That...was...awesome! Ahh, tears in my eyes Rob Wesel ------------------ We are the music makers... and we are the dreamers of the dreams. Willy Wonka, 1971
----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Hupe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 8:48 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Stange Happenings in the Shop > Dear List Members, > > We had a pretty strange thing happen in our shop today. We purchased some > so-called "magic cleaning potion" at the Denver show from a hippie that had > beautiful mineral specimens for sale. He told us the stuff works great for > removing calcite from minerals. We asked about meteorites and he said it > would be safe because it is natural, does not pollute and is a "green > product". We mixed up a batch with some distilled water as he directed and > threw a handful of Taza irons into the solution. What happened next was > pretty scary. The bucket started to bubble (or boil, we are not sure) and a > noxious brown cloud that smelt like rotten eggs permeated our shop gagging > everybody present. We were tempted to call a hazmat team but decided to > deal with the problem ourselves. We didn't have gas masks so we had to > reenter the shop with wet towels over our faces, put the bucket outside and > open the windows. Once we felt it was safe to go near the bucket we dumped > out the contents on the driveway and hosed everything down. What we found > was that this stuff not only removed the calcite but also etched the > meteorites from the outside and ate a large hole in the driveway. If we > would have soaked them overnight like the hippie advised there probably > would have been nothing left including the bucket. Needless to say, this > will be a limited addition item as we are going back to the air-abrasion > tool method to clean irons. Assuming this stuff was some kind of very > powerful acid we neutralized the irons using baking soda, washed them with > pure ethyl alcohol and heat treated them. Although it was a bad experience, > the end product looks pretty cool. If you are interested in seeing what > they look like check out this link: > > http://www.lunarrock.com/11-7/taza1.jpg > > To help offset the costs of repairing the driveway, we are making this > limited addition run available on eBay. If you are interested, here is the > link: > > http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/meteoritelab/ > > > Wishing everybody well, > > Adam and Greg Hupe > The Hupe Collection > IMCA 2185 > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
