[meteorite-list] TS storage

From: Ed Deckert <edeckert_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 21:42:23 -0500
Message-ID: <066001c96edf$3d229a10$6401a8c0_at_EdDeckertMain>

I love using those little Riker boxes for displaying slices and small
individuals. But I would be worried about a TS sliding out and hitting
something <crash> and breaking when I took the lid off. Maybe it's just me,
but I have problems sometimes with snug fitting lids not wanting to play
nice when I take them off - resulting in a mini wrestling match. I have
lost my grip on a box once or twice, and had one specimen get away from me
(thankfully, no damage resulted.)

Ed Deckert
IMCA #8911

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Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 8:31 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] TS storage


> Hi Leigh Anne,
>
> As someone who is always itching to look at my specimens, I like keeping
> my thin sections in the little standard(~4 1/4 x 3 inch) Riker boxes. One
> can fit 3 standard slides parallel to the short side and another two
> parallel to the long side. They display nicely against the white cotton
> and you can see five all at once.
>
> I'm pretty paranoid about moisture given the high surface to weight ratio
> and keep the Riker mounts stored with dessicant in an airtight container
> when I'm not using them. I wonder what the list members' experience has
> been with both covered and uncovered thin sections?
>
> Cheers,
> Jim Baxter
>
>>
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone could tell me the typical way that thin
>> sections are collected. I know that they are on microscope slides, but
>> do people typically keep those slides in an old microscope slide box, or
>> drawer of some sort? Is there a protective type case that is typical of
>> thin section collectors? My boyfriend is a custom woodworker, and it
>> trying to figure out a way to build a storage case for these. Thanks in
>> advance,
>> Leigh Anne DelRay
>>
>>
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