[meteorite-list] Polished Butts - Toliet humor aside, what exactly are they?

[Ted Bunch]

The end cut of a stone or the cut off piece in thin section making.

Ted


On 3/28/11 1:54 PM, "Michael Gilmer" <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
> 
> I have seen several references to "polished butts" in the Met
> Bulletin.  For example, from this recent entry (NWA 6580) approved
> yesterday -
> 
> "Type specimens available at Cascadia include 1 piece originally 20.0
> g, from which one polished thin section and one polished butt were
> made. Thompson holds the main mass."
> 
> I did the usual Google Search ("polished butt") to find out what this
> was, and you don't want to know what the results of that search were.
> Let's just say, that is has nothing to do with meteorites or thin
> sections.
> 
> So I have to ask the List - what is a polished butt?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> MikeG