[meteorite-list] Cleaning Sikhote Alin meteorites

[Jim Wooddell]

Ruben and all,

I've cleaned other types of rocks with a water jet tooth brush set up
in the past.  It could have used a lot more pressure.  I've also
baking soda blasted fine metal parts with my bead blaster.  A Dentist
quality water jet would work very good, I would think. Do not know why
that would not work for the irons???

Jim




On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Matthew Martin
<mmartin at meteoritetreasures.com> wrote:
> I'm not positive on this one, but I believe their being tumbled.  I picked
> up a piece of shrapnel in Tucson that had two weird looking spheres embedded
> to it, and when I inquired about them I was told they were beads from the
> cleaning process.  They came off with a little pressure.
>
> Aloha,
>
> Matt Martin
> Meteorite Treasures
>
>
>
> Quoting Richard Montgomery <rickmont at earthlink.net>:
>
>> Ruben, please attach a photo maybe?  All the SA's today recently arrive
>> all soaked in black dirty t-fluid, quite a tussle.  My best specimens never
>> were, and it's why they are my best and will forever remain in my
>> collection.  I'd love to see the condition you are referring to.  Dremmel
>> tool?
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruben Garcia" <mrmeteorite at gmail.com>
>> To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 4:58 PM
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Cleaning Sikhote Alin meteorites
>>
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I just bought some very nice SA's but they are not cleaned like the
>>> others we are used to seeing. Anyone know how they clean SA
>>> meteorites?  I am quite sure it is not a wire brush....  as the other
>>> SA's are cleaned in all the cracks and crevasses. A wire brush
>>> couldn't do that.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>>>
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