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Geological Fakes and Frauds
SW Regional Group, GSLBristol 2017
• Forensic Geology• Substitution case - Ehrenberg• Gems, mining, Bre-ex• Water, oil, gas, shale gas?• Fossils: Beringer, Cuvier, Deprat, Gupta,, amber and feathered dinosaurs• Archaeology: Piltdown Man; Bosnian Pyramids• Art and Historic Fraud• Baugh and Creationism• Forensic Geoscience Group (GSL)• Initiative on Forensic Geology (IUGS-UNESCO)
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1. Forensic Geology2. Substitution case – Ehrenberg3. Gems, mining, Bre-ex4. Water, oil, gas, shale gas?5. Fossils: Beringer, Cuvier, Deprat, Gupta,, amber and feathered dinosaurs6. Archaeology: Piltdown Man; Bosnian Pyramids7. Art and Historic Fraud8. Baugh and Creationism9. Forensic Geoscience Group (GSL)Initiative on Forensic Geology (IUGS-UNESCO)
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1. Forensic Geology
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1. Forensic Geology or Geoforensic Science• Search for buried or sunken objects• Crime Scene• Sample (trace evidence)
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In ‘The Sign of the Four’ Holmes establishes that a visitor has sent a telegram by the mud on their shoes being identical to that in the broken pavement outside the post office.
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2. Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg substitution case
1795 – 1876
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Substituted computer parts –modern take on Ehrenberg’s case
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3. Gem FraudRemoval of impurities (e.g. diamonds)Synthetic gems – very hard to differentiate (process is geological). Often no impuritiesBlood diamonds – good old intelligence and policingNatural gems – have inclusions
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Fake DiamondsFog testHeat testLight testSink testUV testAnd failing them – x-ray diffraction or jeweller
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Mining FraudAbbot’s Dirt PilesBre-exSmoke rolled cigarettes
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4. Water and GroundwaterQuack doctors and radiumDowsers, rain-dancers, cloud seeders and bogus drillersBottled water that is tap waterOil and Gas
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5. FossilsBeringer – Ignatz Roderick and Johann Eckhart
Cuvier – accused Mary Anning of fakeryDeprat – substituted trilobites in IndonesiaGupta – the greatest palaeo faker?Amber and feathered dinosaurs – Hoyle vs Charig
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Beringer – Ignatz Roderick and Johann Eckhart
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Beringer – Ignatz Roderick and Johann Eckhart
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Cuvier – accused Mary Anning of fakery
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Deprat – substituted trilobites in Indonesia?
Mansuy
ColaniDeprat arrived with the Geological Survey of Indonesia in 1909 but fell out with Mansuy and Lantenois. Fossils secretly shipped, Colani involvedDeprat became Herbert Wild. Murky affair
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Gupta – the greatest palaeo faker?
Viswa Jit Gupta vs John A. Talent (bought Morroccan fossils in a shop that were identical to Gupta’s from Himalayas)
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Gupta – the greatest palaeo faker?
fossils purchased elsewhere –claimed origin Himalayas. Papers illustrated with general location mapsWhere the sites could be located they contained either unfossiliferous rocks, or no exposure of rocks at all. re-publish the same fossils claiming them to be from geographically different sites (conodont). Gupta brought in unsuspecting, internationally renowned experts.
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Amber and feathered dinosaurs – Hoyle vs Charig
Piltdown Fly – NHM acquired Freidrich Loew 1850, described by Will Henning 1920; crack observed under hot microscope by Andrew Ross (1993): modern fly in 30MA amberhttp://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/archaeopteryx/forgery.htmlhttp://www.strangescience.net/stfor2.htm
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Fossils by Rick Sardinhawww.selahministries.net
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Fossils by Rick Sardinhawww.selahministries.net
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Fossils by Rick Sardinhawww.selahministries.net
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Fossils
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5. Fossils https://depositsmag.com/2015/12/19/fossil-fakes-and-their-recognition/
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Fossils
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6. Archaeology – Piltdown Man, Bosnian Pyramids
Barlow, Eliot-Smith, Dawson, Smith-Woodward
Bosnian pyramids – Semir Osmanagic – widely refuted- They are flatirons
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Archaeology – Piltdown Man, Bosnian Pyramidshttp://www.cracked.com/article_19672_5-ridiculous-archeological-frauds-that-fooled-world.html
Calaveras SkullCardiff GiantDavenport Tablets"Egyptian mummy" ca. 1898 at the Old Capitol Museum, Jackson, MSEtruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of ArtGlozel tablets, bearing prehistoric writingGrave Creek StoneJapanese Paleolithic hoaxMichigan relicsPersian Princess, forged ancient mummy, possible murder victimPiltdown ManTiara of Saitaferne in Louvre
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Geological Fakes and Frauds
21st September 2016Bristol
• Forensic Geology• Substitution case - Ehrenberg• Gems, mining, Bre-ex• Water, oil, gas, shale gas?• Fossils: Beringer, Cuvier, Deprat, Gupta,, amber and feathered dinosaurs• Archaeology: Piltdown Man; Bosnian Pyramids• - here is where we are - Art and Historic FraudBaugh and CreationismForensic Geoscience Group (GSL)Initiative on Forensic Geology (IUGS-UNESCO)
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7. Art Fraud:Walter McCrone
Vinland Map – 15thC mappa mundi (Towe et al; Brown et al) – modern pigmentsMargaret Wieseman’s ‘A Man With Dead Birds’McCrone did the Turin Shroud work
deHooch, overpainted by Regemorter x-ray analysis
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8. CreationismCarl Baugh/George Adams – Creation Evidence Museum (1984); Trinity Broadcasting Network; Paluxy River T-Rex and human tracks; Ordovician miner’s hammer; ‘dinosaur’ crocodile teeth; criticized by Creationists.
http://www.creationevidence.orghttps://www.texasobserver.org/tracking-creation-in-glen-rose/
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Dr Laurance Donnelly BSc (Hons), PhD, CGeol, CSci, EurGeol, FGS, FGSAChair, IUGS-IFGForensic Geologist & Police Search Adviser
International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS)Initiative on Forensic Geology (IFG)
International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) Initiative on Forensic Geology (IFG)
Summary
Dr Alastair RuffellBSc (Hons), PhD, FGSIUGS-IFG Committee MemberQueens University Belfast
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IUGS-IFG Management & StructureCRIME SCENE DO NOT ENTER CRIME SCENE DO NOT ENTER CRIME SCENE DO NOT ENTER CRIME SCENE DO NOT ENTER CRIME SCENE DO NOT ENTER CRIME SCENE DO NOT ENTER CRIME SCENE DO NOT ENTER
www.forensicgeologyinternational.org
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Forensic Geology or Geoforensic Science• Search for buried or sunken objects
Japanese Gold• Crime Scene• Sample (trace evidence)
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/maps/42587-ww2-japanese-treasure-maps-hidden-mindanao-philippines.html
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Faked Crime Scene
p.93-94. 50. The Problem ofThor Bridge‘Observations: Doyle based this story on two sources …
A faked German suicide related by Hans Gross in his book ‘Criminal Investigation’
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