Very interesting, Marcin!
Thanks for share it with us.
My only criticism goes to the bright color of the labels.
Regards.
AA
----- Original Message -----
From: "PolandMET" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 6:33 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] How to display Your collection ? PolandMET idea !
Hi
Tooday I finished my "little display stand" for my new private meteorite
collection, so I want to show You my idea.
First, I must explain that I have stop collecting small specimens some
time ago. I have from old days around 70 meteorite specimens from a
miligrams to 10-20g hiddend into small boxes 58x38x17mm and stored in
palets in chet in my room. This specimens have for me historical value
becouse several of this pieces are my first meteorite specimens. But in
fact this kind of "collection" is a vaste of material, money and place,
becouse this specimens are too small to display for example on wall or to
show to normall peoples. Noone will take this kind of collecting
seroiously if I will show him for example very rare and importand Orguel
3mm wide or other specimens in size from 5mm to 2cm wide. Ofcourse
everyone collecting what he like. I decided that this small pieces make
only my collection larger on my specimens inventory list, but not show any
educational value to me or to anyone who invite me. Thats why I will sell
most of them.
I decided to collect less specimens but in size that will fit to my larger
acrylic boxes 84x59x24 mm. This gives me chance to own good size specimens
that I can display in my room in secured boxes. Yes, display, but how ???
And here comes my idea that I have planned and realized from around 3
months. Project changed several times, sometimes becouse of a costs of
some parts, and sometimes becouse I cant find elements that I needed. I
usually doing things without any detailed plan. So usually final project
is much different from first one.
Project:
This is 100x100cm big wall stand for 150 meteorite boxes.
Main element is 1mm thin aluminum plate with perforation Rv5-8 that help
to put all elements together precise in place and make project visualy
more hi-tech. It is mounted on a 4mm white ply-wood plate and conected
with aluminium plate using aluminium "U" type profile. Most importand part
of my project is 150x 20mm wide neodynum magnets that holds on place
meteorite boxes. Boxes with meteorites have small 1mm thin iron plate on
bottom side, under layers of sponge. This is good becouse boxes can be
takeed from my stand very easy, but they still sit on place using force
beetween magnets and iron plate.
This stand, when will be full, then will corelate with my mega poster of
Sahara meteorites composed from reference cards from Sahara Meteorite
Prospecting CD-Rom. From left will be photos and classifications of many
Sahara finds, and from right my collection of real specimens that anyone
can watch and touch.
Comments welcome :)
Marcin Cimala
Photos:
Just history, my old stand, too small, too simply, too ugly
http://www.meteoryt.net/ebay/IMG_0076.JPG
Most importand part of my room, just after my computer place :)
http://www.meteoryt.net/ebay/IMG_0077.JPG
My new stand
http://www.meteoryt.net/ebay/IMG_0078.JPG
http://www.meteoryt.net/ebay/IMG_0083.JPG
Close-up
http://www.meteoryt.net/ebay/IMG_0087.JPG
http://www.meteoryt.net/ebay/IMG_0091.JPG
-----[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-----[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]-----
http://www.Meteoryt.net [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.PolandMET.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.Gao-Guenie.com GSM +48(607)535 195
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