[meteorite-list] Slump glass meteorite protection/display

From: STARSANDSCOPES at aol.com <STARSANDSCOPES_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 23:31:58 EST
Message-ID: <c92.40dc3481.36c10bbe_at_aol.com>

Hi list, A couple weeks ago there was a thread on encasing meteorites in
resin. Also in this months Meteorite Times there was a nicely written article
Preserving meteorite slices in home-made glass mountings, by Gregory E Carr
 http://www.meteorite-times.com/meteorite_frame.htm

I was wondering if anyone has tried slump glass. This is the process where
a sandwich of glass with a meteorite slice in the middle is heated to the
point of fusing the outside glass sheets. It would drive out all moisture
while completely sealing in the sample. Some material would melt at the same
temperature as the glass but irons and most stonies would not. What about
Olivine, would the melt point of Olivine be higher than the glass?

Would this work? I have seen some real cool stuff fused into glass this
way.

Tom

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Received on Sun 08 Feb 2009 11:31:58 PM PST