[meteorite-list] 99 Luft-bottles - sitting in my cabinet drawer

From: mafer at imagineopals.com <mafer_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 03:18:20 +0100
Message-ID: <6ac50f15b99c6296c3b32e6d4979c810_at_>

I use vials too, but because I don't have a display cabinet, I keep them in
cigar boxes.


On 2:47:03 am 04/29/11 Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Martin,
>
> Thanks for the kind words. Now that you mention it, it is sort of
> "steampunkish", I like that. :)
>
> Unfortunately, nobody ever gets to see this collection of vials. The
> drawers stay hidden inside my specimen cabinet. At one time, I had
> the little vials out on a display shelf, and I loved how that looked.
> But, over time, the number of vials grew beyond what the little shelf
> could hold. I would have installed another shelf, but now that my
> grandson turned two, I figured it was best to pick them up and keep
> them stored safely away - out of his curious reach. All it took was
> for me to imagine him bumping into the shelf and dozens of little
> glass vials falling onto the floor and breaking, with hammer falls and
> exotic crumbs scattered all over the room. LOL
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
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> On 4/28/11, Dark Matter <freequarks at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Mike,
> >
> > The bottles and corks makes me think of what happens when a 21st
> > century meteorite collection collides with a steampunk enthusiast.
> >
> > A great retro display!
> >
> > -Martin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Michael Gilmer
> > <meteoritemike at gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >> Hi List,
> >>
> >> I finished converting my micromount storage from 3ml glass vials
> >> to 5ml glass vials - the latter have a larger storage capacity
> >> and have a wider neck to accomodate larger fragments. I keep
> >> most of my tiny frags, crumbs, and dust in these glass vials. As
> >> of now, I have 2 drawers filled with about 48 bottles each - this
> >> holds the majority of my micromount inventory. On average, each
> >> vial will hold about 2-5g of material, depending on the size of
> >> the fragments.
> >> I like these small bottles because they are air-tight, compact,
> >> and they let me see the contents at a glance. I also like the
> >> "old school" look of glass with corks.
> >>
> >> On the right is the NWA drawer, which holds all of my NWA micros.
> >> On the left is the drawer that holds named finds and falls (or
> >> non-NWA Saharans)
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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