Femtosecond laser ablation shows the best results for extremely brittle ceramics fabrication - ablated grooves seem to be homogenous and the wall of the groove least affected.
Olivine α-(Mg,Fe)2SiO4 is the most abundant mineral of the Earth’s upper mantle but is also the main mineralogical constituent of meteorites (mainly constituted of silicates and metals) which are mostly believed to be primitive materials.