Hap,

I have taken additional samples from my rock and I wish that you would examine this data. I have plotted the five samples from my rock, five of the first Martian samples as taken by Pathfinder, and over 60 volcanoes from the "local" fields of the Rio Grande Rift system. As you can see, for the most part, the contents of my rock fall far outside the local volcanoes. And most importantly, for every combination of elements I have compared, the five samples from my rock are almost exactly linear. I think that this means that the rock and all of its contents had to be made from the same source material and this just couldn't happen on Earth. The five samples include two of the rock itself. One is from the interior and is label "Rock." This is the same as the sample that has been K-Ar dated at 13ma. Then, from the outside of the rock I have taken a sample from the red streak that exists through the rock. This sample is labeled "red rock." The other three samples are samples of the contents of the rock. The first is labeled sand1 and represents only the smallest particles within the rock. I physically shook the petri disk and separated out those particles. The second is labeled "sand2" and represents a vein of sand that was exposed when I took an early sample from near the crevice region. I took this sample by using a small pick and light pressure. The third sample labeled "sand3" is a representative sample of particles that have fallen out of the rock since I began taking samples over a year ago.

Remember that this rock is 13 ma, has never been wet, is melted over the entire exterior, and is so delicate that can break virtually any of the inner walls using my finger nail. Buck Sharpton described the linear nature of this rock as bizarre. To me, the linear nature of these plots just screams Mars. Events can be much more regional on Mars than Earth could ever accomplish. Think about this and look at these graphs. Also, on most graphs, the Frass rock and its contents represent almost the full range of over 60 terrestrial volcanoes. That clearly cries "other worldly" to me. To paraphrase a line from one of my favorite movies, "This rock ain't from Kansas, Dorothy."

Your friend,

micromike