[meteorite-list] What to do with meteorite dust

[Greg Hupe]

Dear Tracy and List Members,

I have been saving all of our cutting dust for many years, just waiting for 
the right project in mind. I have an idea that I mentioned to a few people 
years ago in what I will be doing with the more common dust (a mix of 
ordinary chondrites, test cuts, etc.) and then also similar ways with the 
more rare material I have, but that will have to wait until I settle down a 
little, stay at home and start an old hobby in which to use the material.

All of this talk about the cutting dust almost makes me want to start some 
test samples of this "hobby" soon. Who knows, maybe this will speed me up 
and not wait until I'm in the rocking chair...

For those who hate the idea of cutting meteorites, well, if they weren't cut 
and a type sample supplied to scientists, the meteorite scientific and 
collector communities would not be where they are today without all of the 
help from the private sector.

Best regards,
Greg

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Greg Hupe
The Hupe Collection
NaturesVault (eBay)
gmhupe at tampabay.rr.com
IMCA 3163
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tracy latimer" <daistiho at hotmail.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 10:27 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] What to do with meteorite dust


> 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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