Hello Eric,
the building of silicon moulds and plaster casts, and especially the coloration
of the models is rather time consuming, therefore we have built such casts
only from very important meteorites, for example for unique meteorite pieces
from which many Museums ordered copies (like Neuschwanstein, Moravka
and Jesenice) or from very beautiful flight oriented specimens (like one of the
Villalbeto de la Pena meteorites).
The results were quite nice, as you can see with the Jesenice for example:
http://www.meteorites.homepage.t-online.de/jpg/castjesenice.jpg
http://www.meteorites.homepage.t-online.de/jpg/jesenice.jpg
For special pupose, we also manufactured a few of these ceramics casts with
a lead filling in order to get the genuine mass (proper weight) of the copy.
Best regards
Dieter
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From: "Meteorites USA" <e...@meteoritesusa.com>
To: "Dieter Heinlein" <dieter-heinl...@t-online.de>
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite casting.
Hi Dieter, I too would like to know a little about this if you would be
so kind. It would be interesting to learn...
Eric
On 11/20/2010 1:09 PM, Dieter Heinlein wrote:
Hello Marcin,
well I have manufactured moulds and casts of some historically and
scientifically
important meteorites, like the three Neuschwanstein stones and one of
the Jese-
nice meteorites, for example.
If you are interested to hear and learn more details, please let me know.
Best regards
Dieter Heinlein
European Network of Fireball
Photography and Meteorite Recovery
----- Original Message ----- From: <spo...@poczta.onet.pl>
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Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 7:11 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite casting.
Hi,
When you find a new meteorite you suppose to send a sample to
analysis. This means that you will need to cut it and you will loose
its natural beautiful shape. Can you do a casting of the meteorite
before you will cut it? What kind of materials should you use not to
affect a meteorite's chemical components? Is it recommended or not to
do a meteorite cast before a sample analysis? Does anybody have any
experience in casting a meteorite?
Best regards,
Marcin.
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