I'm not talking about wear. I'm talking about the fact that the
temperature required to create granite, that is, a mixture of molten
quartz, feldspar, olivine, etc., would melt any metal or ceramic. The
object would exist as an amorphous blob, not as a clearly structured
item.

There's no way anyone can ID it with it still in the rock. It could be
anything. 

Take it out.

On 18 Feb 2004 21:39:24 -0800, wizguru@tsc-global.com (John J.
Williams) wrote:

} Referring to my webpage at:
} 
} www.tsc-global.com/rock.htm
} 
} I stated that the prongs appear to be worn as they are much rounded
} off at their ends. I do not know what material the prongs are made of.
} If the prongs are made of a very hard metal, they will wear much less
} than the rock around them. I have a steel hand pick that I have used
} for decades to cut through hard rock. While my hand pick has busted
} and pulverized about a ton of rock over the years, including granite,
} it is still in good condition with not a lot of wear. Since the base
} material of the manmade-like connector is of rock or some ceramic like
} material, it probably is capable of withstanding tremendous heat. The
} connector-like component could have been accidentally dropped into the
} rock when it was still in a molten state by an alien or member of a
} lost advanced civilization many millions of years ago. If the
} component is modern manmade, certainly someone should have by now
} identified it my its make and model/part #. Can you?
} 
} Thanks, John Williams
} 
} 
} Doktor DynaSoar <targeting@OMCL.mil> wrote in message news:<q7a430hnkve9jclc0lne051mhhodm3h6h7@4ax.com>...
} > If the rock is granite, as you say, there's no way the metal pins
} > could have survived the temperature and pressure. Read up on what it
} > takes to create an igneous rock.
} > 
} > It was embedded into the rock at some time after the rock's creation. 
} > 
} > On 16 Feb 2004 16:23:22 -0800, wizguru@tsc-global.com (John J.
} > Williams) wrote:
} > 
} > } Several years ago, I found a granite rock with an embedded modern
} > } manmade-like connector-like component. My rock is featured in the Feb.
} > } 2004 issue of UFO Magazine, and also I've been told in an upcoming
} > } Spring edition of Fortean Times (in Letters section). Don't miss
} > } either article. This media exposure has provided quite a bit of
} > } excitement.
} > } 
} > } However, without further evaluation, I do not yet know with certainty
} > } whether my rock is of UFO or lost advanced civilization origin, or
} > } whether the embedded component is modern manmade and for some
} > } unexplained fluke or reason ended up embedded in my rock. If my rock
} > } is indeed a genuine artifact of UFO or advanced civilization origin,
} > } then it should be able to tell us much about their technology; and my
} > } rock may also be the hard evidence that skeptics have been screaming
} > } about for decades that proves the existence of UFOs or lost advanced
} > } civilizations.
} > } 
} > } The webpage below shows clear photos of my rock, plus much descriptive
} > } material about it. Please visit it:
} > } 
} > } www.tsc-global.com/rock.htm
} > } 
} > } I am looking for the following contributions:
} > }     (1) Professional independent evaluations of my rock. There is some
} > } urgency in doing this because unless and until my rock is determined
} > } to be a genuine artifact, I will not go through the substantial time
} > } and expense to take particular actions to obtain and preserve the site
} > } where I found it, which risks degradation due to human exposure. All
} > } the help I can get from everyone to speed this process along might
} > } make a real difference.
} > }     (2) For those who believe that my rock's component is modern
} > } manmade, I am interested in anyone who can identify the make and
} > } part/model number of its embedded component.
} > }     (3) If you have also witnessed or possessed any rock, petrified
} > } wood, prehistoric amber, fossil, coal, meteorite, etc with an embedded
} > } modern manmade-like component, I am very interested in comparing notes
} > } with you. Years ago, a spark-plug like component was discovered
} > } embedded in a geode (Olancha, CA, Feb., 1961).
} > } 
} > } If you or anyone else you know of can freely provide these
} > } contributions, please do so. These requested contributions are
} > } described in detail on the above webpage.
} > } 
} > } Thanks. Please respond. John J. Williams, wizguru@tsc-global.com