Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 12 Oct 2021, 10:37
Is it part of a dinosaur tooth?
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 12 Oct 2021, 10:42
Looks like model of an Elephant that has melted or broken down in some way .
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 12 Oct 2021, 12:40
Sorry, nobody is there (excepting Ian....). Go back to the original answers which were so close. Forget the shape, what does it look like?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 12 Oct 2021, 13:24
Looks to have a marble or pearlescent finish.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 12 Oct 2021, 15:11
Your almost there Gloria! Another clue, it's not what we would think of as stone, even though it's mineral.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 12 Oct 2021, 15:24
Bauxite?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 12 Oct 2021, 15:31
A natural pearl?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 12 Oct 2021, 22:33
I know, but I googled it. 
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 13 Oct 2021, 02:41
Kev has got it. But could the googlers please tell us about its history?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 14 Oct 2021, 04:16
See THIS description of 'The Sleeping Lion' the worlds largest freshwater pearl.
"It was probably formed in the early 1700s in China, perhaps the Pearl River. In 1765 it was shipped by a Dutch merchant to Batavia (present day Jakarta) before being auctioned in Amsterdam thirteen years later and acquired by Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia."
Next one?
"It was probably formed in the early 1700s in China, perhaps the Pearl River. In 1765 it was shipped by a Dutch merchant to Batavia (present day Jakarta) before being auctioned in Amsterdam thirteen years later and acquired by Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia."
Next one?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 14 Oct 2021, 12:19
What is it?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 14 Oct 2021, 12:32
An Abacus? But if it is, then it is an unwieldy design because they are used at lightning speed using one hand.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 14 Oct 2021, 13:13
Same principle Graham but not an abacus..... I want to know where it originated as well.....
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Posted: 14 Oct 2021, 14:08
Nepalese calendar, no idea how to 'read' it. Friend of mine had one.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 15 Oct 2021, 02:50
Brilliant Kev, exactly right. I shall have to have a think!
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 15 Oct 2021, 04:51
What is it! (No electricity involved.)
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 15 Oct 2021, 06:05
I've used one of those a few times!
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 15 Oct 2021, 06:52
I know but I'll let it run for a bit
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 15 Oct 2021, 07:04
You lot are so clever......
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 15 Oct 2021, 07:19
I’ve not a clue. 
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 15 Oct 2021, 07:51
Oh Gloria, you haven't lived! Of course I might be wrong!!
Of course I might be wrong!!Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 15 Oct 2021, 08:10
We used one when camping 
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 15 Oct 2021, 08:33
I know as well. Kiss principle in action. 
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 15 Oct 2021, 09:57
I think someone should come up with the answer and set a new object....
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 15 Oct 2021, 10:12
It's a camping stove toaster used on the single burner of a stove. Calor or Camping Gas best as if you used them on a Primus your toast tended to taste of paraffin. Four slices though so quite posh.