[meteorite-list] Clear plastic display boxes / try a membrane box

[R N Hartman]

Hello Martin,

Saw your inquiry and I don't know how large your slices are but you might be 
interested in checking out some of our larger size membrane boxes.  Box 
sizes with O.D. up to 150 x 300 mm  for thin slices and 250 x 200 x 200 mm 
which will handle an iron individual up to 3371 g. although I did have a 
roundish 12 pound Canyon Diablo iron  in one until we had an earthquake and 
it fell off the top shelf of a bookcase onto the floor.  For slices, we list 
recommended max. sizes for objects inside the box, but you can push that 
number if your specimen is for display and not a fragile object for 
transportation, which need the shock absorbing engineering of the stretched 
membrane. The clear membrane suspends the specimen inside the box and you 
can look at it from both front and back at the same time.  Our business 
website lists all the dimensions (O.D. and I.D. of boxes) at 
www.membranebox.com

Ron Hartman
membranebox at earthlink.net
rhartman04 at earthlink.net



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "martin goff" <msgmeteorites at googlemail.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 1:31 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Clear plastic display boxes


> Thanks for all the responses off list and it seems that lots of you
> are having the same difficulties trying to find a suitable larger
> display box. No one seems to have any answers though regards where to
> get them from. I approached the manufacturers of the boxes i provided
> links to in my previous post and unfortunately they would need  a
> minimum order of 100,000 units to make a larger box. Even though it
> seems quite a few people would be interested, not enough to place an
> order that size!!
>
> Oh well back to the drawing board and my larger iron slices will just
> have to stay languishing in their cozy dessicated boxes until i find a
> suitable solution!
>
> Cheers
>
> Martin
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