Talk:Block of metal in coal

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This link lists Nature (London,1886) and L'Astronomie (Paris, 1887) as confirming this finding. Perhaps someone who has time on their hands and access to one of these journals could verify it? If it turns out to be an internet hoax or somesuch, I would suggest pointing that out in the article, rather than deleting it entirely.

I'm sorry, I'm still failing to understand why this deserves its own article. Shouldn't it just be included in OOPART? Also, please sign your posts. Cmouse 03:06, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cube

this is clearly artificial as nature wouldnt make "cubes" or "pyramids" out of iron.Whats date on this cube? (the date of surroundings of it,if its really Meteoric origin)

The link you giving is a Creationist site and i won't trust them compeltely though they also say its artificial.interesting cube indeed that is.

the site says http://www.s8int.com/sophis1.html : The scientific journals Nature (London,1886) and L'Astronomie (Paris,1887) published confirmation that in 1886, in the foundry of the Austrian Isador Braun of Vocklabruck, a block of coal dating from the Tertiary period was broken open. A small metal cube was discovered inside. Tests indicated that the cube was composed of a steel-nickel alloy. It measured 2.64 by 2.64 by 1.85 inches, weighed 1.73 pounds, and had a specific gravity of 7.75.

The edges of this ancient cube were perfectly straight and sharp; four of its sides were flat, while the two remaining opposite sides were convex. A deep groove had been cut all the way around the cube. It appeared that the cube had been machine made and was part of a larger mechanism.

It was perhaps with uncanny insight that historian Will Durant wrote, "Immense volumes have been written to expound our knowledge, and conceal our ignorance, of primitive man...primitive cultures were not necessarily the ancestors of our own; for all we know they may be the degenerate remnants of higher cultures..."