[meteorite-list] What to do with meteorite dust

From: E.P. Grondine <epgrondine_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Oct 18 23:20:51 2006
Message-ID: <20061019032049.5452.qmail_at_web36915.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Make that read "anne" instead of "tracy' - sorry, I
wish I didn't make mistakes like that

--- "E.P. Grondine" <epgrondine_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi Dave -
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> So what you're telling Tracy is that those little
> plasic bullion trays are going to yellow? That's
> sad,
> as the plastic would be safer than glass for the
> children. It would also be easier to permanently
> stick
> the labels on them. Oh well -
>
> Wouldn't glass slide mounts be better for Tracy's
> super thin sections? It would seem to me that for
> serious study thin sections might be more useful
> than
> larger thicker slices - what is good, about half a
> chrondule thickness? How do you get them so thin?
>
> good hunting,
> Ed
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> --- Dave Freeman mjwy <dfreeman_at_fascination.com>
> wrote:
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> > Dear Tracy, List;
> > I have went through a few hundred nice yellow
> > polyurethane specimen
> > casts that were once clear back in the 60's and
> > 70's. Now the yellow
> > casts have nice specimens in them and are totally
> > useless except for
> > filling up land fills. I would be very skeptical
> > of putting anything
> > of value in most casting materials. Plastic is
> > great for cars and
> > fashion ware but not with my meteorites (or even
> my
> > saw dust).
> > Dave F.
> >
> > tracy latimer wrote:
> >
> > > For those people who deplore cutting up
> meteorites
> > (even the NWA XXX
> > > relatively common ones) and using them for
> > sculptures, knife handles,
> > > etc...
> > >
> > > If you have a quantity of mixed meteoric dust,
> why
> > not mix it with
> > > resin and make a solid block of
> > meteorite-dust-impregnated plastic?
> > > Something like that would still have the cachet
> of
> > meteorite, but be
> > > much less of a loss to science, and you could
> > still carve it, form it,
> > > create all kinds of neato stuff. There is a RPG
> > game supplier who
> > > offers carved meteorite dice at $100 each. I'd
> > much rather pay $10
> > > for one cast out of dust and plastic.
> > >
> > > Tracy Latimer
> > >
> > >
> >
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Received on Wed 18 Oct 2006 11:20:49 PM PDT