Hiho, and on ebay one finds a lot of digital pocket scales with an acurracy (at least reads the display like that) of 0.01g. They are quite affordable with 50-60$, seem to be an important acessory for potheads. Range is up to 50grams or 60grams. I think for a collector it's sufficient. Until one has developped, that one feels a need to get a more accurate weight for one's 70g Moon or Mars chunk, it takes a while and for the cheaper large NWA and Campo-kg chunks, your kitchen scale will be enough meanwhile.
Cheers! Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matson, Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stefan Brandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Meteorite-list" <Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 7:42 PM Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Scales > Hi Gary and Stefan, > > I had assumed Gary was talking about scales for measuring > meteorite mass, but perhaps Stefan's interpretation is > correct and Gary was looking for photo orientation cubes > (or something similar). > > However, if mass scale is what you meant, there are two > main issues that affect cost: accuracy and dynamic range. > I use an Acculab V-200 digital scale that reads out to > 0.01 grams and has a mass limit of 200 grams. So a dynamic > range of 20000, or a little more than 14 bits. This is > actually rather good for a scale that is quite modestly > priced. > > If you need to go heavier than 200 grams, you'll probably > be satisfied with 0.1-gram accuracy. I'm sure someone > out there on the list can recommend a good digital scale > than can weigh up to a couple kilos or more (Acculab > makes these as well). > > --Rob > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
