It has to be out of bronze of marble, and it has to be of someone who's deceased.
John Sheriff, an investigator with the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland, said it was impossible to date the stone precisely but it is very likely to be neolithic or Bronze Age, and could "easily" be 4, 000 years old.
The United States will be awarded the bronze medal instead, the IOC said in a news release.
Coverage will be classified as bronze, silver, gold or platinum.
But the 22-year-old picked herself up to win silver in the 50m backstroke event later on Friday, finishing just 0.03 seconds behind Australia's Sophie Edington, while Davies and Emily Seebohm of Australia could not be separated for bronze.
When that is finished, a wax mould will be made before molten bronze is poured into it.
The 23-year-old will be up against world bronze medallist Wallace Spearmon, Britain's Marlon Devonish and Ireland's Paul Hession in the 200m.
Money is now being raised by public subscription to build an eight metre high memorial in bronze to be placed by the lake.
Gold, silver and bronze medals would be given to the top three finishers.
Other finds in the 5m-long (16ft) grave in Ardnamurchan included a knife, what could be the tip of a bronze drinking horn, a whetstone from Norway, a ring pin from Ireland and Viking pottery.
Right now, competing in the junior 10m hopscotch championships for the Athens bronze medallist would be a blessing, given the size of the crutch she's been hobbling around on for the last four days because of a heel injury.
The Swiss will be basically relieved that they have an alpine skiing medal through Nef's bronze, but it may not be enough to save the jobs of some of the team's coaches - it's that serious.
Of course, that also means bronze plans will likely be the least expensive coverage available.
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Indeed he would be within striking distance of a bronze medallist, Ms Edith Bosch.
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The designs of the gold, silver and bronze medals are set to be unveiled imminently.
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They will be minted in gold, silver, bronze and base metals.
Although the bronze brooch part would not be of the same value, because it was found alongside the ingot it means they are both likely to be historically valuable - so it was declared treasure trove too.
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I'm very happy with the bronze medal, you have to be happy when you see how tight the field is in slalom.
Also competing will be 1500m world silver medallist Lisa Dobriskey and 800m bronze winner Jenny Meadows.
At least one medallist from each event will be tested compared with every gold, silver and bronze winner at the Olympics.
The bronze figure Reclining Woman: Elbow will be on display at the Rijksmuseum as part of a major exhibition of the artist's work.
Except when you wear black tights and black pumps, the shade of your shoes should always be neutral from taupe to butterscotch to bronze.
The bronze bust sitting on a cairn will be situated in the town's Wilton Park and will feature the commentator looking up at his Buccleuch Road home.
In the men's -105kg competition , Gurbinder Cheema, who took bronze in the snatch in 2002, will be competing for England - his father competed for India at the 1978 Games.
Copper can also be mixed with other metals to make valuable alloys such as bronze, pewter and brass.
Team captain Jenny Meadows, bronze medallist at the World Championships last summer, will be going for 800m gold on Sunday.
If you have time, it is only a short 2km drive from here to the little-visited ruins of Khirbet Mukhayyat, believed to be the original ancient town of Nebo, settled since the early Bronze Age.
British quartet Marlon Devonish, Commonwealth bronze medallist Darren Campbell, Christian Malcolm and Julian Golding will be challenging in the 200m.
That could mean that the Emirates Stadium, which would host pool matches and the bronze match for the losing semi-finalists, has to be renamed for the duration of the tournament.
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