Hi Nick, This might be too general for your needs, but it does highlight the big picture of curation.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/asteroid2000/pdf/8027.pdf. Cheers, Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: Nicholas Gessler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, February 21, 2004 9:53 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 > met eorites, 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
