Hi Martin and List,
Honestly, I would prefer this great specimen to remain intact, but it's good
to know it will be well-preserved.
Agreed. It was a gorgeous stone. But at least it is being used for
science. :)
I'm curious about why the institutions in question were interested in
cutting this stone? It seems that there should be a surplus of
material available for study without slicing up this rare large whole
stone.
Was the large size of this stone (relatively speaking) the reason it
was selected? Is it because the interior of a larger mass is
presumably less contaminated?
Best regards,
MikeG
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On 8/20/13, karmaka karmaka-meteori...@t-online.de wrote:
And another one:
Main Mass of Sutter's Mill SM53 Volume Rendering
http://www.youtube.com/v/sUnczWRlG1w?list=UUT2_QYFEZRiqKg7bkLJmh7Aamp;version=2
The X-ray CT was performed at Center for Molecular and Genomic Imaging at
UC Davis by Dr. Doug Rowland with Xradia MicroXCT-200 for the consortium.
Image resolution: 44.9 micron/voxel, Field of View: palm size
Honestly, I would prefer this great specimen to remain intact, but it's good
to know it will be well-preserved.
Martin
Von: karmaka karmaka-meteori...@t-online.de
An: met-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Betreff: [meteorite-list] Sutter's Mill SM 53 main mass (205 g), was
acquired by a consortium of five institutions
Datum: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 17:42:11 +0200
The main mass of the Sutter's Mill meteorite fall (on April 22, 2012,
California's Sierra foot hills), SM 53 weighing 205 gram, was acquired by a
consortium of five institutions on August 21, 2013 for permanent
preservation and scientific research purposes.
Main Mass of Sutter's Mill: SM53 CutLines Acquired by Five Institutions
Consortium
http://www.youtube.com/v/IMcl5Cx4-ko?autohide=2amp;version=2
The main mass of the Sutter's Mill meteorite fall (on April 22, 2012,
California's Sierra foot hills), SM 53 weighing 205 gram, was acquired by a
consortium of five institutions on August 21, 2013 for permanent
preservation and scientific research purposes. The X-ray CT scan of the
main mass shows the cutlines for the five institutions: University of
California at Davis, California (cyan 5%), Arizona State University in
Tempe, Arizona (yellow 13%), the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum
of Natural History in Washington, D.C. (red 32%), American Museum of
Natural History in New York City (green 34%), and The Field Museum of
Natural History in Chicago (blue 16%).
This is the first consortium meteorite acquisition that was X-ray CT
scanned prior to its division, allowing its cutting with prior knowledge of
the contents of each piece with advanced intelligence of the 3-D internal
distribution of the types of material.
The X-ray CT was performed at Center for Molecular and Genomic Imaging at
UC Davis by Dr. Doug Rowland with Xradia MicroXCT-200 for the consortium.
Image resolution: 44.9 micron/voxel, Field of View: palm size
Main mass of Sutter's Mill: SM53 Slices with scalebar
http://www.youtube.com/v/KIQ-hdEYOOI?version=2amp;autohide=2
The main mass of the Sutter's Mill meteorite fall (on April 22, 2012,
California's Sierra foot hills), SM 53 weighing 205 gram, was acquired by a
consortium of five institutions on August 21, 2013 for permanent
preservation and scientific research purposes. The five institutions:
University of California at Davis, California, Arizona State University in
Tempe, Arizona, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural
History in Washington, D.C., American Museum of Natural History in New York
City, and The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.
This is the first consortium meteorite acquisition that was X-ray CT
scanned prior to its division, allowing its cutting with prior knowledge of
the contents of each piece with advanced intelligence of the 3-D internal
distribution of the types of material.
The X-ray CT was performed at Center for Molecular and Genomic Imaging at
UC Davis by Dr. Doug Rowland with Xradia MicroXCT-200 for the consortium.
Image resolution: 44.9 micron/voxel, Field of View: see scale bars
Martin
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