Hi all,
I recently had the good fortune to find a few new meteorites, and would like to
clean them. Nothing drastic: just enough to remove the dirt, dust and salt
deposits so my hands don't end up filthy every time I pick one up. Do I need
to take any special precautions? Does cleaning affec
Hi Eric,
Instead of using water, I would recommend alcohol instead. This will help
prevent rusting. And baking the meteorites to dry them is also a good idea.
This seems to work for me.
Jim K
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Hi All,
I have read several posts in the past about hints on cleaning caliche
off meteorites but have never seen any definite tried and tested
methods. I have some NWA meteorites which obviously have some great
fusion crust features/ flight markings in between the caliche hidden
areas and it
Hi List,
What is the best way to remove dirt and caliche/alkali staining from meteorites?
Thanks,
Sonny
d even if something like caliche may not hold any
interest for a meteorite scientist, that may not be
the case for other geologists. Like beauty, good data
may be "in the eye of the beholder"!
That's just one geologist's opinion.
BOb V.
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Hello Everyone,
I recently aquired a number of dental pick type
cleaning tools. These are useful for cleaning dirt and debris from
meteorites (and similar objects). If anyone needs one, I will trade one
pick for a micromount meteorite specimen - any specimen. You send me the
micro and I
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>Hi all,
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>I recently had the good fortune to find a few new meteorites, and would like
>to clean them. Nothing drastic: just enough to remove the dirt, dust and salt
>deposits so my hands do
-list] Cleaning
Meteorites
Hi List,What is the best way to remove
dirt and caliche/alkali staining from meteorites?
Thanks,Sonny
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Sonny and list,
I have had success removing caliche/alkali with a
bathroom cleaning product called CLR. It is sold to remove calcium, rust
and lime. You can watch the action as it bubbles away the coating.
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That should silence some oldtime skeptics. Now if we can only narrow that down to where in the Mojave. :<)
Howard Wu
(Somewhere in the Upper Mojave )
Speaking for myself, I never purposely remove calichefrom my finds. This even includes the Los Angelesmeteorite. And I'm so glad that I didn't, b
Does anyone have a suggestion about removing lichen from a specimen and
discouraging regrowth? How do scientific organizations & museums do it?
The specimen is unclassified and assumed to be a stoney, very dense, high
silicate, low iron, with lots of olivine.
This piece came from the US near th
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