Hi Nicholas and List This is something that is very much needed by the community here. How to keep specimens as safe as possible from wasting diseases! I'm sure you'd find as many opinions on how to handle, store, cut, and protect meteorites as there are ways to save an old brass spittoon. Some time proven techniques are very welcome and is one of the things I look forward to one these lists. Mark F
----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicholas Gessler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 11:53 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Conservation of Meteorites > Hello All, > > As a slight digression from a post on the "aims of the IMCA," > I'd like to initiate some discussion on meteorite conservation. > > I used to be a museum director/curator and conservator of "conventional" > archaeological and ethnographic items. > I know there has been some discussion on meteorite "conservation" and I > wonder if anyone is gathering this information in one place? > > I may go down to the Getty Conservation Institute and see what they have to > say. > I know the Canadian Conservation Institute is quite active. > But I don't think either of them have addressed the conservation of > meteorites, at least not yet! > > Perhaps I should start an information page on the subject. > What I would like to see are scientific papers on the pros and cons of > various techniques. > Especially important would be comparative tests of different techniques. > > If anyone could forward citations on any relevant published papers, I would > be pleased to put them on the Web. > > Best wishes, > Nick > > > > ______________________________________________ > 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
