[meteorite-list] RE: Nice Dronino?

[Pekka Savolainen]

Well, have tried everything except black magic and woodoo...;-
Dronino is a quite old one, accordindg Verdansky from before
12:th century. Main part of the pieces was found from the very
wet area, so I suppose, the chlorides are not the only problem...,
the meteorite is just too old and have spent too much time in a
wet soil.

http://www.geokhi.ru/~meteorit/dronino1-e.html

As I told in my former e-mail, after all tricks my pieces stayed
stable some 8 - 10 months, the pieces without any methods to
stabilizie them couple of weeks, not much longer.

If some happens to find to way to stabilizate this very interresting
meteorite indeed, please, let me know...

best,

pekka s



Stephen McMann wrote:

>Dear Pekka and List,
>
>Has anyone ever tried some of the tried and true iron stabilization
>techniques on Dronino, such as a long bath in an alcohol and NaOH rich
>solution to remove chlorides? On a related subject, I guess that I may not
>really understand the chemistry behind why some meteorites are stable, and
>some are not. Perhaps I will naively ask, "Is it all about chlorides?"
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Stephen McMann
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Pekka Savolainen [mailto:pekka.savolainen at dlc.fi] 
>Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 5:33 PM
>To: Stephen McMann
>Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Nice Dronino?
>
>
>They are not stable. The older pieces was slag in a few weeks or months,
>the new "stable" ones in 8 - 10 months. I have just one very thin piece not
>distroyed, just because it has a quite heavy lacquer. Fastest ruster I have
>ever seen ;-
>
>best,
>
>pekka
>
>
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