[meteorite-list] Fwd: Clear plastic display boxes / try a membrane box

From: martin goff <msgmeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 16:50:24 +0100
Message-ID: <AANLkTikaBChVSUyLqiy9KGQD0hpx1F+1bSMmFGOf7N8X_at_mail.gmail.com>

Sorry if this reply posts twice!

Cheers

Martin


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: martin goff <msgmeteorites at googlemail.com>
Date: 1 September 2010 06:33
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Clear plastic display boxes / try a membrane box
To: R N Hartman <rhartman04 at earthlink.net>


Hi Ron, Greg and list,

Thanks for that and I do use membrane boxes a lot but as they don't
accommodate dessicant they don't work with my iron slices. I have
tried and the specimens started to rust. The only fail safe way that
works for me, where I live is to use the boxes I initially mentioned
and sandwich dessicant between the foam under the specimen. Using
clear tape these are then sealed. This gives a solution that not only
looks good but has worked to preserve the specimens too. I have had
specimens like this for years with no rust whatsoever. Also as the box
is sealed the small amount of dessicant lasts indefinitely. I know
Mike Farmer and Mirko Graul as well as others use the same boxes with
the same results. Only thing is, they only come in the 2 smaller
sizes. I need exactly the same thing but a lot bigger!

Thanks for all the suggestions though and Ron don't think that I don't
like membrane boxes as I do use them extensively.

Cheers

Martin

Sent from my HTC Desire mobile phone.

On 1 Sep 2010 00:10, "R N Hartman" <rhartman04 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hello Martin,
>
> Saw your inquiry and I don't know how large your slices are but you might be
> interested in checking out some of our larger size membrane boxes. Box
> sizes with O.D. up to 150 x 300 mm for thin slices and 250 x 200 x 200 mm
> which will handle an iron individual up to 3371 g. although I did have a
> roundish 12 pound Canyon Diablo iron in one until we had an earthquake and
> it fell off the top shelf of a bookcase onto the floor. For slices, we list
> recommended max. sizes for objects inside the box, but you can push that
> number if your specimen is for display and not a fragile object for
> transportation, which need the shock absorbing engineering of the stretched
> membrane. The clear membrane suspends the specimen inside the box and you
> can look at it from both front and back at the same time. Our business
> website lists all the dimensions (O.D. and I.D. of boxes) at
> www.membranebox.com
>
> Ron Hartman
> membranebox at earthlink.net
> rhartman04 at earthlink.net
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "martin goff" <msgmeteorites at googlemail.com>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 1:31 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Clear plastic display boxes
>
>
>> Thanks for all the responses off list and it seems that lots of you
>> are having the same difficulties trying to find a suitable larger
>> display box. No one seems to have any answers though regards where to
>> get them from. I approached the manufacturers of the boxes i provided
>> links to in my previous post and unfortunately they would need a
>> minimum order of 100,000 units to make a larger box. Even though it
>> seems quite a few people would be interested, not enough to place an
>> order that size!!
>>
>> Oh well back to the drawing board and my larger iron slices will just
>> have to stay languishing in their cozy dessicated boxes until i find a
>> suitable solution!
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Martin
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