Anne is correct. Here is a few pictures of one of my polished butts... http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c165/jedisdiamond/DSCF5309-1.jpg http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c165/jedisdiamond/DSCF5310-1.jpg
I keep them after thin section making, its a good way to pass around meteorites to kids to hold and check out. Greg Catterton www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com IMCA member 4682 On Ebay: http://stores.shop.ebay.com/wanderingstarmeteorites On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WanderingStarMeteorites --- On Mon, 3/28/11, impact...@aol.com <impact...@aol.com> wrote: > From: impact...@aol.com <impact...@aol.com> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Polished Butts - Toliet humor aside, what > exactly are th... > To: jimsk...@aol.com, meteoritem...@gmail.com, > meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Date: Monday, March 28, 2011, 5:12 PM > No toilet humor here. > It is a chunk of meteorite encased in epoxy, polished, and > from which > thin-sections are cut. > I prefer to call them "cores". > Less possibility of misunderstanding. > > Anne M. Black > _http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/) > _IMPACTIKA@aol.com_ > (mailto:impact...@aol.com) > > President, I.M.C.A. Inc. > _http://www.imca.cc/_ (http://www.imca.cc/) > > > In a message dated 3/28/2011 2:59:26 PM Mountain Daylight > Time, > jimsk...@aol.com > writes: > My guess would be that it's a polished endcut. > > Jim K > > > In a message dated 3/28/2011 3:54:41 P.M. Central Daylight > Time, > meteoritem...@gmail.com > writes: > Hi Folks, > > I have seen several references to "polished butts" in > the Met > Bulletin. For example, from this recent entry > (NWA 6580) approved > yesterday - > > "Type specimens available at Cascadia include 1 piece > originally 20.0 > g, from which one polished thin section and one > polished butt were > made. Thompson holds the main mass." > > I did the usual Google Search ("polished butt") to find > out what this > was, and you don't want to know what the results of that > search were. > Let's just say, that is has nothing to do with meteorites > or thin > sections. > > So I have to ask the List - what is a polished butt? > > Best regards, > > MikeG > > ______________________________________________ > 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