Memory of Function - Material or Focus Component?

[Makin And Stump]

As in the title, is the 10,000gp worth of powdered sky metal a focus or material component?

aonprd wrote:

Memory of Function

Source Technology Guide pg. 10
School transmutation; Level arcanist 7, cleric 7, oracle 7, sorcerer 7, wizard 7
Casting
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S, powdered skymetal worth 10,000 gp
Effect
Range touch
Target object or construct touched
Duration instantaneous
Saving Throw Will negates; Spell Resistance yes
Description
Even a broken object remembers what it means to be a functioning whole. You restore a broken object or damaged construct to a functional state, as if it were new and intact. Any pieces missing from the object or construct remain missing. Significant missing pieces may prevent proper functioning. If the object uses charges, the object becomes fully charged. A timeworn object becomes fully charged, but doesn’t lose the timeworn condition (this spell is one of the few ways a timeworn item can be recharged). For 1 hour after this spell is cast on a timeworn object, that object does not suffer any chance of glitching. Other consumables such as ammunition are not restored.

When this spell is cast upon a damaged construct, all hit point damage dealt to that construct is healed. When this spell is cast upon a destroyed construct, it is restored to full functionality and full hit points, provided no significant portion of the destroyed construct (such as an entire limb) is missing. Constructs brought back in this fashion regain their memories up to the moment of their destruction and have no particular inclination to serve the caster.

If you attempt to cast this spell on an object or a construct that has been destroyed for more than 10 years per caster level you possess, the spell fails.

This mentions 10,000gp of powdered sky metal but doesn't mention if it is a focus or a material component. Is there any official statement on this one way or the other? It being powder suggests Material, but I couldn't find confirmation one way or the other.

[Derklord]

It's a softcover, you won't find anything official. And yeah, there's no way that a powder is a focus component. Furthermore, the "cast upon a destroyed construct" option is clearly the construct-equivalent to Resurrection (same spell level, cost, and 10-year-per-clvl-limit).

[Azothath]

Memory of Function
it's a material component as a Focus isn't mentioned. Foci are special not material components.
See Choosing a Spell, ...To cast a spell, you must be able to speak (if the spell has a verbal component), gesture (if it has a somatic component), and manipulate the material components or focus (if any). Additionally, you must concentrate to cast a spell.
also Components.

I'd agree that the spell description should be more defined and follow the standard as sometimes you have to be explicit else these kind of questions pop up as people try to game the system by questioning common assumptions in the game.
I can't see any GM ruling it's a Focus based on lack of explicit defining text.

[OmniMage]

The spell should have said if it was a material or foci component. To take the wish spell as an example, it mentions material component with a 'm' and then declares what the component is (in brackets).

When I compare the spell in the op to other spells in the core rulebook, it looks as though it should have been a material component. Resurrection is a 7th level cleric spell with a 10,000 gp material component.