Talk:Gammacor/@comment-95.170.191.2-20150105154113/@comment-2601:740:8102:385E:19A4:2C14:E148:2DC4-20190606180420

"Designed to quickly vaporize minerals for content analysis," right from the item description.

It's not scanner-based, but used as a laser. It's a destructive beam, to be used in conjunction with scanners. It's as much a scientific instrument as a hammer is to a geologist - no measurement, no analysis... but potentially a means toward that end. Its aesthetic similarities are explained by its designer, not its function.