[meteorite-list] RSVP re analytical services costs

From: David Freeman <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:20:59 2004
Message-ID: <3F0815E0.3040306_at_fascination.com>

Dear Michael, Randy, Dr. Grossman, Listees;
I am interested, what say yee all? Will the Nomenclature Committee
accept your analytic results?
Thank you,
Dave Freeman

Michael L Blood wrote:

> Hello Randy,
> I can see how such a service may be well worth the cost IF it
> would allow hunters and other dealers to leap frog long institutional
> waits. Though their service is "free", it can take months. (20% or
> 20 grams minimal donation of material seems to be the custom -
> but institutional material is crucial to the science and desirable
> for the private sector as well).
> However:
> 1- would the test indicated identify the material as definitely
> meteoritic or not?
> 2 - would this process be accepted by the nomenclature committee?
> 3 - would this process leap frog institutional identification as far
> as the nomenclature committee is concerned?
> If the answer to all 3 is YES, then I can see your services as
> HIGHLY
> desirable, given the huge logjam currently resulting from the glut of
> NWA material. However, if the answer to any of them is "NO," then
> the value of such a service would seam to me to be, at best, relatively
> limited. (But then, perhaps I am missing something here.....that is,
> unfortunately, not an uncommon circumstance).
> Please enlighten us.
> RSVP
> Thanks, Michael Blood
>
>
>
> on 7/6/03 6:41 AM, GT40dawg_at_aol.com at GT40dawg@aol.com wrote:
>
> To all:
>
> A few weeks ago, I posted a message on this board that I
> would be providing analytical services such as SEM, XRD, and
> electron microprobe analyses.
>
> I can do such analyses as Fe/Ni ratios of metallic
> grains/phases and full pyroxene analyses via electron microprobe.
> Pyroxenes would be analyzed for all of the major elements, such
> as Fe, Mg, Si, Ca, Ti, Al, Na, and 3 others (Na, Mn, K for
> example). Actually, I can analyze any mineral phase (in
> meteorites or in terrestrial samples), but the abovementioned are
> the ones that seem to peak most poeple's interest when it comes to
> meteorites.
>
> This will be the standard cost breakdown for electron microprobe work:
>
> any 2 analyses (i.e. Fe/Ni ratios or pyroxenes) for $100
> any 4 analyses for $150
> any 6 analyses for $200
>
> For the purpose of insuring a representative sample, I would
> recommend 2-3 analyses of each mineral phase of interest. I do
> sample prep on Saturdays (if necessary), and analyses would
> normally be done sometime during the following week. Polished
> thin sections can also be used in lieu of unprepared samples. I
> would e-mail preliminary results to you ASAP, with a full report
> to follow in the mail
>
> SEM imaging and XRD identification of individual mineral phases
> will be priced out on a case-by -case basis. All data results
> discussed above are publishable, no problem. Please feel free to
> e-mail me with any questions.
>
>
> Randy in N.O.
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Received on Sun 06 Jul 2003 08:28:16 AM PDT