[meteorite-list] Correct URL www.meteorite-times.com and FYI

M come Meteorite Meteorites info at mcomemeteorite.it
Sun Aug 5 00:26:04 EDT 2007


one question on Blood section

1) The thickness of a cut piece, particularly the thinner it
is under 2.5mm. While 
exceptionally thin slicing is not possible with some
meteorites, most do quite nicely 
when thinly cut. How can it be argued that an historic fall
(or any specimen, for
that matter) cut .8mm thick is not worth a good deal more
"per gram" than a slice 
of the same material 4mm in thickness. The thinner cut slice
gives both MUCH 
more surface relative to weight and, therefore, much greater
"eye appeal" and
costs the seller a good deal more in both "saw loss" and in
the cost of the saw capable 
of making such a thin slice. (A SMALL wire saw costs about
$17,000.00, a large
one, big enough to slice Bob Haag's Zagami stone costs about
$60,000.00). 


$17,000 for a wire saw?? I have buy my for $1000 and I
arrive to cut slices of 1 mm or under thick, large at 10
cm., with blade of 0.6 mm with any problems.

matteo




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