Yes, the dreaded so-called "lawrencite disease" meaning that inexperienced dealers more than likely prepared these specimens with tap water containing chlorine. Chlorine exasperates this condition. Dry the pieces out in pure Ethyl alcohol and then dry sand them, may take several applications, especially with Ghubara.
Best Regards, Adam --- giovannisostero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I noticed that a coupled of slices (Ghubara and NWA > 869) I bought few months ago from two different > dealers, are producing some small liquid droplets of > rusty appearance. After cleaning, the droplets > develope again in a matter of few weeks. Any idea > about how to cure it? The samples are stored in > plastic envelopes but without any particular > desicant. > Cheers, > Giovanni > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Leggi GRATIS le tue mail con il telefonino i-modeĀ > di Wind > http://i-mode.wind.it/ > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
