[meteorite-list] Centimeter cubes

From: Michael L Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:19:37 -0700
Message-ID: <C2A152B9.36CAD%mlblood_at_cox.net>

Hi Paul,
        This was covered a few months back:
North, South, East, West, Top, Bottom
        This would allow the specimen to be
photographed in multiple orientations in accordance
with changing the orientation of the cube in the
same manor. This assumes both the photographer
and the viewer are hip to the procedure.
        Best wishes, Michael

on 6/21/07 8:55 PM, Paul at bristolia at yahoo.com wrote:

> Does anyone know why the specific letters, which are
> found on a standard centimeter cube, were originally
> chosen?
>
> Svend wrote:
>
>> thanks for your kind words on the scalecube story. No,
>> the cubes circulating with the broad engravings and
>> the "1cm" gimmick are a follow up product done by
>> someone else. They also use a different font than the
>> original NASA type cubes.
>
> I have to wonder if ten years from now, there will be
> people collecting the different types of scalecubes /
> centimeter cubes as people on this list are collecting
> meteorites. I can just see people searching for a Drake
> centimeter cube for their collection as a person would
> look for either a Thuathe or a Brahin for their collection.
>
>> However, every cubeless collector is free to choose
>> what product serves best his duties. And we encourage
>> everyone who whants to give it a try to produce his or
>> her own cubes. Its a free market, and hey, in the end
>> its just a cube ;)
>
> Maybe someone can convince the Geological Society
> of America to make and sell them as they sell grain-size
> cards, field photoscales, field notebooks, and other
> stuff used by geologists. It seems to me that geologists,
> paleontologists, and even archaeologists would benefit
> by using the centimeter cube instead the bizarre
> collection of coins, keys, photoscales, and other
> objects used as a scale in pictures of rocks, fossils,
> and artifacts. I will be using centimeter cubes for
> scale in the pictures of rocks, fossils, and artifacts,
> which I take to illustrate articles and papers.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Paul
>
>
>
>
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