Gary Coffman wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 05:48:01 GMT, Seppo Renfors
wrote:

Isn't it just possible that you focus too strongly on perfect casting
- the imperfections resulting from casting may not have been a real
big deal to the ancient people.

But the imperfections due to casting pure copper *would* produce the
characteristic porosity which is *not* seen in any of the pieces other
than R666. As I have remarked in other posts, it is possible that this
single sample may have been melted due to a cause other than
deliberate casting,

Not everything that is possible is probable.

Wishing won't make it so.

Yuri.

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