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A man in Russia has discovered a piece of coal in the Chernogorodskiy mines that contains what appears to be the remains of a machine that is 300 million years old. Could it be an ancient space ship or evidence of an intelligent species that once shared the planet with Dimetrodon? According to The Voice of Russia, the coal was formed 300 million years ago, which is why scientists believe the item inside dates back to that era too:
When geologists broke the piece of coal in which the metal object was pressed into and spot-treated in with special chemical agents, it turned out that the metal detail was unusually light and soft. No more than seven centimeters long, the object was found to be composed of 98 percent aluminum and 2 percent magnesium. On the one hand, such an alloy stalled the scientists because nearly pure aluminum is very rarely found in nature. Thus, the detail was most definitely created artificially. On the other hand, however, when it became clear that the object was made from aluminum-magnesium alloy the experts quickly found an answer to the question of how a metal detail could withstand the ravages of time so well. The scientists explained that pure aluminum is increasingly prone to oxidization which contributes to the creation of a special layer protecting it from further corrosion. As a result, the metal detail made 98 percent from aluminum can endure not only high pressure but also heat and other severe natural conditions.
Originally posted by grey580
While it's possible that this is something that occurred naturally. The probability is low.
Awesome!
Originally posted by waveydavey
reply to post by grey580
Funny
That image is from the wikipedia page showing an Iodine Crystal.
Iodine Crystal
Originally posted by waveydavey
reply to post by grey580
Funny
That image is from the wikipedia page showing an Iodine Crystal.
Iodine Crystal
Originally posted by Havox
reply to post by john_bmth
It was in the OP.
Originally posted by waveydavey
reply to post by grey580
Funny
That image is from the wikipedia page showing an Iodine Crystal.
Iodine Crystal
Originally posted by caladonea
What exactly is Russia trying to do?
Originally posted by john_bmth
Originally posted by Havox
reply to post by john_bmth
It was in the OP.
It's clearly nonsense. Nature throws up far crazier geometric shapes than this.