Hi Ron,
>I use the traditional 2 x 2 inch plastic boxes with inserts >for some of the specimens in our museum display. Are these the inserts like those with the 1x1 inch. The foam with felt tops. I have been searching for these but I cannot find them anyway. Most people who use these buy them without inserts and use fiberfill or cut cotton, neither of which I like. -Walter ----------------------------------------------- Walter Branch, Ph.D. Branch Meteorites 322 Stephenson Ave., Suite B Savannah, GA 31405 USA www.branchmeteorites.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "meteorite1.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 2:16 AM Subject: Fw: [meteorite-list] Making Micromount Meteorites > Re: [meteorite-list] Making Micromount MeteoritesMembrane boxes represent a > new technology. While one-inch plastic boxes have their advantages, > primarily their low cost, membrane boxes have theirs as well. First of all, > the invisible membranes 'hug' the specimen so that it will not move. Even a > "Bessey speck" will stay in place, although I would not recommend using one > with something smaller than a grain of ordinary beach sand. If it is > angular, the top of a plastic box will push the specimen into the pad, with > stress on the piece. I lost a Governador Valadares Nakhlite when I opened > one of those little plastic micro boxes. It had slipped into the crack > between the pad and the side of the box and I wanted it to stay in the > center of the pad where I could display it. When I opened the lid, the > differential in air pressure caused it to leap out of the box. (MB's will do > that as well as the lids fit very tightly and you need to tug a bit to get > them off). I can remember seeing it in "slow motion" in a perfect parabolic > trajectory right off the shelf, into the air, and down into the thick carpet > three feet away. Very expensive vacuum cleaner dust! Fortunately Dean took > mercy and gave me a great price break on a replacement. Membrane boxes do > hold the specimen in place, with no stress, and you can turn and twist the > mb and see your specimen from all sides. If I have a micro with crust and a > polished side, I want to be able to see all of it. And they are very tight. > (I imagine the plastic boxes are probably just as tight, except with the > ones I had, the lids would jiggle off sometimes and the micros would get > mixed up. We had them in a display case where hundreds of children tramped > across the floor and banged around, causing everything to vibrate). By the > way, labels can be put on one side. Then you can see all of your specimen > as well as the label. I personally have a problem having to turn the box > over to see the label. Compare the value of your meteorite to the price of > the box. Compare a goat cart to an automobile! :=) All I can say is that > many of my clients, once seeing how membrane boxes work, transfer entire > collections to them, not just the micros, but larger pieces up to 6 x 12 > inch slices. I use them exclusively for all the micros I sell. > > I do use Riker-type boxes sometimes, and I use membrane boxes. I see a > choice for different reasons...different purposes, and everyone has their > favorite. I use the traditional 2 x 2 inch plastic boxes with inserts for > some of the specimens in our museum display. They stay in one place and > need only be viewed from the top, and for them that is a good use and fully > acceptable. The great advantage of the traditional box is that they are > dirt cheap and I can well understand the need for financial restraints with > meteorite collecting. It is really unreal! And I do appreciate and respect > everyone to have their own preferences. > > And...I have a car, and if I had the zoning, I'd have a goat-cart too. > Would be great fun! :=) > > I will be happy to send a free postpaid "sample" membrane micro box to > anyone who will send me their address (for the next 24 hours!) * > > *(LEGAL DISCLAIMER:) Offer Expires: Tue. July 30 11:30 P.M. Offer refers to > one (only) #12, 38 x 38 x 18 mm membrane micro box (meteorite micro not > included). Offer not extended to anyone to whom I have already sold a > membrane box; one box per household. Relatives not eligible. If I am > swamped with more requests than I can reasonably handle, I reserve to (and > will) end the offer prematurely and without further notice, at my > discretion, by sending an e-mail to the "list". e-mails must be received by > the deadline at the e-mail address below. (Guess that covers it!) Or, > please go to the mb website and browse around! > > Ron > R. N. 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