[meteorite-list] Curation of meteorites containing organics

[Carl Agee]

I just saw Jim Wooddell's post about aluminum foil and the new CM
fall. It turns out that aluminum foil does react somewhat with
carbonaceous chondrite. Apparently the recommended storage material is
Teflon. This is what is used in NASA's Lunar Lab (Teflon bags and
gloves). Cold and dry (nitrogen) storage are recommended too although
if this meteorite has been sitting in the rain, then it may be moot.
Take a look at Chris Herd's presentation of lesson's learned from
Tagish Lake and Buzzard Coulee:

www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/sssr2011/presentations/herd.pdf

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