AW: [meteorite-list] Is Brahin a ruster ?

From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <mcomemeteorite2004_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Feb 8 16:37:00 2005
Message-ID: <20050208213658.67539.qmail_at_web50104.mail.yahoo.com>

Contact this person, its where I send my pieces

"BGG (Blue Grama Gifts)/ Skymerchant Meteorics"
<bgg_skymerchant_at_hotmail.com>

Matteo


 --- Lars Pedersen <lbp_at_privat.tdcadsl.dk> ha scritto:

> Yes maybe it should be put into some kind of acrylic
> resin.
>
> Does anyone know what to use, and how to do it.
>
> It is a 530 gram full slice aprox. 21 x 17
> centimeters.
>
> Just a thin layer ?
>
> Or a block like you sometine see seascales in a
> acrylic block ?
>
> Best
> Lars
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "M come Meteorite Meteorites"
> <mcomemeteorite2004_at_yahoo.it>
> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 2:05 PM
> Subject: Re: AW: [meteorite-list] Is Brahin a ruster
> ?
>
>
> > For me the unique method for save the pallasites
> from
> > rusty is put this into a acrilic resin without
> air.
> >
> > Matteo
> >
> > --- J?rn Koblitz <koblitz_at_microfab.de> ha scritto:
> >> Hi List,
> >>
> >> back in the 1980s, I got a large, beautiful
> Admire
> >> slice. I kept it at low humidity and also added
> >> corrosion inhibitor to the bag in which the slice
> >> was wrapped in. During the first 10 years I
> checked
> >> for signs of rust from time to time. It was okay,
> no
> >> rust, very stable. So, I kept it alone (same
> storage
> >> conditions) until one year ago, when I look at it
> >> again. Well, the pallasite was in the state of
> >> disintegration, heavily rusted, olivines pressed
> out
> >> of the metal grid. What I want to say is, that
> even
> >> after so long time of stability, one can never be
> >> sure. I think, one has to check the state of such
> a
> >> known ruster more often. If any sign of rust,
> >> especially swallowing of olivine grains, one has
> to
> >> start corrective actions immediately (e.g.
> >> neutralization of acids, drying...). Rusting is a
> >> self-accelerating process, once it has started.
> If a
> >> meteorite is known as a ruster (like Brahin,
> >> Brenham, Admire), be very careful!
> >>
> >> I am presently developing a special method of
> >> treatment to remove all the salts (the source of
> the
> >> mess) from such corrosion sensitive irons and
> >> pallasite specimens. I hope, with such reatment,
> >> then these rusters are sufficiently stabilized
> for
> >> the time being.
> >>
> >> J?rn
> >>
> >>
> >> > -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> >> > Von: Martin Altmann
> >> [mailto:Altmann_at_Meteorite-Martin.de]
> >> > Gesendet: Montag, 7. Februar 2005 23:35
> >> > An: Lars Pedersen;
> >> meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> >> > Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Is Brahin a
> ruster ?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Hi Lars,
> >> >
> >> > Brahin is untreated a hefty ruster like
> Brenham.
> >> > With two of the main suppliers of Brahin I made
> >> the experience
> >> > that Afanasjev (cometshop) did a good job in
> >> varnishing his slices.
> >> > My oldest slice from him I had for almost 7
> years
> >> without any problems
> >> > and many others I had in stock for 2years and
> more
> >> without
> >> > developping a
> >> > single trace of rust.
> >> > Once I was curios, grinded off the varnish and
> the
> >> slice
> >> > started to rust and
> >> > to swell within a few weeks.
> >> >
> >> > >From the other supplier Koutyrev (finmet) I
> know
> >> only, that
> >> > he advertized
> >> > his slices in former times to be stabilized
> with a
> >> "new
> >> > method" and with the
> >> > gimmick, that you can keep them even in salt
> water
> >> without any effect.
> >> > I never took from his Brahins, but heard from
> >> several of my collector
> >> > fellows as well as from some dealers too, that
> >> they were
> >> > indeed stable and
> >> > goody-goody.
> >> >
> >> > To be sure, one should choose a member of the
> >> > Eagle-Station-grouplet, with
> >> > their 15%+ Ni, they should be the most stable
> ones
> >> among all
> >> > pallasites, but
> >> > they are difficult to get and not even cheap...
> >> >
> >> > Cheers!
> >> > Martin
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: "Lars Pedersen" <lbp_at_privat.tdcadsl.dk>
> >> > To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> >> > Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 8:52 PM
> >> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Is Brahin a ruster ?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > > Hello All
> >> > > Thanks for you show reports and poictures, I
> >> enjoy them.
> >> > >
> >> > > I have just traded for a big fullslice of
> >> Brahin.
> >> > >
> >> > > Is it a ruster ?
> >> > > How do I prevent ?
> >> > > etc. etc. ?
> >> > >
> >> > > Best
> >> > > Lars
> >> > >
> >>
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