Greetings,
While I would shy away from using cutting oils on chondrites, Robert
Haag used an oil lubricant to cut Pena Blanca Springs. It was a water
soluble meteorite and would have dissolved (or at least some of it) by
using water. He had a method of removing most of the residue from the
slices after cutting. You could smell the oil though in slices for
sometime and maybe still can.
When I cut some Lafayette, I stayed away from using water as I didn't
want that to disappear down the drain. Best!
--AL Mitterling
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