They use dry nitrogen to thaw Antarctic meteorites at NASA JSC. Maybe that would be worth doing for the truly museum grade pieces -- if there are any found in the lake.
Carl Agee ************************************* Carl B. Agee Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 Tel: (505) 750-7172 Fax: (505) 277-3577 Email: a...@unm.edu http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/ On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritem...@gmail.com> wrote: > The thick mud at the bottom of Lake Chebarkul is surely very oxygen-poor. > > But, the stone will have been completely saturated now, like a sponge. > > So the minute they remove it from the mud, the oxidation will begin > rapidly, unless they undertake measures to stabilize it. > > Best regards, > > MikeG > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com > Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone > Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone > Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > On 9/24/13, Mark Ford <mark.f...@southernscientific.co.uk> wrote: >> Yeah Looks like a tiny little fragment?? And way too fresh... >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com >> [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Galactic >> Stone & Ironworks >> Sent: 24 September 2013 15:43 >> To: met-list >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First fragment of Chelyabinsk meteorite raised >> from bottom of Lake Chebarkul >> >> Shouldn't that fragment be much more rusted if it came from the bottom of >> the lake? >> >> I've seen ugly fragments on eBay that looked much worse, and they weren't >> sitting at the bottom of a lake for 6 months. >> >> ??? >> >> Best regards, >> >> MikeG >> -- >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com >> Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone >> Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - >> http://pinterest.com/galacticstone >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> On 9/24/13, karmaka <karmaka-meteori...@t-online.de> wrote: >>> The first specimen was raised from the bottom of Lake Chebarkul this >>> morning: >>> >>> http://kp.ua/daily/240913/415052/ >>> >>> http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=de&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fkp.ua%2Fdaily%2F240913%2F415052%2F&sandbox=1 >>> >>> More to come... >>> >>> Martin >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Postfach fast voll? Jetzt kostenlos E-Mail Adresse @t-online.de sichern >>> und >>> endlich Platz für tausende Mails haben. >>> http://www.t-online.de/email-kostenlos >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> >>> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list