[meteorite-list] question for thin section collectors

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Hi Leigh Anne,  I'm answering on list so  any one can correct me if I am not 
accurate in my assessment.

First, a  standard biological microscope slide is 1" X 3" or 25 mm X 75 mm.  
A  standard petrographic slide is 25 mm X 45 mm.  Quite a bit  shorter!

I have a large pile of petrographic slides (Meteorite thin  sections) that I 
keep in those plastic cases Mike Tettenborn just posted  about.  I like the 
cases but I have often looked for a cool slide box  fitted to the smaller 
petrographic slides.  

I have found many  biological slide boxes.

It would seem to me that the meteorite community  would enjoy a quality 
petrographic slide box.

Also, and this is just a  personal observation, I would think that the 
collectors with a quantity of  slides, worth hundreds and at times thousands each, 
would appreciate a beautiful  work of art and not just an other box.  I have 
found some vintage black  bake light boxes in the smaller size but that is about 
as cool as I could come  up with after a lot of searching.

The great old wood Victorian Microscope  slide boxes are almost entirely the 
larger size.  Post the list if he makes  any!!!

Tom

In a message dated 1/4/2009 4:30:53 P.M. Mountain  Standard Time, 
delraygoddess at yahoo.com writes:


I was wondering if  anyone could tell me the typical way that thin sections 
are collected. I know  that they are on microscope slides, but do people 
typically keep those slides in  an old microscope slide box, or  drawer of some sort?
Is there a  protective type case that is typical of thin section collectors?
My boyfriend  is a custom woodworker, and it trying to figure out a way to 
build a storage  case for these.
Thanks in advance,
Leigh Anne  DelRay



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