Great idea for a thread topic Dan, and nice display Mike.
For the humid, salt spray laden air here in Hawaii, I resist leaving
my meteorites on display for the reason of oxidation. I have LL
chondrites and some diogenites that are weeping ferrous oxide, and a
Tsarev that is literally self destructing from pristine slab to rusted
shards in two months. I don't even need to start telling you about
irons - thank goodness for Rusty Mason, who restore some of them for
me (Thanks Rusty!).
So most all of my collection are stored in various sized membraneboxes
(some of which have desiccant and VCI foam), stored within Pelican
cases (with padded dividers meant for cameras and lenses), which are
kept in my constantly air-conditioned office at work. I have a
pedestal display cabinet in the lobby, where I display meteorite
samples for the public who come through our institute's base
facility. For my collection of individual stones, I have a nice
wooden box given to me by Nakhladog Rob Wesel. Of course, my
collection is outgrowing that storage solution, so I am looking at a
wooden chest with padded, subdivided drawers.
gary
On Jul 29, 2009, at 5:53 PM, Dan Wray wrote:
Hi Mike,
I like your display and think you have utilized your space well. The
problem you, I and all of us have is what do we do as our collection
increases. The other problem is I display parts of my collection for
astronomy events and once a display case is set up I resist breaking
it
down. I now have six cases that mostly occupy space under beds in
my home
because there are not that many large flat places to display them.
They are
fairly easy to bring out and show to people but are not on display
normally.
There are some collectors that put every thing in Riker mounts. For
me this
takes up too much space but is does keep the label and specimen
together. I
think this might be a good topic for the list. Tell us how you
store and or
display your collection. In the past we have seen some collection
displays,
let's see some more.
Dan Wray
COMETS
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To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 7:17 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Display idea for Riker boxes
Hi List,
After moving, much of my meteorite collection is still packed away.
But I have managed to get about half of it unpacked and on display.
In the photo linked below is the beginning of my meteorite display.
It occupies a corner space in the room. Under the desk is assorted
shipping supplies like boxes, tape, labels, etc. The big wooden
cabinet on the desk is my specimen cabinet - it contains my smallest
micromounts, some minerals, some oddball specimens, and many of my
"props" like my scales, magnets, loupe, and other misc stuff. (a lot
of junk is hiding in that cabinet)
While trying to maximize my limited wall space, I came up with a
method to display small Riker boxes. Notice the large 12x16-inch
Rikers on the shelves - that large size Riker comes in two varieties,
one is 1-inch deep and another is 2-inches deep. Either one is
perfect for holding smaller Rikers. The 12x16 case will hold 9 of
the
3x4-inch cases if the large case is oriented vertically (3 rows of 3)
or it will hold 8 if the case is oriented horizontally (2 rows of 4).
The glass apothecary jars on top of the cabinet hold some of my bulk
materials - like UNWA, tektites, mineral specimens, crystals,
trinitite, etc. I have a few dozen smaller glass bottles and vials
filled with assorted micromount materials (bulk lots of crumbs),
but I
don't have a proper display for these yet. To the right in the photo
(out of frame) there is another blank wall that runs above a bookcase
- the bookcase holds my meteorite books and the blank wall is going
to
be filled up in a fashion similar to what is seen in the photo.
Meteorite Display under construction -
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/Meteorites/The%20Collection/met-wall-1.jpg
Opinions or suggestions are welcome. :)
Best regards,
MikeG
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