Darrly Pitt made those Mars cubes, (now, those were pretty cool) but the Zagami dust was inside a glass vial and thus the lucite stuck to it easier than it would to a raw meteorite. He told me the failure rate for those was more than 60%. That is what I was referring to. I have seen Fukang encased in resin as well, when it works, it looks great, but again, massive failure rate, and the material encased is really destroyed in the process. The resin does not often adhere to the object, and shows a bubble where it fails to adhere, making the object look like crap. Michael Farmer
--- On Wed, 12/24/08, Mike Bandli <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Mike Bandli <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Paperweights > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, December 24, 2008, 2:38 PM > I wouldn't do it for rock or meteorite. The > resin/Lucite/acrylic will likely > crack unless you put your material in a vacuum and remove > as much water as > possible. Even some of the Apollo lunar material Lucites > cracked and they > had been in vacuum for millions of years. I have looked > into it extensively > and was advised that the failure rate is incredible for > this kind of > material. > > Good luck! > > Mike Bandli > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 1:22 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Paperweights > > > Hey List, > > Does anyone here have experience encasing meteorites in > clear resin, > paperweight style? > > If so, could you contact me off the list? > > Thanks, > > Steve Arnold #1 > > **************One site keeps you connected to all your > email: AOL Mail, > Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. > (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000 > 025) > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
