[meteorite-list] cleaning Millbillillie ?

From: Steve Dunklee <sdunklee72520_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 09:19:36 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <593753.21121.qm_at_web33203.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Yes. So might msg, tsp, Dmso, and white vinegar. depending on a lot of conditions. Anything with HCL or flourine should be avoided, as well as Sulfuric acid.

Steve
    P.S. But Don't clean them! they are like coins!


--- On Sun, 11/2/08, mckinney trammell <bigpineartifacts at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: mckinney trammell <bigpineartifacts at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] cleaning Millbillillie ?
> To: "Alexander Seidel" <gsac at gmx.net>, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com, bobl at peaktopeak.com, "tett" <tett at rogers.com>
> Date: Sunday, November 2, 2008, 7:14 PM
> would oxaclic acid work like is does when removing red clay
> stains form quartz crystals?
>
>
> --- On Sun, 11/2/08, tett <tett at rogers.com> wrote:
>
> > From: tett <tett at rogers.com>
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] cleaning Millbillillie ?
> > To: "Alexander Seidel" <gsac at gmx.net>,
> meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com, bobl at peaktopeak.com
> > Date: Sunday, November 2, 2008, 5:10 PM
> > I now have a much deeper appreciation for
> Millbillillie.
> >
> > I will not attempt cleaning and will reflect on the
> > "subtle" beauty these
> > meteorites have.
> >
> > Many Thanks!
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Alexander Seidel"
> <gsac at gmx.net>
> > To: "tett" <tett at rogers.com>;
> > <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>;
> > <bobl at peaktopeak.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 11:24 AM
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] cleaning Millbillillie ?
> >
> >
> > >> I agree that there is a special
> characteristic
> > that would be lost if the
> > >> red staining were to be removed from a
> > Millbillillie individual.
> > >> However,
> > >> it is also great to have meteorites pristine
> with
> > no terrestrial
> > >> alteration.
> > >> The priciest Millbillillies are those that
> with
> > dark black glassy crusts.
> > >
> > > No, a meteorite like Millbillillie should be
> looked at
> > in a much more
> > > subtle way!
> > >
> > > It fell in 1960, and was collected no earlier
> than 10
> > years later! Talking
> > > about
> > > Millbillillie is exciting in many respects, as it
> e.
> > g. displays different
> > > textures on
> > > cut slices, but talking about exterior surface, I
> > would always prefer a
> > > piece with
> > > natural (laterite) patina over a piece which was
> > somehow "cleaned" (..if
> > > this were
> > > possible..) or has only got some more or less
> glossy
> > black crust alone
> > > rather than
> > > the brownish-reddish surface stains that are so
> very
> > *typical* for this
> > > meteorite,
> > > and are part of its "character", so to
> > say...!
> > >
> > > You are right insofar as, when we are talking
> about
> > may be fresh Eucrites
> > > or fresh
> > > Howardites, we are looking and longing for fresh
> > glossy black crust in the
> > > first place,
> > > as will be the case with e. g. the early
> collected
> > pieces of a historical
> > > fall like Stannern,
> > > or some rare other finds and falls, but things
> are a
> > quite a bit different
> > > with a fall like
> > > Millbillillie, even if it occured as late as
> 1960,
> > considered a "fresh"
> > > fall....
> > >
> > > Well, nothing but my two (Euro-)Cents,
> > > Alex
> > > Berlin/Germany
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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