[meteorite-list] Labeling specimens

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:13:43 -0500
Message-ID: <e51421551002261313o11930473ga4157dfb0f3a5790_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Jim,

Yup, you nailed it. They make 3 sizes that I am aware of - one
smaller than mine, my size and a larger one. It makes a good
mineral/meteorite cabinet. I fashioned some wooden dividers for the
larger drawers and to works great. :)

Best regards,

MikeG


On 2/26/10, meteoriteman at comcast.net <meteoriteman at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
> Mike, I'm very familiar with that wooden case that you use for meteorites.
> It's in fact a machinist's tool box. They are also made of metal and are
> high quality.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim K
>
>
>
>
> From: meteoritemike at gmail.com
> To: GeoZay at aol.com
> CC: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Sent: 2/26/2010 2:13:23 P.M. Central Standard Time
> Subj: Re: [meteorite-list] Labeling specimens
>
> Hi GeoZay and List,
>
> Here is a semi-recent photo showing the cabinet and some of the jars
> and rikers. Some of these specimens have been sold/traded and some
> have been moved into the cabinet shown. It is not the biggest
> cabinet, but with careful use of space, I have managed to cram a lot
> into it. Larger cabinets get very very expensive. I'd love a bigger
> one, but I need to get lucky and find some old relic at a thrift store
> or rummage sale.
>
> http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/Meteorites/The%20Collection/met-wall-1.jpg
>
> Here is one of the small drawers with micros -
>
> http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/Meteorites/Gallery/micro-drawer.jpg
>
> Here is a photo showing some of micromounts and crumb collections in
> labelled glass vials. This portion of my collection has grown
> recently and has outgrown this wall rack.
>
> http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/bottles.jpg
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
>
> On 2/26/10, GeoZay at aol.com <GeoZay at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>I keep the majority of my collection inside a wood mineral cabinet
>> that has many shallow drawers, and each drawer has a series of
>> moveable compartments which I have lined with batting similar to what
>> you see in Riker boxes. Each drawer has it's own rechargeable
>> dessicant cartridge inside the humidity is ideally kept down to about
>> 30-35%, which is about half of my usual Florida ambient humidity....<<
>> Any chance that you have photographs showing the set up you mentioned in
>> this post?
>> GeoZay
>>
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