[meteorite-list] Correct URL www.meteorite-times.com and FYI

From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2007 06:26:04 +0200
Message-ID: <46b5515c.302.6ddd.390852157_at_webmailh3.aruba.it>

one question on Blood section

1) The thickness of a cut piece, particularly the thinner it
is under 2.5mm. While
exceptionally thin slicing is not possible with some
meteorites, most do quite nicely
when thinly cut. How can it be argued that an historic fall
(or any specimen, for
that matter) cut .8mm thick is not worth a good deal more
"per gram" than a slice
of the same material 4mm in thickness. The thinner cut slice
gives both MUCH
more surface relative to weight and, therefore, much greater
"eye appeal" and
costs the seller a good deal more in both "saw loss" and in
the cost of the saw capable
of making such a thin slice. (A SMALL wire saw costs about
$17,000.00, a large
one, big enough to slice Bob Haag's Zagami stone costs about
$60,000.00).


$17,000 for a wire saw?? I have buy my for $1000 and I
arrive to cut slices of 1 mm or under thick, large at 10
cm., with blade of 0.6 mm with any problems.

matteo
Received on Sun 05 Aug 2007 12:26:04 AM PDT