Here's a question for you
If:
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All of the analyses performed on the "Rivet" found it to contain Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Vanadium and Chromium. These elements are known today to be the major alloying agents added to titanium.
Why does the analysis reported not mention Vanadium AT ALL and report "<0.1%" Chromium (which may well mean "too little to measure").
Why is there so much more Iron and Aluminium than Titanium ? (>8% Fe and Al <2% Ti).
Come to that, why does the supposed "petrified wood" seem to contain more Titanium (~1.9%) than the supposed remains of a Titanium-alloy washer (~1.6%) ?
And why isn't there less Fe, Al, Mn OR Cr in the "petrified wood" ?
Surely the remains of a metal washer should contain more of the metal (even in oxide form) than the surrounding wood.
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