Re: Kensington Runestone - Nielsen and Wolters.

On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 13:45:45 GMT, "David B" <tronospamchos@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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>Eric Stevens wrote in message
><3mbjq19vgtbldk4gackpbbhfjabumgtlfv@xxxxxxx>...
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>>It would be extraordinary if any would-be forger of the past knew (in
>>the past) enough about the weathering of the particular greywacke to
>>be able to fool a determined expert armed with the knowledge and
>>technology of the present. Without intending to be rude, you certainly
>>couldn't get away with it even now.
>
>That's probably true if the determined expert has some idea of how and when
>the artificial weathering might have been done, otherwise it would be
>necesary to test for every plausible artificial weathering scenario, making
>allowances for an extended period of natural weathering after the alleged
>fakery. Rather than go down the same road as Daryl Krupa, I'm simply going
>to ask if anybody can dig up any references for the detection of
>pre-20th-century fake weathering of micaceous stone.
>
My impression is that there is a shortage of information about the
weathering of micaseous stone, let alone information about the fake
weathering of micaceous stone.



Eric Stevens

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