John Said: >>Does anyone besides me believe that many of the Sikhote-Alin irons have >>been "doctored" to look better than they really are?
No, really, do ya think?? :) (just in case it comes a major revelation - how long in the ground do you think the original crust/oxide survives on an Iron? A few tens of years! These xxx hundred year old Irons (like Campo etc) that are dug out of the ground with brown rusty goo dripping off them, don't mysteriously just get a quick wipe with a cloth and end up jet black you know!) 'Doctoring' is a relative term, I'd call it 'preparation', personally I don't have a problem with an Iron 'ending up' with a black coating, hell it's a lot better than a wire brushed shiny polished chunk, and at least the black oxide coating protects the piece to a large extent! Best, Mark -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JKGwilliam Sent: 05 December 2006 04:19 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mike Bandli; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fusion Crust on Irons Does anyone besides me believe that many of the Sikhote-Alin irons have been "doctored" to look better than they really are? Over the past several years I've heard several stories (rumors) that a lot of creative work has been used to make some of the SAs look as good as they do. One of the stories actually involved the application of liquid gun blueing. I've seen pictures of some of these beautiful specimens right out of the ground and they are pretty rusty. Best, John At 04:03 PM 12/4/2006, Gary K. Foote wrote: >Beautiful sikhote. I love the blue sheen most of them have. > >Gary >http://www.meteorite-dealres.com > >On 4 Dec 2006 at 14:54, Mike Bandli wrote: > > > Crust on irons...most definitely! This Sikhote has THICK crust in some of > > the regmaglypts. Thick enough that you can chip it off. It's like Blued Gun > > Metal. > > > > > http://www.astro-artifacts.com/Astroartifacts/Collection/SIKHOTE-296,14g .jpg > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Mike Bandli > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > >______________________________________________ >Meteorite-list mailing list >Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
