Pile of Glittering Dust

General
Piles of Glittering Dust are a common crafting material.

Use
Piles of Glittering Dust are used to craft the following armor, weapons and materials: {| width="70%"
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Armor Crafting

 * Elementalist:
 * Elementalist Headgear
 * Mesmer:
 * Mesmer Enchanter's Armor
 * Mesmer Ascended Enchanter's Armor
 * Mesmer Obsidian Armor
 * Mesmer headgear
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Weapon Crafting

 * Jeweled Chakram
 * Storm Artifact
 * Flame Artifact
 * Frost Artifact
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Rare Material Crafting

 * Clay Brick
 * Tempered Glass Vial
 * Bolt of Damask
 * Elonian Leather Square
 * Roll of Vellum
 * Deldrimor Steel Ingot
 * Spiritwood Plank
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Where to buy/sell it
You can buy or sell Piles of Glittering Dust at the following NPCs:

What drops it
The following mobs (and their bosses) sometimes drop Piles of Glittering Dust directly, so you can collect it from the loot:

What salvages into it
The following items may turn into Piles of Glittering Dust when you salvage them, using a Salvage Kit: {| width="70%"
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Salvage Items

 * Spider Web
 * Ebon Spider Web
 * Maguuma Spider Web
 * Luminous Stone


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Collectable Drops

 * Remains
 * Azure Remains
 * Ghostly Remains
 * Dark Remains
 * Demonic Remains
 * Shadowy Remnants
 * Phantom Residue
 * Unctuous Remains
 * Rider Eyes
 * Ancient Eye
 * Stormy Eye
 * Molten Eye
 * Shriveled Eye
 * Centaur Manes
 * Maguuma Mane
 * Losaru Mane
 * Shiverpeak Mane
 * Frostfire Fang
 * Mursaat Token
 * Enslavement Stone
 * Black Pearls
 * Candy Cane Shard
 * Jade Bracelets
 * Celestial Essence
 * Sentient Spore
 * Augmented Flesh


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Weapons

 * Swords (Only Crystalline Sword)
 * Axes (Only Celestial Axe, Jade Axe)
 * Hammers (Only Celestial Hammer)
 * Bows (Only Amber Bow, Celestial Longbow, Jade Longbow)
 * Daggers (Only Celestial Daggers, Jade Daggers, Jeweled Daggers, Ruby Daggers)
 * Shields (Only Celestial Shield)
 * Staves (Only Amber Staff, Celestial Staff, Jade Staff)
 * Focuses (Only Jeweled Chalice, Flame Artifact, Frost Artifact, Plagueborn Focus, Storm Artifact, Jug)
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