[meteorite-list] How to display Your collection ? PolandMET idea !

[Matthias Bärmann]

Looks pretty good, Marcin. For me the most beautiful stand is your TV ;-)

Best, Matthias

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "PolandMET" <marcin at polandmet.com>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 7:33 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] How to display Your collection ? PolandMET idea !


> Hi
> Tooday I finished my "little display stand" for my new private meteorite 
> collection, so I want to show You my idea.
>
> First, I must explain that I have stop collecting small specimens some 
> time ago. I have from old days around 70 meteorite specimens from a 
> miligrams to 10-20g hiddend into small boxes 58x38x17mm and stored in 
> palets in chet in my room. This specimens have for me historical value 
> becouse several of this pieces are my first meteorite specimens. But in 
> fact this kind of "collection" is a vaste of material, money and place, 
> becouse this specimens are too small to display for example on wall or to 
> show to normall peoples. Noone will take this kind of collecting 
> seroiously if I will show him for example very rare and importand Orguel 
> 3mm wide or other specimens  in size from 5mm to 2cm wide. Ofcourse 
> everyone collecting what he like. I decided that this small pieces make 
> only my collection larger on my specimens inventory list, but not show any 
> educational value to me or to anyone who invite me. Thats why I will sell 
> most of them.
>
> I decided to collect less specimens but in size that will fit to my larger 
> acrylic boxes 84x59x24 mm. This gives me chance to own good size specimens 
> that I can display in my room in secured boxes. Yes, display, but how ???
>
> And here comes my idea that I have planned and realized from around 3 
> months. Project changed several times, sometimes becouse of a costs of 
> some parts, and sometimes becouse I cant find elements that I needed. I 
> usually doing things without any detailed plan. So usually final project 
> is much different from first one.
>
> Project:
> This is 100x100cm big wall stand for 150 meteorite boxes.
> Main element is 1mm thin aluminum plate with perforation Rv5-8 that help 
> to put all elements together precise in place and make project visualy 
> more hi-tech. It is mounted on a 4mm white ply-wood plate and conected 
> with aluminium plate using aluminium "U" type profile. Most importand part 
> of my project is 150x 20mm wide neodynum magnets that holds on place 
> meteorite boxes. Boxes with meteorites have small 1mm thin iron plate on 
> bottom side, under layers of sponge. This is good becouse boxes can be 
> takeed from my stand very easy, but they still sit on place using force 
> beetween magnets and iron plate.
>
> This stand, when will be full, then will corelate with my mega poster of 
> Sahara meteorites composed from reference cards from Sahara Meteorite 
> Prospecting CD-Rom. From left will be photos and classifications of many 
> Sahara finds, and from right my collection of real specimens that anyone 
> can watch and touch.
>
> Comments welcome :)
> Marcin Cimala
>
> Photos:
>
> Just history, my old stand, too small, too simply, too ugly
> http://www.meteoryt.net/ebay/IMG_0076.JPG
>
> Most importand part of my room, just after my computer place :)
> http://www.meteoryt.net/ebay/IMG_0077.JPG
>
> My new stand
> http://www.meteoryt.net/ebay/IMG_0078.JPG
> http://www.meteoryt.net/ebay/IMG_0083.JPG
>
> Close-up
> http://www.meteoryt.net/ebay/IMG_0087.JPG
> http://www.meteoryt.net/ebay/IMG_0091.JPG
>
>
> -----[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-----[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]-----
> http://www.Meteoryt.net             marcin at meteoryt.net
> http://www.PolandMET.com       marcin at polandmet.com
> http://www.Gao-Guenie.com      GSM +48(607)535 195
> --------[ Member of Polish Meteoritical Society ]--------
>
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