The traditional art of keris making

Pusaka · 19th December 2011, 04:55 PM

If those lists are to be taken literally then it is proof of Iron being imported into Indonesia from diverse places eg Tumbuk Iron = Ceylon, Kamboja Iron = Cambodia.
You can find bits of meteorite in the UK which are not recorded either because it fell in ancient times, fell in a remote place out of view or was just too small to be noticed, I don’t see why it should not be the same anywhere else on Earth however not really interested in discussing this as it has already been said.
I’m not sure these lists are to be taken literally however because I rather doubt that there are even 16 types of Iron ore in nature.

Jean · 19th December 2011, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Pusaka

I rather doubt that there are even 16 types of Iron ore in nature.

There are many many types of iron ores on earth but if these 16 types of iron product bear some reality, it can only be explained by the type and amounts of impurities (carbon, sulphur, nickel, silicium, etc...) into the iron after processing of the ore, which give them their specific properties, aspect, and colour. I would assume that some analysis of these various types of iron were performed in the labs of the Javanese Universities.
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19th December 2011, 04:55 PM	#1
Pusaka Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 341	If those lists are to be taken literally then it is proof of Iron being imported into Indonesia from diverse places eg Tumbuk Iron = Ceylon, Kamboja Iron = Cambodia. You can find bits of meteorite in the UK which are not recorded either because it fell in ancient times, fell in a remote place out of view or was just too small to be noticed, I don’t see why it should not be the same anywhere else on Earth however not really interested in discussing this as it has already been said. I’m not sure these lists are to be taken literally however because I rather doubt that there are even 16 types of Iron ore in nature.