What the hell

Are you seriously complaining about such a mundane thing? Come on.

You can farm crystals RAPIDLY and EASILY with ephemeral nodes
Hardsilver sand? By the bulk from retainers
Hardsilver Ores are the only annoying part that you have to get manually - oh my god what a thing, better unsub right away!

Please.

Why the hell do you even need a STACK of them?

Also Dragonskin maps can get you some for free, HQ too.