[meteorite-list] Cleaning Sikhote Alin meteorites

From: Matthew Martin <mmartin_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:04:30 -0600
Message-ID: <20110210200430.21265xvwxfbxay8s_at_webmail.meteoritetreasures.com>

I'm not positive on this one, but I believe their being tumbled. I
picked up a piece of shrapnel in Tucson that had two weird looking
spheres embedded to it, and when I inquired about them I was told they
were beads from the cleaning process. They came off with a little
pressure.

Aloha,

Matt Martin
Meteorite Treasures



Quoting Richard Montgomery <rickmont at earthlink.net>:

> Ruben, please attach a photo maybe? All the SA's today recently
> arrive all soaked in black dirty t-fluid, quite a tussle. My best
> specimens never were, and it's why they are my best and will forever
> remain in my collection. I'd love to see the condition you are
> referring to. Dremmel tool?
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruben Garcia" <mrmeteorite at gmail.com>
> To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 4:58 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Cleaning Sikhote Alin meteorites
>
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I just bought some very nice SA's but they are not cleaned like the
>> others we are used to seeing. Anyone know how they clean SA
>> meteorites? I am quite sure it is not a wire brush.... as the other
>> SA's are cleaned in all the cracks and crevasses. A wire brush
>> couldn't do that.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Rock On!
>>
>> Ruben Garcia
>>
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