[meteorite-list] Dessicant, Idealist's View

From: mafer <mafer_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:14:08 2004
Message-ID: <02d101c30eae$3b40b2a0$6501a8c0_at_vs.shawcable.net>

Hi Rand and list
Utah sounds like a fine place. And more easily gotten to than Peru (where
freeze drying potatoes has been going on for centuries). I think a meteorite
conservatory in each state, high lighting each states falls and finds would
be just as good an idea, but of course, curation would have to be
standardized so that the meteorites, on they're own merit, could be more
fully appreciated.

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Subject: [meteorite-list] Dessicant, Idealist's View


> My uncle, a resident of Hawaii, raved about how crisp our potato chips
were here in the high mountain deserts of Utah. "I can't believe it!", He
exclaimed. "The chips have been sitting out all day and haven't even gotten
soggy!" My parents used to dry friut by simply spreading the pieces on
cookie sheets, covering them with cheesecloth to protect the fruit from
flies, and letting the sun and wind do it's job. I used to work in a solar
mill operated by Morton Salt. The solar salt business depends entirely on a
dry, hot, windy climate. Salt water from the Great Salt Lake is irrigated
into shallow ponds early in the spring, and allowed to simply sit. Come
fall, the water evaporates, and the residual salt is scooped up by a huge
front-end loader, and delivered to the mill where the salt is further dried
and sanitized in a kiln, and then milled into various grades of useable
salt.
>
> I don't suppose there would be much of a problem here with corrosion
blighting a meteorite collection. Yes, we have lots of snow in the winter,
but even then, the climate is WAY dry!
>
> Because of Utah's dry climate, I was thinking that here would be a great
place to have a WORLD METEORITE CONSERVATORY!....A place where people could
come and observe meteorites from around the globe, in a museum-like display.
Then I thought of an even more awsome location for such a
conservatory....THE DESERTS OF PERU! HEY! can you imagine? Ancient
artifacts such as cloth, leather, and desicated mummies have been found
there, persevering throughout centuries without corrosion. What if such a
thing could be funded? Would it not be wonderful to know that the wonderful
meteoritic specimins of today could remain safe throughout the centuries to
come, while being displayed and enjoyed by millions?....Your idealist,
hopeless dreamer and student, Rand Kluge
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