Hi John and all, Dronino is a tough one. I bought a small slice from Serguei Vasiliev 6 months ago and it's still just fine without any rust treatment. Then I went ahead and got one of Ivan's (finmet) slices on eBay for a great price, also untreated. By the time it arrived rust has started to work its way again across the cut faces. I immediately started Steve Schoner's sodium hydroxide treatment (left it in about 3 weeks), then cleaned and repolished. It's been about 3 months and the slice is still rust-free. I'll see what happens in another 6 months. Crossing my fingers, Bob
> Last August I spent about $10 at the Springfield Show for a small 20 g +/- > individual of the new Axatite called Dronino. I had heard it was a ruster so > I kept it away from my other material just in case. > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
