Colette Wrote:
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>I have a question, I have been reading up on the
>geopolymer method of construction. That which is a
>mix of aggregate and lime to create a conglomerate
>and then mold a block in place. Haul the dry
>ingredients up to where you need it and make your
>mix.

>I have much material that was sent to me. I was
>wondering if any one is aware of this theory of
>the geopolymer method of construction and how it
>was downgraded and the evidence possibly mucked up
>during the original 1992 NOVA show of " This Old
>Pyramid," and then a snowball of demeaning stands
>against the scientists for their thoughts and
>theories.

You should instead ask yourself what every happened to the zeolites, shards of devitrified and partially devitrified glass, ferromagnesium minerals, hair, gold, sericite (whatever that was suppose to be), phosphatic carbonate, weathered lithic fragments, etc. etc. etc that was apparently claimed to be present in the bulk limestone of the Lauer sample mentioned to one degree or another in so many of the Geopolymer's papers. No one else seems to be able to find them and that includes Folk (1992), Harrell & Penrod (1993), and even Barsoum et. al. (2006) who all studies the Lauer sample. Harrell even had a number of well qualified experts in their pertinent fields of geology at Toledo Univ. look at it as well and they didn't see any of it either, which include Dr. V. M. Brown and Dr, M. W. Phillips. Didn't Dr. Schoch examine a thin section of the Lauer sample at around the same time as Dr. Zeller and Mr. McKinney? I don't remember him saying anywhere in publication where he saw any of that exotic mineralogy.... in fact he says "I can't rule out the possibility that the Lauer specimen consists of natural stone...." in Schoch (1992) on page 34. I assume Dr. Schoch has some degree of understanding of limestone petrology since he at least published a textbook on stratigraphy (Schoch, 1989). Did he ever contact Miss. Morris to convey that information or a more detailed description of the sample because I don't remember her mentioning it along with Zeller's and McKinney's descriptions in publications at that time? If he did, maybe you can get him to post his complete, detailed petrographic description of the Lauer sample on his website considering that Zeller's and McKinney's are so well represented in other publications. Someone apparently calling himself Robert McKinney was showing up a few years ago over at Dr Schoch's website, apparently at it's bequest, so maybe you can ask him why he was seeing something so remarkable in the Lauer sample. Ask Dr. Schoch again what he examined under a petrographic microscope.... and then asked yourself why what you seem to think was a "snowball of demeaning stands against the scientists" occurred rather than blaming it on a TV show.

Barsoum, M.W., Ganguly, A. & Hug, G.(2006) Microstructural Evidence of Reconstituted Limestone Blocks in the Great Pyramids of Egypt. J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 89, 3788–3796.

Harrell, J.A.& Penrod, B.E. (1993) The Great Pyramid debate - evidence from the Lauer sample. Journal of Geological Education, 41, 358-363.

Folk, R.L. (1992) Letter: Folk's response to Morris's discussion. Journal of Geological Education, 40, 344.

Schoch, R.M. (c1989) Stratigraphy : principles and methods. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 375 p.

Schoch, R.M. (1992) Comment on the Folk and Campbell Article. Journal of Geological Education, 40, p 34.

For examples of "zeolite" and such proliferation:

Davidovits, J. (1984), X-Ray analysis and X-Ray diffraction of casing stones from the pyramids of Egypt and the limestones of the associated quarries. Science in Egyptology. Manchester Universiy Press, p. 511-520.

Davidovits, J. (1987) Ancient and modern concretes: What is the real difference? Concrete international: design & construction. 9, 23-29.

Morris, M. (1987) An interview with Joseph Davidovits who claims to have solved the mystery of the pyramids: Archaeology and Technology. Concrete international: design & construction. 9, 28-35.

Davidovitus, J & Morris, M. (1988) The pyramids an enigma solved. Hippocrene Books, New York, p. 263.

Morris, M. (1991) The Great Pyramid debate: The cast-in-place theory of pyramid construction. Concrete International: Design & Construction. 13, p. 29, 39-44.

Morris, M., (1992) Geopolymeric Pyramids - A rebutal to R.L. Folk and D.H. Campbell. Journal of geological education, 40, 35-46.

Morris, M., (1992) Morris' responses Folk and Campbell. Journal of geological education, 40, 344-346.

Morris, M. (1993) How Not to Analyze a Pyramid Stone - The Invalid Conclusions of James A. Harrell and Bret E. Penrod. Journal of Geological Education, 41, 364-369.

Morris, M. (1994) Letters (to the Editor): Response: "Harrell's Response to Morris' Article". Journal of Geological Education, 42, 198-203.

etc. etc. etc....

Archae Solenhofen (solenhofen@hotmail.com)