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By Bedrock Bob · Posted
Fossils are silica replacement of organic material. They are agate and opal. This material is obviously neither. It looks like travertine. A very common carving and building stone. It is a sedimentary rock. It could certainly be a casting. But it is not a fossilized hand. Soft tissue rarely fossilizes. Skin does not fossilize and neither do decorations on the skin. The proportions are not that of a human hand. Neither are the curves of the fingers natural. The back of the hand is not the shape of a human hand. It is flattened and is decorated as well as the wrist. It is obviously an artistic rendition of a hand. We won't even go into the chronological impossibility of this being a fossilized hand. The obvious is plenty to determine this is a creation and not fossilization. No amount of diplomacy is going to make a fossilized human hand out of this. It is a neat artifact and if that was the discussion it would be an interesting one. But since this is being presented as something it is not the discussion is a nauseating trip into fantasyland. I'm sure the item has a real story. That story may be fascinating. But pretending and make-believe is a child's folly. There IS a story here. It seems that the real story is being avoided and some wild fantasy has taken its place. I like fantasy stories. They are excellent entertainment. But pretending they are real isn't something that most intelligent men waste much time on. The truth is always much more fascinating than any fairy tale that could be imagined. -
By Stillweaver hillbelli · Posted
Could be. I don't think it is too difficult to inlay mummified finger nails or old teeth in a casting. -
By middleforkminer2 · Posted
Why are you keeping it??? I think it’s rather bizarre (sick) that you’d want to keep a human hand.... -
By Bedrock Bob · Posted
Maybe a poodle jaw carved by skilled Spanish masons to mark a rich BS deposit? -
By Electrician · Posted
Arizona has some sweet lithium deposits just west of Morristown
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