Gold miner, professional geologist Mikhail Koshman discovered several strange miniature springs at a mine in Chukotka. They lay at the bottom of a stream under a layer of sediments, the age of which is estimated at least 10 thousand years
"Obvious technogenic": tungsten plus mercury
Grooves with fused edges are visible on the spring.
The first I showed the springs to the director of the Mineralogical Museum. Fersman, Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences Margarita NOVGORODOVA. The answer was categorical: "This is an obvious technogen." And at her request, Vladimir KARPENKO, a senior researcher of the same museum, examined them using a CamScan-4 scanning electron microscope. Conclusion: More than 90 percent of the spring is tungsten. The rest is mercury. Tungsten and mercury. Everything seems to be clear. After all, humanity has long been using mercury-tungsten lamps. For example, these are used in spotlights. Similar lamps still hang from street lighting poles in many cities - they give more light than conventional lamps of the same wattage. But the incandescent spirals in them are no different from those found in conventional lamps - they are made entirely of tungsten (mercury is added to the discharge flask to argon). But there are no tungsten-mercury spirals. Again a riddle …
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does not look like an ordinary spiral … Another analysis was made for us by the specialists of the State Scientific Center "Obninsk Scientific and Production Enterprise" Tekhnologiya ", where they are developing new materials for space, aviation and energy. The deputy general director of the enterprise, candidate of technical sciences Oleg KOMISSAR
says: - I am also sure that the unknown spring was made by man. Moreover, the proportion of tungsten in the composition shows that the purpose of the unknown spring is identical to the incandescent spiral of the light bulb. But the presence of mercury confuses.
The incandescent coil for a conventional lamp (top) differs from the spring found by Mikhail Koshman (left).
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We conducted a comparative analysis of the spiral of an ordinary light bulb and a Chukchi one. Morphologically, their surfaces are significantly different. It is smooth for a regular lamp. The diameter of the wire is about 35 micrometers. The wire in a spring of unknown origin has longitudinal "regular" grooves with melted edges on the surface, and its diameter is 100 micrometers. But it is unclear how these springs could get to a depth of 5.5 meters. I wonder if there were any other finds of a man-made nature, for example, broken glass?
Geologist Mikhail Koshman confidently answers this question:
- Not. On this site, in addition to our team, two more worked. After I found the springs, I warned both our workers and neighbors to inform me about anything unusual. Alas, the idea was not crowned with success. I would agree with the version that my springs are parts of some unusual lamp. But when in Bilibin (the gold mining center in Chukotka. - Ed.) I talked about the find, many recalled that they had heard about something similar found in other places. Moreover, they were also remote from civilization, where there could not be any miracle lamps due to the banal lack of electricity. I will continue to search. Hopefully next summer I will find something new in Chukotka.
