Oh, huh, really? Ditto the huge red chunks of crystal near the Burning Wall? We might be talking about the same thing, here - I didn't get too much time to explore. There was some -magnificent- crystal-loaded scenery near Camp Drybone-ish. Who knew bits and pieces of Dalamud were so pretty? Thanks for the info, though; the early concept art of red aetheryte made me think that these crystals were, in effect, coagulated lifestream. (...on the other hand, that's basically what over-aspected aether crystal is anyways, isn't it?)