[meteorite-list] Drilling meteorites to make jewelry

From: Pete Pete <rsvp321_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:37:03 -0400
Message-ID: <BAY141-W1A2EEB082B0552572494DF88A0_at_phx.gbl>

Hi, Nick, all,

A tiny diamond coring bit sounds like a custom-made tool, but I like the idea!
Lots of us have fusion encrusted unclassified individuals too gorgeous to cut in to, which drives us insane wondering what lies inside. Fight the temptation!

A small core sample, I'm thinking a few millimetres, to have a microscopic peek would be perfect.

Cheers,
Pete




> Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:19:35 -0700
> To: deanbessey at yahoo.com; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> From: gessler at ucla.edu
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Drilling meteorites to make jewelry
>
> Hi Dean,
>
> Diamond bits.
> They come in all sizes, use with lots of water...
> I might have some around, but you can get them at most gem and jewelery shows
> and certainly at Tucson. I may have some around. Try looking at the
> websites for
> Dremel and Fordham tools...
>
> What I'd like to find are some diamond hole drills.
> I have some that are up to about 1/2 inch diameter, but they have a
> rather large kerf.
> I'd like to core some good looking meteorites to get the 20grams for
> the labs and
> not damage the appearance of my meteorites. Bore the hole. Break
> out the core.
> Fill the hole with some filler and paint it. Minimal change to the
> appearance of the
> meteorite - ample sample extracted.
>
> Cheers,
> Nick
>
> At 03:22 PM 7/20/2008, dean bessey wrote:
>>Does anybody know of a good type of drill to drill small holes
>>through chondrites?
>>Thanks
>>DEAN
>
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