MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Stanley]

Curses!! Shot down immediately.
Well done Cathy, I wouldn't have known, I've never seen one.



What is this?

[Big Kev]

A crystal of some sort?

[PanBiker]

That particular one is from Burma, (Myanmar), quite rare and I doubt if it is in Stanley's possession.

[Stanley]

Say what it is and let's get on to another one.

[PanBiker]

OK, I thought Peter may have got here first though.

Its, Magnesiotaaffeite, normally truncated to Taaffeite.

A bit random in my view for a mystery object as you are more or less forced to look it up.

[Stanley]

That's why it is a mystery......

[Stanley]

What is it?

[PanBiker]

Centre hub of a waterwheel or the rope drive flywheel of an engine.

[Stanley]

Yes but which wheel?

[Wendyf]

Is it Lothersdale?

[Stanley]

Dead right Wendy.



Next one?

[Gloria]

What and where is this?

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[Tizer]

I'd never heard of magnesiotaaffeite before and even if I had I probably wouldn't have recognised it from that specimen. I looked it up and it occurs in a variety of colours. It was the first mineral to be identified first from a gemstone rather than the natural rough stone.

Is that statue Rob Roy MacGregor?

[Gloria]

No Tizer, it’s not.

[PanBiker]

Glenfinnan Monument to Charles Edward Stuart, (Bonnie Prince Charlie)

[Big Kev]

Is it the Black Watch Memorial?

[Gloria]

Yes Kev, it’s the Black Watch Memorial at Aberfeldy.

[Big Kev]

Cool, it was the kilt that did it

[Stanley]

What can you tell me about this?

[Gloria]

I thought it was something made by wasps or bees until I saw the little round yellow sticker. Is it made from papier mache?

[Wendyf]

Or bone?

[Stanley]

Wendy is on track. This is a very specific and famous object.....

[Big Kev]

Looks like the top half of a skull.

[Tizer]

It looks like the top of a skull bearing the imprint of the blood vessels to the outer layers of the brain.

[Stanley]

It is just that, but what can you tell me about it? It's quite famous in some esoteric quarters, like archaeologists!