Hi Jim, Martin, J�rn and rustless rust rustlers, Jim B.:
> The new Campo material Marvin has seems to be > really nice stable material and the silicate > inclusions Martin A.: > I had a tiny Admire from Buehler many > years ago. It's still in good condition. J�rn K.: > back in the 1980s, I got a large, beautiful Admire slice. Like I did (from the Zeitschels). > During the first 10 years I checked for signs of rust from time to time. Like I did. No signs worth mentioning. I then got a call from Nicki Zeitschel who told me about (a Swiss?) customer who complained about his slice deteriorating rapidly. I told her mine was doing just fine. > until one year ago, when I look at it again. Well, the pallasite was in > the state of disintegration, heavily rusted, olivines pressed out ... Yep, only difference, ... mine started disintegrating a few years earlier and it all started with some kind of "discoloration" of the metal and the olivines -- a darkening, probably the first signs of internal rusting. > What I want to say is, that even after so > long time of stability, one can never be sure. Right. And Brahin is not Brahin, Admire not Admire, and, ... Brenham is not Brenham. I have told it so often before and will tell you once again that even though Alexander Seidel warned me years ago about his Brenham being a rust bucket, my 195-gram slice is still as free of rust as it was almost 20 years or so ago when I got it. I got a Quijingue slice from AL Mitterling in March of 2002, and again someone warned I should keep it dry. It is still OK and looks as fine as it did when I got it from AL. No special precautions were taken! My message is: This does not automatically imply that someone else's Quijingue or Brenham for that matter, is not rusting away. Best wishes, Bernd ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
