[meteorite-list] Polished Butts - Toliet humor aside, what exactly are th...

From: Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:35:14 -0400
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=9yB-3=c6+kyOaNmU2eg=SbBbOrBt6YcGQ-PGJ_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi List,

I agree, the word "core" is much better than "polished butt". :)

Thanks for the explanation. I had a hunch that it was related to
thin-sections, but Google wouldn't give me anything useful or
non-offensive.

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 3/28/11, Impactika at aol.com <Impactika at aol.com> wrote:
> No toilet humor here.
> It is a chunk of meteorite encased in epoxy, polished, and from which
> thin-sections are cut.
> I prefer to call them "cores".
> Less possibility of misunderstanding.
>
> Anne M. Black
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> President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
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>
> In a message dated 3/28/2011 2:59:26 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
> Jimski47 at aol.com writes:
> My guess would be that it's a polished endcut.
>
> Jim K
>
>
> In a message dated 3/28/2011 3:54:41 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> meteoritemike at gmail.com writes:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I have seen several references to "polished butts" in the Met
> Bulletin. For example, from this recent entry (NWA 6580) approved
> yesterday -
>
> "Type specimens available at Cascadia include 1 piece originally 20.0
> g, from which one polished thin section and one polished butt were
> made. Thompson holds the main mass."
>
> I did the usual Google Search ("polished butt") to find out what this
> was, and you don't want to know what the results of that search were.
> Let's just say, that is has nothing to do with meteorites or thin
> sections.
>
> So I have to ask the List - what is a polished butt?
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
>

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Received on Mon 28 Mar 2011 05:35:14 PM PDT