Hi Bob, Ruben, and List, These slices are wicked nice. Hats off to Marlin on the fine cutting and kudos to you guys for trying something like that. Years ago, I thin-sliced some olivine xenoliths (terrestrial) and the resulting slices were beautiful and translucent. However, they were fragile to work with and I broke more than one of them. I would think that any meteorite that is almost entirely olivine could yield similar results with a skilled hand running the saw.
That is some sexy diogenite. Well done. 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 4/11/14, Ruben Garcia <[email protected]> wrote: > So, I'm curious if there's anything else like this out there? > Personally, I've not seen a diogenite that looks this good. > > On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 5:28 PM, Bob C. <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> It's been a while since I last posted to the Met-List. However, I have >> something I think most have never seen - translucent >> olivine-diogenite slices. >> >> While in Tucson this last year Ruben Garcia and I purchased a large >> NWA 7831 fragment and imediately sent it to Marlin Cilz to cut into >> extra thin slices from 1mm - 2 mm thick. >> >> The finished product just arrived. >> >> The results are Fantastic & worth a look even if you're not in the buying >> mood! >> http://www.mrmeteorite.com/nwa7831slices.htm >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > -- > Rock On! > > Ruben Garcia > http://www.MrMeteorite.com > ______________________________________________ > > 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
