[meteorite-list] Dumb Question - Micro Mount

From: Bob Martino <martino.6_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:13:10 2004
Message-ID: <001601c30c6f$e568a710$0200000a_at_TheMonolith>

All,

Can anyone give me the strict definition of a "micro mount" or "micro" for
short?

I assume that this means a "tiny piece of meteorite" but how tiny, exactly?
Is it anything less than a gram? Less than half a gram?

Or does micro refer to the visible area of the specimen instead of size? For
example, I have a Martian meteorite slice that is about 0.3 grams but is a
full centimeter square. Would this be a micro mount?

Also, I assume that to be a true "micro" the specimen needs to be displayed
in a small container - one of those round plastic boxes with cotton inserts
or perhaps a membrane box. Is this correct?


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