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To: Mamzelle

Reweaving has placed material from the medieval period into the original cloth. The sample for carbon dating was from the reweaving portion. Also, fires have deposited ‘carbon’ onto the entire cloth which must be screened for.


11 posted on 04/10/2009 4:19:48 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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To: MHGinTN
Also, fires have deposited ‘carbon’ onto the entire cloth which must be screened for.

The fires have not had an appreciable affect on the Shroud material. There is no soot to be found from outside sources... and the chemical reaction of fire will not change the isotopic mix of the carbon atoms so it can't skew the ratio of C14 to C12 and C13.

27 posted on 04/10/2009 11:31:14 PM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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