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Re: Meteorite Preservation Project....an Idea.


Hi everyone - 

     (Just getting caught up with the list today.  
Did Ron really quit? Did Stroik? "ALH84001 and me" will be delayed a
bit longer.)
      
      This strikes me as a good idea, but probably
the way you want to do it is with an internet site.
Reproduction cost nearly zero, plenty of full color illustrations,
links to the suppliers, ability to constantly update the techniques. 
Would everyone give a release for their notes to the list?

     Wish I had time to do it, but no way for the next
half year or so.

                                Best wishes - 
                                     Ed

---mikewren  wrote:
>
>   From:  Michael Cottingham
>              mikewren@gilanet.com
> Hello everyone,
> 
> 
> For sometime now....several months in fact, I have been thinking
> about an idea that I have. It involves many of us on the list and
> you might even consider it a collective list project!  Not only
> would this project involve many people from the list, but I
> believe it could be a very important project for the field of
> meteoritics.
> 
> Take a look:
> 
> When I first joined the list....I immediately went through the
> list archives and read most everything I could. In fact I did
> most of this before I joined the list. Some of the archive
> information that really stood out was the information pertaining
> to the preservation of meteorites in our collections. I found
> that most of this information worked very well. So many of
> the list members have shared their first hand experience
> with this topic....and their ideas about etching, solvents,
> display case building, oxidation reduction, and many other
> topics is simply priceless.
> 
> I thought that if  you could collect these ideas and put
> them all together....you would have an incredible booklet
> or disk file that you could reference with ease.  Also,
> imagine....this project could be a list-member collection.
> All of us working together...to share our personal ideas
> and experience on meteorite preservation and stewardship.
> We could have a chapter on meteorite ethics and legal
> issues too, if we wanted.
> 
> No one would own this collection of information. NO ONE
> WOULD MAKE ANY MONEY FROM THIS. We would
> just nicely group our information in a booklet and it would
> be all of ours. 
> 
> I would play collector and editor of the information. With
> interested contributors  helping along the way. I would
> like to see such a booklet of information and together we
> could make it happen.  I would just help to facilitate it
> into reality. Individuals could then have it for free as a download
> or pay the exact cost of what each copy would cost to duplicate
> into a paper copy. ONCE AGAIN....LET ME STATE THAT I WOULD
> NOT MAKE OR DO THIS FOR MONEY!  
> 
> This is just an idea of mine, but it would take many list members
> to help become a reality. I do believe it might be an incredible
> opportunity for us to all work together on a common goal.
> Imagine if we were to pull it off....how we might feel differently
about
> some issues.....working together on a common project is good
> medicine.
> 
> 
> I look forward to the day when someone publishes a real book
> about cutting, etching, solvents, the use of chemicals, the correct
> steps in polishing, oxidation reduction techniques, etc. etc. etc.
> Until then......maybe us list members could pull it off.
> 
> Also,  I don't have to be the spear head person here or editor, or
> whatever.....if any other list member is more qualified or wanting
> of the post.....please by all means do it. I just want to see a 
> nice & neat little booklet on meteorite preservation.
> 
> Let's discuss it...........
> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Michael Cottingham
> 
> 
> 
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