Molar hilt, sumatran keris for comments - Ethnographic Arms & Armour

6th August 2009, 05:36 PM

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Sajen

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Rick

This is a petrified material; is it not ?

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*Sorry, I missed Alan's post on this .

Wouldn't the color be determined by the mineral content of the strata it was buried in ?

Yes Rick,

it's like you write, the minerals in the ground give the different colours.

Here again my molar hilt.

Regards,

sajen

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