Make that read "anne" instead of "tracy' - sorry, I wish I didn't make mistakes like that
--- "E.P. Grondine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Dave - > > So what you're telling Tracy is that those little > plasic bullion trays are going to yellow? That's > sad, > as the plastic would be safer than glass for the > children. It would also be easier to permanently > stick > the labels on them. Oh well - > > Wouldn't glass slide mounts be better for Tracy's > super thin sections? It would seem to me that for > serious study thin sections might be more useful > than > larger thicker slices - what is good, about half a > chrondule thickness? How do you get them so thin? > > good hunting, > Ed > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Dave Freeman mjwy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Dear Tracy, List; > > I have went through a few hundred nice yellow > > polyurethane specimen > > casts that were once clear back in the 60's and > > 70's. Now the yellow > > casts have nice specimens in them and are totally > > useless except for > > filling up land fills. I would be very skeptical > > of putting anything > > of value in most casting materials. Plastic is > > great for cars and > > fashion ware but not with my meteorites (or even > my > > saw dust). > > Dave F. > > > > tracy latimer wrote: > > > > > For those people who deplore cutting up > meteorites > > (even the NWA XXX > > > relatively common ones) and using them for > > sculptures, knife handles, > > > etc... > > > > > > If you have a quantity of mixed meteoric dust, > why > > not mix it with > > > resin and make a solid block of > > meteorite-dust-impregnated plastic? > > > Something like that would still have the cachet > of > > meteorite, but be > > > much less of a loss to science, and you could > > still carve it, form it, > > > create all kinds of neato stuff. There is a RPG > > game supplier who > > > offers carved meteorite dice at $100 each. I'd > > much rather pay $10 > > > for one cast out of dust and plastic. > > > > > > Tracy Latimer > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Use your PC to make calls at very low rates > > > > > > https://voiceoam.pcs.v2s.live.com/partnerredirect.aspx > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
