Hi Jim, Yup, you nailed it. They make 3 sizes that I am aware of - one smaller than mine, my size and a larger one. It makes a good mineral/meteorite cabinet. I fashioned some wooden dividers for the larger drawers and to works great. :)
Best regards, MikeG On 2/26/10, meteorite...@comcast.net <meteorite...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > Mike, I'm very familiar with that wooden case that you use for meteorites. > It's in fact a machinist's tool box. They are also made of metal and are > high quality. > > Cheers, > Jim K > > > > > From: meteoritem...@gmail.com > To: geo...@aol.com > CC: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Sent: 2/26/2010 2:13:23 P.M. Central Standard Time > Subj: Re: [meteorite-list] Labeling specimens > > Hi GeoZay and List, > > Here is a semi-recent photo showing the cabinet and some of the jars > and rikers. Some of these specimens have been sold/traded and some > have been moved into the cabinet shown. It is not the biggest > cabinet, but with careful use of space, I have managed to cram a lot > into it. Larger cabinets get very very expensive. I'd love a bigger > one, but I need to get lucky and find some old relic at a thrift store > or rummage sale. > > http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/Meteorites/The%20Collection/met-wall-1.jpg > > Here is one of the small drawers with micros - > > http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/Meteorites/Gallery/micro-drawer.jpg > > Here is a photo showing some of micromounts and crumb collections in > labelled glass vials. This portion of my collection has grown > recently and has outgrown this wall rack. > > http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/bottles.jpg > > Best regards, > > MikeG > > > On 2/26/10, geo...@aol.com <geo...@aol.com> wrote: >> >>>>I keep the majority of my collection inside a wood mineral cabinet >> that has many shallow drawers, and each drawer has a series of >> moveable compartments which I have lined with batting similar to what >> you see in Riker boxes. Each drawer has it's own rechargeable >> dessicant cartridge inside the humidity is ideally kept down to about >> 30-35%, which is about half of my usual Florida ambient humidity....<< >> Any chance that you have photographs showing the set up you mentioned in >> this post? >> GeoZay >> >> ______________________________________________ >> Visit the Archives at >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites > http://www.galactic-stone.com > http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites http://www.galactic-stone.com http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone ------------------------------------------------------------ ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
