Re: Geology Question (KRS related)

On Sat, 4 Feb 2006 09:40:33 -0500, "Steve Marcus"
<smarcus_spamout_@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Perhaps so. Yet in the case of the tombstone/KRS comparison, is there any
data regarding the thickness of the biotite "***(s) of one versus the
other? If so, I was unable to find it in the book. I imagine because it
is
impossible to know what the thickness of the biotite was on either when
each
was newly created.

You must remember that Wolter had newly fractured samples of both the
KRS and the individual Hallowell tombstones.

I don't take your meaning. Please be clearer. Are you stating that Wolter
did in fact know the original thinkness of the biotite books on each "stone"
when the tombstone and the KRS were "new"? If so, please explain how and
also what the two thicknesses (tombstone and KRS) were). If not, how does
one know that the presence of biotite on the approx. 200 year old tombstones
and the absence of biotite on the KRS mean that the latter is at least as
old (if not older) than the former?

The newly fractured samples would contain newly exposed biotite. The
size of the individual grains would be perfectly clear to anyone with
a microscope. See figs 36, 37, 38, 39 and 40 (pages 37 to 40), Also
figs 47, 48, 49 and (pages 44, 45).


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Of course there are issues. As far as I can tell there seems to be no
precedent for the work he has been doing and one would expect many new
questions to be raised. No doubt that is why Wolter has restricted
himself to merely expressing the opinion that the age of the
inscription on the KRS is older than 200 years.

But, even in view of your responses set forth above, surely that
conclusion
is open to question absent additional data which does not appear to be in
the book.


But you don't know the data is absent.

Please show me where such data appears in the book. All I'm suggesting is
that if the data is necessary, yet absent from the book, how can I credit
the conclusions expressed in the book? Wouldn't I need to at least be told
what the data is, if not shown the data?

I'm not claiming the data is present in the book. I'm claiming you
don't know whether or not Wolter has the data.



Eric Stevens

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