I wouldn't use WD40 on any mets, as it contains water and smells. Like Al mentioned, a good low viscosity gun oil like Remington Rem-Oil wipes work well without any aroma. As an added bonus the application wipes clean mets while lubricating them.
Also, as Matt mentioned, there are problem and stable specimens from most any iron or pallasite meteorite. Another factor is how they were prepared. And its not just irons and pallasites, as I've had Ghubaras and Tsarevs that self destruct by themselves. gary On Dec 6, 2010, at 8:00 AM, al mitt wrote: > Hi Ed and all, > > This has been discussed before and I believe the consensus was that WD40 can > have moisture in it that will promote rust. It depends on the batch but there > is varying degrees of water contained in this lubricant. It might not be so > good for Nantans but more stable irons like Gibeon would probably be fine. > > A good grade gun oil like Birchwood brand, Barricade seems to do better in my > experience but smells a bit. Bottom line here, Nantans are often unstable and > may have been weathered to the point you'll never be very successful at > drying them out. These are notorious rusters. > > I like very much your idea of a list of meteorites that are problems > specimens. Perhaps we could develop a rating system (1 to 10), (stable, > mostly stable, partly stable, unstable, extremely unstable) or something > similar and a listing of specimens. Even the metal in ordinary chondrites can > rust. An example is Ghubara, Omen. About half of the pallasites out there are > problem specimens, and a number of irons are. > > Best! > > --AL Mitterling > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Majden" <epmaj...@shaw.ca> > To: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 12:28 PM > Subject: [meteorite-list] List of known Rusters? > > >> Does anyone have a list of known Iron meteorite rusters? The sample of >> Nantan China I have split into several pieces. I have been using WD40 on >> the pieces to retard further problems but this does not work all that well. >> Have to repeat this every few weeks! >> Ed Majden >> Courtenay B.C. >> >> Asteroid Majden 142368 (Thanks to Rob Matson) >> ______________________________________________ >> 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 > > ______________________________________________ > 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 Gary Fujihara Big Kahuna Meteorites (IMCA#1693) 105 Puhili Place, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/ http://shop.ebay.com/fujmon/m.html (808) 640-9161 ______________________________________________ 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
