[meteorite-list] A request for ALL dealers - please read! :)

From: Ed Deckert <edeckert_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:15:00 -0500
Message-ID: <00ae01c99493$5e462b10$6401a8c0_at_EdDeckertMain>

Hi Michael,

What size card would you think to be optimal? I realize specimen sizes can
vary, and sometimes I may put a larger slice in a 3x4 Riker box that creates
an issue with label size.

I'm still experimenting with label sizes, and would be interested in your
thoughts.

Ed Deckert
IMCA #8911

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Gilmer" <michael_w_gilmer at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 8:39 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] A request for ALL dealers - please read! :)


> Hi Listees!
>
> I have a humble request for all of the dealers who are on the list.
>
> Please consider standardizing your specimen cards to fit into the
> display window of 3x4" Riker box. Roman Jirasek's labels are
> great, but there are many falls or finds not represented in his
> inventory yet - especially for the hot desert meteorites. So I'd
> like to use the specimen cards I receive from many of you when
> I purchase the piece. Some of you make very nice cards that would
> serve double duty as display labels, but the labels are too wide
> or otherwise not sized to fit the Riker window.
>
> Some of the specimen labels I have from various dealers are very
> attractive and I can tell that some thought and creative energy
> went in to designing them. Since the 3x4" Riker box is a widely
> used collector standard, I'd just like to kindly float the
> suggestion that the big dealers design their specimen cards to
> display in these boxes accordingly.
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
>
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> Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
> Member of the Meteoritical Society.
> Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
> Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com
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