Michael,
I would not worry too much about having an official certificate. I think the specimen you have is quite nice and looks like a meteorite, specifically a CD. Inspiring people won't require a certificate, but a nice brass plaque should do the trick. Maybe you can ask the library to list the meteorite books they have available on a printout next to the case. Regards, Mendy >________________________________ > From: Michael Murray <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2012 10:06 AM >Subject: [meteorite-list] I want to display a Canyon Diablo piece in the local >Library > >Hello List, >Now that Montrose, Colorado is no longer the "Meteorite Capitol of the World" >or whatever, I have something I would like to do. I have a 733 gram whole >individual Canyon Diablo iron that I want to display in the same display case >at the Montrose Regional Library where some other supposed moon rocks were >displayed a while back. I would like to display this piece of iron in hopes >that it might, on its own, spark some interest in meteorites, and maybe the >write-up that I put with it will help as well. My piece is not that >spectacular but since it is all I have, hopefully it will work. I got this >piece from a fellow up in Oregon that traded the finder for it back in the >1970s. The finder responded to my inquiry on the piece basically >acknowledging the piece but I think I still need a certificate of authenticity >in order to properly display it as a meteorite. My questions to the M-List >are: how can I get a certificate on it; and would anyone want to suggest information on the Canyon Diablo irons that I should put with it in the display . I am willing to send the piece I have off to a lab if necessary to get it certified but to who? I would like to get it into the display case yet this winter if that's possible. I would appreciate any and all help I get on this. > >Here is a picture of the iron that I have: >http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/mmurray_02/IMG_1697.jpg > >Mike >______________________________________________ > >Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >Meteorite-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
