[meteorite-list] VCI + membranebox

[David Freeman]

Dear Greg, List;
Instead of twisted paper, the local "buy it all here" type of store has 
cotton balls for next to nothing. If one or two cotton balls in a box 
isn't enough, they sell them in the large bag full.
For a very inexpensive display box, the same notable store types sell 
plastic sectioned boxes with see through lids for a few bucks.  Get one 
and load it with cotton balls and put the meteorites in the little nests 
of cotton balls.  My favorite is in the 2 inch by two inch square 
section size, boxes have around 24 or more sectioned areas, there's 
display for two dozen smaller meteorites...
Not as classy, but very affordable for the beginning collector.......or 
the new seller of meteorites who needs a less expensive display case as 
one tests the stormy waters of meteorite sales. Specimen can be placed 
in a reiker mount box when it is sold at point of sale, or let the buyer 
get a reiker mount box from you too!
Lots of crabby folks sitting round for the last three day weekend of the 
summer, I'd say.
Gunshow Dave Freeman

greg Edwards wrote:

>I want to get back and let you know what I came up with to store my
>micromounts. I am now using a platic project box similar to
>http://www.garrettwade.com/jump.jsp?lGen=detail&itemID=105310&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=0&iSubCat=0&iProductID=105310.
>You could also use
>http://www.akro-mils.com/home_office/subcategory_display.asp?id=61 or
>similar.
>
>You need to keep these out of the sun (I was using one to store
>ready-use starmaps, red light, etc in a widow ledge. After a few years
>it got knocked to the ground and shattered into rather small
>pieces...otherwise they are tough enough.
>
>I use some twisted paper to fill in the unused area so the micromounts
>don't slide around too much. Anyone have a better idea for storage?
>
>I am pretty happy with  the results.
>
>Thank you
>
>Greg Edwards
>
>
>On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 15:17:53 -0700, greg Edwards <edwardsg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Which gets us back to my original question. In your terms, does anyone
>>know where to obtain a good "palet" that could hold 50 or so
>>micromount boxes at one time? It would be nice if these could stack
>>into a standard size container (picture a picnic basket with palets of
>>micromounted meteorites being carried by Dorothy on a trip across Oz)?
>>
>>Thank you
>>
>>Greg Edwards
>>
>>
>>
>>On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 18:41:19 +0200, Meteoryt.net <marcin at meteoryt.net> wrote:
>>
>>>>1) Putting the stone /iron into a ziplock plastic bag with a piece of VCI
>>>>paper, does the paper then emit some kind of protection onto the
>>>>
>>>stone/iron
>>>
>>>>?
>>>>
>>>>2)Would there be any idea to first treating the specimen with VCI and then
>>>>store it in a membranebox ?
>>>>
>>>I also want to say that........
>>>Meteorites would rust also becouse they are not polished and not good heated
>>>before cuting or polishing and if they not rust now, they can rust in near
>>>future becouse they are not cleaned/protected sufficient.
>>>
>>>There is also problem how we want show ours collection. Storing in zip-bags
>>>is ugly, make mess and its not easy to show our specimens. Membrane boxes
>>>are fine, becouse You can see specimen from both sides, but they are more
>>>expensive and not have palets to hold more boxes in one place. Its verry
>>>difficult to have order if You have 50 small boxes stored somewhere. F.e.
>>>small, 1" membrane boxes fit to palets from my small and medium acrylic
>>>boxes, becouse size it near the same.
>>>
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