPIECES TO BE ENGAGED BY SAID ABRADING SURFACE TO REMOVE PORTIONS THEREOF AS THE WORKPIECE IS GIVEN UNIVERSAL ROTATION ABOUT CONSTANTLY CHANGING AXES WITHIN ITS OWN BOUNDARIES AND PERMITTING FREE UPWARD MOVEMENT THEREOF WHEREBY REMOVAL OF MATERIAL FROM THE WORKPIECE WILL TAKE PLACE ACCORDING TO A NATURAL GEOMETRICAL PATTERN TO FORM A SPHERE.