[meteorite-list] Nice looking slice (IMHO)

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Dec 25 19:29:52 2004
Message-ID: <kf1ss01guceqa5hj0dufdoj4k414vpq269_at_4ax.com>

Okay, I know that NWA 869 is about as unrare as meteorites get, but I wanted to share this photo.
Tonight I took a small individual I had bought from Dean Bessey via Ebay that had a mostly flat side
with an interesting raised ring structure and sanded it with rough then fine grit sandpaper and came
out with what is IMHO a very cool looking piece, especially concidering that I paid only $3.00 for
it. (The pits in the center are where I didn't fully penetrate the fusion crust-- but I didn't want
to destroy the features I had already exposed).

Heres' a "before and after" picture:

http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/meteorite_slice_armor_both.jpg

And a larger "after" picture:

http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/meteorite_slice_armor.jpg

The "before" photo was adapted from the auction photo, the "after" photo came from placing the stone
on my flatbed scanner.
Received on Sat 25 Dec 2004 07:29:45 PM PST