Hello List. Regarding Dronino, Mike Miller has done some great work for me
over the past few years, and he recently resurfaced a large 2Kgram slice for
me and the work is remarkable. Now with beautiful rust-free inclusions and
no sign of regression... although I do keep it wrapped in saran-wrap with a
coating of Hoppe's 9 (recommended by Kevin in his book, and I agree it's
good).
Richard Montgomery
----- Original Message -----
From: <impact...@aol.com>
To: <meteorite...@gmail.com>; <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] List of known Rusters?
Hello Jason, and all,
I certainly agree with you when it comes to Dronino and Nantan, I have
heard them called "temporary meteorites" and that does fit quite well.
However I have right here a slice of Brenham about a foot across, it came
from an old collection and it was cut/polished by Al Lang some 20 years
ago,
there is no varnish, nothing on it, and not a speck of rust. I know
Colorado
is relatively dry, but it was in a much more humid area before coming
here.
Same thing with a large end-cut of Brahin, from that same old collection,
again no varnish or other protection and again, no rust.
I wonder if the initial care it received right from the discovery does not
make a much bigger difference than we usually think. For instance I have
had
slices of Fukang, some rusted quickly, some never did. Same thing with
Chinga, Montdieu, Admire. And they were all kept here under the same
condition.
The only thing ever used on them (and not all of them) is Bill Mason's
spray.
Any other ideas?
Anne M. Black
_http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/)
_impact...@aol.com_ (mailto:impact...@aol.com)
President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
_http://www.imca.cc/_ (http://www.imca.cc/)
In a message dated 12/6/2010 8:47:23 PM Mountain Standard Time,
meteorite...@gmail.com writes:
Hello All,
I can't speak for its effectiveness, but Rig Universal Grease is still
available:
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=rig+rust+removal#q=r
ig+universal+grease&hl=en&prmd=ivs&source=univ&tbs=shop:1&tbo=u&ei=WaX9TMOYA
ZCisAPZsay7BA&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCQQrQQwAA
&biw=1050&bih=676&fp=4488cb887e893d25
If this is what you're talking about, it doesn't look as though it's
being discontinued any time soon.
Also, stay away from Nantan, Dronino, Campo, and
Muonionalusta...unless they've been professionally treated. Brahin is
also cursed, as are Brenham and Admire. They can supposedly be
treated to prevent rusting - not having owned any of these meteorites
because of the horrors I've seen (well, we once had some Nantan, and
now have several), I again will not comment on the effectiveness of
these treatments; I've no idea if they work or not. All I know is
that all of those meteorites are predisposed to self-destruction.
Regards,
Jason
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