[meteorite-list] Display idea for Riker boxes

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:20:18 -0400
Message-ID: <e51421550907301320t74f5b9daw9b65f3c17ca95066_at_mail.gmail.com>

Agreed, Anita Westlake's display is superb. :)


On 7/30/09, Impactika at aol.com <Impactika at aol.com> wrote:
> Gary and all,
>
> If you want to see an excellent way to display Rikers, you only have to go
> to your favorite magazine, just a few issues back (which issue exactly,
> Anita?).
> You'll see there how Anita managed to display a lot of Rikers on one wall.
> And she explains exactly how she did it, with all the information,
> dimensions, blue prints, directions.
> It should be very easy for any one of you guys to replicate it! ;-)
>
> Anne M. Black
> _http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/)
> _IMPACTIKA at aol.com_ (mailto:IMPACTIKA at aol.com)
> Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
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>
>
>
> In a message dated 7/30/2009 9:17:51 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
> fujmon at mac.com writes:
> Great idea for a thread topic Dan, and nice display Mike.
>
> For the humid, salt spray laden air here in Hawaii, I resist leaving
> my meteorites on display for the reason of oxidation. I have LL
> chondrites and some diogenites that are weeping ferrous oxide, and a
> Tsarev that is literally self destructing from pristine slab to rusted
> shards in two months. I don't even need to start telling you about
> irons - thank goodness for Rusty Mason, who restore some of them for
> me (Thanks Rusty!).
>
> So most all of my collection are stored in various sized membraneboxes
> (some of which have desiccant and VCI foam), stored within Pelican
> cases (with padded dividers meant for cameras and lenses), which are
> kept in my constantly air-conditioned office at work. I have a
> pedestal display cabinet in the lobby, where I display meteorite
> samples for the public who come through our institute's base
> facility. For my collection of individual stones, I have a nice
> wooden box given to me by Nakhladog Rob Wesel. Of course, my
> collection is outgrowing that storage solution, so I am looking at a
> wooden chest with padded, subdivided drawers.
>
> gary
>
>
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