[meteorite-list] Help - Displaying flanged button tektites (B. Schroeder)

From: BRIAN SCHROEDER <brian_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:15:04 -0700
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To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: Help - Displaying flanged button tektites (B. Schroeder)

To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: Help - Displaying flanged button tektites (B. Schroeder)


Hello Rob Wesel and All

Good to see talk of Tektites on this thread , a rare treat for me ,
since I do have a vast Tektite collection , and Love them..
This is the first time I have written to the List , but I am an avid reader...

DISPLAYING TEKTITES:
I would never use an adhesive on any Specimen.. I might suggest a
small stand , specifically designed for displaying your show pieces..
I use simple Silver Wire ( any metal would work ), 3 legged displays
, that can easily be made, bent and fitted to hold any Specimen. The
ends that the Specimen rests in can be bent with Tool or Hand to Hold
the Specimen , in the same manner a Ring holds a Gemstone.
These can be Basic wire stands , or they can get quite Ornate,
depending on the amount of time, skill and effort the person making them has.
Imagination is key to making displays worthy of the Specimen being
displayed. Precast metal pieces can be used as footings or simple
pieces of wood with a drilled hole or three, to hold the Wires can be
used.. Clear Plexiglass is also nice to use and can be easily cut,
shaped and glued with a little patience.. I find the effort always
worth the reward.
Personally, sometimes I get carried away, and the stands end up
taking hours to create and are worth more than the Specimens being displayed..

If you have a Display case that allows you to Hang the Specimens from
a Monofilament strand, then wire cages can be designed as well to
hold and display Specimens as well.

Another suggestion is to have a Display case with Glass Shelves and
Back lighting as well as Front Lighting, surrounding the Specimens
with Light, so when the Lights are on, the Transparent / Translucent
Specimens Internal Color and Clarity can be clearly seen. This is a
spectacular way to display and view Pallasites as well as Tektites.

Having Fun is what it is all about. Cheers All.

B. Schroeder
Member #7381

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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 16:44:48 -0700
From: "Rob Wesel" <nakhladog at comcast.net>
Subject: [meteorite-list] Help - Displaying flanged button tektites
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>

Hello all

For those of you lucky enough to own a button, I was wondering if you had
them displayed in any particular way. I want to cleanly suspend the piece
upright in profile and pondered a metal post with mineral tack or a drop of
hot glue but I am nervous the piece would break if I ever tried to remove
it. Any ideas out there, hate to have it tucked in a cardboard box or
membrane box. I need a museum quality display method for a museum quality
piece. Any ideas are welcomed.

Rob Wesel
www.nakhladogmeteorites.com

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and we are the dreamers of the dreams.
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 20:36:24 -0400
From: info at tektiteinc.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] Flanged Australite Hunting Video
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

Hi all,
Please see the link below for a very nice flanged button hunting video!
Wish I was back living in Victoria!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqRoVdFDB9E

Cheers,
Desmond Leong
IMCA #2254
http://www.TektiteInc.com


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Message: 13
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:38:15 +0930
From: "W&S Schroer" <schroer at bigpond.com>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Darryl Futrell on flanged button prices
         (Was:Spectacular Tektite on eBay)
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>

Hi Rob, list,

Rob, I'm happy to see that my former companion is still in good hands. ;)

I would not use hot glue on a flanged button, I even would be very careful
with any kind of mineral tack, if you haven't used it before on a long term
basis and know whether it is stable. During my years of collecting minerals
I've seen quite frequently remnants of some kind of mineral tack stuck to a
specimen that could not be removed.

An experienced curator pointed me to this product:
'Tereson', manufactured by www.henkel-technologies.com in Europe. (Product #
IDH-Nr. 150002 or Art.-Nr. 128.96S)

It seems to be chemically stable and doesn't seep into the specimens as most
other products sooner or later do. I've used it on minerals, tektites and
meteorite specimens, and on your australite, Rob. Let me know if you can't
buy the product, I can send you a sample for your australite.

Cheers
Werner Schroer

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