[meteorite-list] question

From: Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:45:17 -0400
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW8P5zQLyKD++mO94-60iV3pE5PTHFKT_+eYvef3PnRPQw_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Gang!

Whoever it is, I wish I could produce consistent, small, thin slices
like that. :)

That is impossible to do by hand (at least for me), but it would be
easier to do with the right equipment. With a proper jig to hold the
specimen, one could use a tiny 4" high-rpm trim saw and a really thin
blade. Or, have something that holds the stone like a deli-slicer,
and then just shave off "sheets" of paper thin meteorite. One must be
very careful when handling such thin specimens during the process, and
polishing them would be hit and miss because of breakage.

Best regards,

MikeG

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On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Brandon <b1dunovant at aol.com> wrote:
> I just purchased an endcut of Dhofar 485(How) from her and am very excited to get an upclose look at it! Beautiful stone and the first time I've purchased a meteorite without knowing the weight, but the surface area justifies it for me since it will be in a membrane box anyway. A paper thin endcut now this I have to see!
>
> Brandon D.
> IMCA# 9312
>
>
> "Benjamin P. Sun" <bpsun2009 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I have dealt with lucyfi90 before. She has some really rare stuff. Her
>>slices are big and gorgeous but they are also very thin(at least mine
>>was).
>>I would consider her an honest & trustworthy seller. She shipped my
>>piece from within the USA, and it was shipped rather quickly.
>>But I think she had a bad incident with the postal service mangling
>>one of her shipments once before, so now she ships piece(s) in what
>>amounts to an insulated small wooden crate inside a box!(again, at
>>least that's was what I got), the best packaging job ever!
>>Which is good because we are talking about very thin slices here. I
>>received mine in perfect condition.
>>She is also very easy to communicate with. I would recommend her.
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Received on Thu 15 Sep 2011 08:45:17 PM PDT