[meteorite-list] Making Micromount Meteorites

From: Walter Branch <branchw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:00:12 2004
Message-ID: <013301c237b6$e76310c0$2cdd3fd0_at_cc516468a>

Hi Ron,

>I use the traditional 2 x 2 inch plastic boxes with inserts >for some of
the specimens in our museum display.

Are these the inserts like those with the 1x1 inch. The foam with felt
tops. I have been searching for these but I cannot find them anyway. Most
people who use these buy them without inserts and use fiberfill or cut
cotton, neither of which I like.

-Walter
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Walter Branch, Ph.D.
Branch Meteorites
322 Stephenson Ave., Suite B
Savannah, GA 31405 USA
www.branchmeteorites.com
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Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 2:16 AM
Subject: Fw: [meteorite-list] Making Micromount Meteorites


> Re: [meteorite-list] Making Micromount MeteoritesMembrane boxes represent
a
> new technology. While one-inch plastic boxes have their advantages,
> primarily their low cost, membrane boxes have theirs as well. First of
all,
> the invisible membranes 'hug' the specimen so that it will not move. Even
a
> "Bessey speck" will stay in place, although I would not recommend using
one
> with something smaller than a grain of ordinary beach sand. If it is
> angular, the top of a plastic box will push the specimen into the pad,
with
> stress on the piece. I lost a Governador Valadares Nakhlite when I opened
> one of those little plastic micro boxes. It had slipped into the crack
> between the pad and the side of the box and I wanted it to stay in the
> center of the pad where I could display it. When I opened the lid, the
> differential in air pressure caused it to leap out of the box. (MB's will
do
> that as well as the lids fit very tightly and you need to tug a bit to get
> them off). I can remember seeing it in "slow motion" in a perfect
parabolic
> trajectory right off the shelf, into the air, and down into the thick
carpet
> three feet away. Very expensive vacuum cleaner dust! Fortunately Dean
took
> mercy and gave me a great price break on a replacement. Membrane boxes do
> hold the specimen in place, with no stress, and you can turn and twist the
> mb and see your specimen from all sides. If I have a micro with crust and
a
> polished side, I want to be able to see all of it. And they are very
tight.
> (I imagine the plastic boxes are probably just as tight, except with the
> ones I had, the lids would jiggle off sometimes and the micros would get
> mixed up. We had them in a display case where hundreds of children
tramped
> across the floor and banged around, causing everything to vibrate). By
the
> way, labels can be put on one side. Then you can see all of your specimen
> as well as the label. I personally have a problem having to turn the box
> over to see the label. Compare the value of your meteorite to the price
of
> the box. Compare a goat cart to an automobile! :=) All I can say is
that
> many of my clients, once seeing how membrane boxes work, transfer entire
> collections to them, not just the micros, but larger pieces up to 6 x 12
> inch slices. I use them exclusively for all the micros I sell.
>
> I do use Riker-type boxes sometimes, and I use membrane boxes. I see a
> choice for different reasons...different purposes, and everyone has their
> favorite. I use the traditional 2 x 2 inch plastic boxes with inserts for
> some of the specimens in our museum display. They stay in one place and
> need only be viewed from the top, and for them that is a good use and
fully
> acceptable. The great advantage of the traditional box is that they are
> dirt cheap and I can well understand the need for financial restraints
with
> meteorite collecting. It is really unreal! And I do appreciate and
respect
> everyone to have their own preferences.
>
> And...I have a car, and if I had the zoning, I'd have a goat-cart too.
> Would be great fun! :=)
>
> I will be happy to send a free postpaid "sample" membrane micro box to
> anyone who will send me their address (for the next 24 hours!) *
>
> *(LEGAL DISCLAIMER:) Offer Expires: Tue. July 30 11:30 P.M. Offer refers
to
> one (only) #12, 38 x 38 x 18 mm membrane micro box (meteorite micro not
> included). Offer not extended to anyone to whom I have already sold a
> membrane box; one box per household. Relatives not eligible. If I am
> swamped with more requests than I can reasonably handle, I reserve to (and
> will) end the offer prematurely and without further notice, at my
> discretion, by sending an e-mail to the "list". e-mails must be received
by
> the deadline at the e-mail address below. (Guess that covers it!) Or,
> please go to the mb website and browse around!
>
> Ron
> R. N. Hartman
> METEORITES and MEMBRANE SUSPENSION BOXES
> rnh_at_meteorite1.com
> www.meteorite1.com
> order_at_membranebox.com
> www.membranebox.com
>
>
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Received on Tue 30 Jul 2002 06:50:22 AM PDT