[meteorite-list] Making thin sections

[David Pensenstadler]

Tom:

Absolutely wonderful pictures of your planetary basalt thin section.
Another great job. Keep them coming.

Dave

--- On Sun, 5/23/10, Starsinthedirt at aol.com <Starsinthedirt at aol.com> wrote:

> From: Starsinthedirt at aol.com <Starsinthedirt at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Making thin sections
> To: epmajden at shaw.ca, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Sunday, May 23, 2010, 12:28 PM
> That sounds like quite a thin
> section  collection!  A David New Zagami!!! 
> 
> Wow!
> 
> You will find some  beautiful sites in lava
> basalt.  Check this out.  It is 
> a lava basalt  that looked like a meteorite, at least
> enough to have it 
> checked out.  The  thin section turned out great
> so I photographed it any  way.
> 
> http://www.meteorite.com/meteorite-gallery/articles/basalt_1/
> 
> Tom  Phillips
> 
> In a message dated 5/23/2010 10:18:03 A.M. Mountain
> Daylight  Time, 
> epmajden at shaw.ca
> writes:
> Thanks to all that  responded to my question on making
> thin  
> sections.  Sounds  difficult but will give it a
> try.  I have some  
> volcanic lava  rocks that I would like to look
> at.  I'll try these  
> before I cut  up any of my precious meteorites! 
> The cost of having  
> them  commercially done is just too much for an old
> retired vet.  I   
> have a good collection of meteorite thin sections that I
> got from   
> David New years ago.  33 different including Abee,
> Peace River,   
> Peekskill, Zagami, Allende, Pultusk,  and others from
> around the   
> World. No, they are not for sale!  ;-)
> Cheers:
> Ed  Majden
> Courtenay, B.C.  Canada
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