[meteorite-list] Sutter's Mill SM 53 main mass (205 g), was acquired by a consortium of five institutions
From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 14:55:37 -0400 Message-ID: <CAKBPJW_iaygYxxyOU5845wqTXekYd2BvJBWWxVdXA8RjrxiP5w_at_mail.gmail.com> Hi Martin and List, > Honestly, I would prefer this great specimen to remain intact, but it's good > to know it will be well-preserved. Agreed. It was a gorgeous stone. But at least it is being used for science. :) I'm curious about why the institutions in question were interested in cutting this stone? It seems that there should be a surplus of material available for study without slicing up this rare large whole stone. Was the large size of this stone (relatively speaking) the reason it was selected? Is it because the interior of a larger mass is presumably less contaminated? Best regards, MikeG -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/GalacticStone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone ------------------------------------------------------------- On 8/20/13, karmaka <karmaka-meteorites at t-online.de> wrote: > And another one: > > Main Mass of Sutter's Mill SM53 Volume Rendering > > http://www.youtube.com/v/sUnczWRlG1w?list=UUT2_QYFEZRiqKg7bkLJmh7A&version=2 > > "The X-ray CT was performed at Center for Molecular and Genomic Imaging at > UC Davis by Dr. Doug Rowland with Xradia MicroXCT-200 for the consortium. > Image resolution: 44.9 micron/voxel, Field of View: palm size" > > Honestly, I would prefer this great specimen to remain intact, but it's good > to know it will be well-preserved. > > Martin > > > Von: "karmaka" <karmaka-meteorites at t-online.de> > An: "met-list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> > Betreff: [meteorite-list] Sutter's Mill SM 53 main mass (205 g), was > acquired by a consortium of five institutions > Datum: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 17:42:11 +0200 > > "The main mass of the Sutter's Mill meteorite fall (on April 22, 2012, > California's Sierra foot hills), SM 53 weighing 205 gram, was acquired by a > consortium of five institutions on August 21, 2013 for permanent > preservation and scientific research purposes. " > > Main Mass of Sutter's Mill: SM53 CutLines Acquired by Five Institutions > Consortium > > http://www.youtube.com/v/IMcl5Cx4-ko?autohide=2&version=2 > > "The main mass of the Sutter's Mill meteorite fall (on April 22, 2012, > California's Sierra foot hills), SM 53 weighing 205 gram, was acquired by a > consortium of five institutions on August 21, 2013 for permanent > preservation and scientific research purposes. The X-ray CT scan of the > main mass shows the cutlines for the five institutions: University of > California at Davis, California (cyan 5%), Arizona State University in > Tempe, Arizona (yellow 13%), the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum > of Natural History in Washington, D.C. (red 32%), American Museum of > Natural History in New York City (green 34%), and The Field Museum of > Natural History in Chicago (blue 16%). > This is the first consortium meteorite acquisition that was X-ray CT > scanned prior to its division, allowing its cutting with prior knowledge of > the contents of each piece with advanced intelligence of the 3-D internal > distribution of the types of material. > The X-ray CT was performed at Center for Molecular and Genomic Imaging at > UC Davis by Dr. Doug Rowland with Xradia MicroXCT-200 for the consortium. > Image resolution: 44.9 micron/voxel, Field of View: palm size" > > Main mass of Sutter's Mill: SM53 Slices with scalebar > > http://www.youtube.com/v/KIQ-hdEYOOI?version=2&autohide=2 > > "The main mass of the Sutter's Mill meteorite fall (on April 22, 2012, > California's Sierra foot hills), SM 53 weighing 205 gram, was acquired by a > consortium of five institutions on August 21, 2013 for permanent > preservation and scientific research purposes. The five institutions: > University of California at Davis, California, Arizona State University in > Tempe, Arizona, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural > History in Washington, D.C., American Museum of Natural History in New York > City, and The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. > This is the first consortium meteorite acquisition that was X-ray CT > scanned prior to its division, allowing its cutting with prior knowledge of > the contents of each piece with advanced intelligence of the 3-D internal > distribution of the types of material. > The X-ray CT was performed at Center for Molecular and Genomic Imaging at > UC Davis by Dr. Doug Rowland with Xradia MicroXCT-200 for the consortium. > Image resolution: 44.9 micron/voxel, Field of View: see scale bars" > > Martin > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Postfach fast voll? 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