Hey Elizabeth, I had a ~$20 digital scale that had a precision of 0.01g and a maximum capacity of 100g. It worked great for a limited time and then died. I was hesitant to buy another one of these, or something similar, as I figured I may be throwing good money after bad.
I settled on an old and familiar favorite. The Ohaus Cent-o-gram quad beam balance http://www.ohaus.com/products/view/overview.asp?HKEY=001002004 311g capacity with 0.01g precision. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Mon, 5/10/10, Elizabeth Warner <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Elizabeth Warner <[email protected]> > Subject: [meteorite-list] recommendations for weight scale, vernier caliper?? > To: "Meteorite List" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, May 10, 2010, 2:47 PM > Okay, so now that I have 31 bits of > space rock and 1 impact breccia and I am working on putting > together my little database, I find that while many dealers > usually at least provide weights, they don't always have > dimensions (good to know so that I can figure out what size > display cases or membrane boxes I need to get)... > > And then of course, I have several UNWAs that were a hodge > podge so they didn't really have anything! > > So, what is the recommended scale to use for measuring the > mass?? > > I could go very cheap and simple on measuring the > dimensions, but was wondering if there was a recommendation > for any particular caliper or similar instrument?? > > I did search the Met List archive but nothing popped up for > caliper except in the use of displaying meteorites... > > Clear Skies! > Elizabeth > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
