[meteorite-list] What to do with meteorite dust

[E.P. Grondine]

Make that read "anne" instead of "tracy'  - sorry, I
wish I didn't make mistakes like that

--- "E.P. Grondine" <epgrondine at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi Dave - 
> 
> So what you're telling Tracy is that those little
> plasic bullion trays are going to yellow?  That's
> sad,
> as the plastic would be safer than glass for the
> children.  It would also be easier to permanently
> stick 
> the labels on them.  Oh well - 
> 
> Wouldn't glass slide mounts be better for Tracy's
> super thin sections?  It would seem to me that for
> serious study thin sections might be more useful
> than
> larger thicker slices - what is good, about half a
> chrondule thickness?  How do you get them so thin?
> 
> good hunting,
> Ed
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> --- Dave Freeman mjwy <dfreeman at fascination.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Dear Tracy, List;
> > I have went through a few hundred nice yellow
> > polyurethane specimen 
> > casts that were once clear back in the 60's and
> > 70's.  Now the yellow 
> > casts have nice specimens in them and are totally
> > useless except for 
> > filling up land fills.   I would be very skeptical
> > of putting anything 
> > of value in most casting materials.   Plastic is
> > great for cars and 
> > fashion ware but not with my meteorites (or even
> my
> > saw dust).
> > Dave F.
> > 
> > tracy latimer wrote:
> > 
> > > For those people who deplore cutting up
> meteorites
> > (even the NWA XXX 
> > > relatively common ones) and using them for
> > sculptures, knife handles, 
> > > etc...
> > >
> > > If you have a quantity of mixed meteoric dust,
> why
> > not mix it with 
> > > resin and make a solid block of
> > meteorite-dust-impregnated plastic?  
> > > Something like that would still have the cachet
> of
> > meteorite, but be 
> > > much less of a loss to science, and you could
> > still carve it, form it, 
> > > create all kinds of neato stuff.  There is a RPG
> > game supplier who 
> > > offers carved meteorite dice at $100 each.  I'd
> > much rather pay $10 
> > > for one cast out of dust and plastic.
> > >
> > > Tracy Latimer
> > >
> > >
> >
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