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To: JimRed
How long does it take for the content of bone structure to be replaced by minerals, transforming it to rock?

That is dependent on a number of factors including hydrology and the mineral content of percolating water, pH, and the nature of the sediments the bones are buried in.

168 posted on 10/28/2011 10:48:05 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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To: Smokin' Joe

I cant remember the sight,possibly something like Ripleys believe it or not,but I remember seeing examples of bodies being disentered that were only 50 years in the ground,totally fossilized.I think they were in some area where the water level could enter the caskets and was highly mineralized.
Anyway,If tests were done,the minerals would show ages of millions of years but the tombstones proved otherwise.


173 posted on 10/28/2011 11:24:00 AM PDT by Craftmore
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