[meteorite-list] A Riot of over 300 regmaglypts!

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:48:37 -0500
Message-ID: <e51421551001251748i26aaa448j5484090984830c56_at_mail.gmail.com>

Beautiful work Graham! :)

Do you have any "before " photos?

Best regards,

MikeG


On 1/25/10, ensoramanda at ntlworld.com <ensoramanda at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> For all those who get excited by the aesthetic qualities and beauty of
> flight marked meteorites I would like to share photographs of an 8kg UNWA
> which I have been working on. Initially this was covered in caliche and
> concretions hiding most of what was underneath, although it was possible to
> tell that it was an almost complete specimen initially covered in
> thumbprints. It is very weathered with many fractures but remnant fusion
> crust. It has taken many hours slowly removing the caliche without removing
> remnant crust or creating 'false' regmaglypts.
>
> I know some purists would rather see specimens in their 'found' state, but I
> just couldn't resist trying to bring this ugly duckling back to life. Just
> imagine what this must have looked like on the day it fell.
>
> http://s760.photobucket.com/albums/xx244/Graham-Ensor/8kgUNWA/
>
> Graham, Nr Barwell, UK
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Received on Mon 25 Jan 2010 08:48:37 PM PST