[meteorite-list] Polishing Chondrite Slices

From: PolandMET <marcin_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 12:29:29 +0200
Message-ID: <004601c78d6d$f0314160$0300000a_at_polandmezrd5i9>

>I just bought a Ghubaro and plan to have part of it made into a sphere,
>obviously ;), and the rest will be cut into slices
>
> I would like to polish the slices and was wondering if anyone has any
> experience doing this.
>
> I have a variety of belt sanders and palm sanders but I don't know what
> kind of abrasive to use, is there a specific type for polishing "stone
> like" material?

Be carefull, becouse
primo, ghubara is hard and every scratch from grinding will be visible on
polished slice.
secundo, Ghubara is one of the best ruster I have seen in chondrites.

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