Discussion of the paper by Galuskin and Galuskina (2003), “Evidence of the anthropogenic origin of the ‘Carmel sapphire’ with enigmatic super-reduced minerals”

We thank the Galuskins for their detailed study of the explosion breccias and the nitrides included in corundum aggregates from Mt Carmel; space considerations have limited our previous publication of such detailed data on this interesting aspect of these important samples. Their images of other samples of the ‘ Carmel Sapphire ’ are a useful supplement to those we have published elsewhere. However, we deem it necessary to correct some unfortunate mistakes in the presentation. These do not affect the descriptions of the images but can improve the usefulness of the article. Material