# Without a calibrated rate for this rock and setting, the weathering cannot date the carving.

> Most likely: Without a calibrated rate for this rock and setting, the weathering cannot date the carving.

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# Without a calibrated rate for this rock and setting, the weathering cannot date the carving.

Without a calibrated rate for this rock and setting, the weathering cannot date the carving.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Published weathering rates for greywacke and calcite in buried conditions vary too widely to separate 130 from 650 years.

## What would rule it out

- A calibrated rate study gives a narrow range.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[Swedish scientists called the 2000 method approximate.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/evidence/EVD0CT1J0F05KQ8/swedish-scientists-called-the-2000-method-approximate)

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## The questions it answers

[Does the weathering of the grooves show the inscription is old?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/questions/QST0CT1HVAY1BW1/does-the-weathering-of-the-grooves-show-the-inscription-is)

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Most likelyWithout a calibrated rate for this rock and setting, the weathering cannot date the carving

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Without a calibrated rate for this rock and setting, the weathering cannot date the carving. [Answer ANS0CT1J0764NJK]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CT1J0764NJK
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