- crucible - move it outside and put into the ground
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- thaumium - use mosstones and iron. let flux go itself.
- collect mana beans for esssentia
- research / build arcane furnace and arcane alembic to distill essentia. extract into vials and then use that in the crucible
- research wand of equal trade. http://thaumcraft-3.wikia.com/wiki/Wand_of_Equal_Trade for collecting obsidian