Martin Horejsi coined the term "Tool box meteorite". I think he wrote an
article on the idea and there were many more uses than I would of thought
of. He had a huge slice of a meteorite that was used as a wheel chock to
keep a wagon or cart from moving on a hill.
I use a big NWA to set my
Yes there is microscopic beauty even in desert varnish.
I love to examine the stuff in incident cross polarized light. Email me
for some eye popping 700X images. The minerals that make up the varnish
have different reflective properties which allow for almost irridized looking
effects whe
Hi Frank, Yep, Martin sure has a way with the words! But after reading
that I think he should of been an author of novels as well as his many
science articles and papers.
Tom
In a message dated 2/25/2010 10:38:14 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
fcre...@prodigy.net writes:
Hi Tom and all,
Well worth the wait on the February Meteorite Times!
A collection of great articles.
My favorites were Jim and Maria's (separate) Tucson recaps, John's Micro
Vision article on armored chondrules (Well done, you've got to check it
out!) and Martin's Accretion Desk on Alfianello. In it he us
Hi list, Richard is absolutely right when he said. "so a simple $100
stereo microscope might be enough to get your feet wet and help solidify the
direction you want to go if, I mean when you purchase your next microscope!"
He touches on an aspect that meteorite and microscope enthusiasts h
Hi Paul, I love to talk about microscopes. In fact I just bought an
other one today.
In May of 2008 I did a little write up for Meteorite Times titled "The
right microscope for you" It does not go into which brand is better than
others or the like but rather, what type of microscope shou
Hi List, I have a new set of micrographs on my gallery. They are of
Kainsaz, a CO3. I am trying a less than conventional approach to these images
and the results are interesting.
There are some cool barred chondrule structures so many of you may enjoy
them.
The link is at:
http://www
Hi list, As I have mentioned to the list previously, I have stared making
wood scale/orientation cubes.
There are a couple versions of these things. One is the new cube with a
simple oil finish. The other is an old wood finished with several layers of
toasted and striped Danish Oil and v
Hi list,
I have read (and been told) the barred olivine chondrules wire a result of
a shock wave traveling through the early soup. Maybe in some instances
but not in this one. It GREW!
If ordinary BO chondrules are a result of a shock wave then a new name is
needed for this type of thin
Hi List, This is the first time I have chimed in on one of these rants
but here goes:
The biggest mistake was not the photo! Heck, tourists love fake stage
coach hold ups staged all over Arizona. They even have one in Knot's Berry
Farm in California. The photo was just for fun.
The mis
Hi list, This is off topic (sort of) to this very interesting post but
it
does mention graphite and diamonds.
I have shared this observation before and every time I have mentioned it
I
have been taken wrong! Has any else noticed how the graphite inclusions
in the fossil EL3, NWA
Hi list, Indulge me on this one. I still have scale cube envy over
ordering my cube from Jeff a few seconds too late to get the lowest
number!
His are the best I have seen and I am not trying to better those perfect
cubes. I treasure my #14 cube!
That said, It is snowing up here
Hi list, Indulge me on this one. I still have scale cube envy over
ordering my cube from Jeff a few seconds too late to get the lowest number!
His are the best I have seen and I am not trying to better those perfect
cubes. I treasure my #14 cube!
That said, It is snowing up here in Ida
Hi list, I thought some of you might get a kick out of a melt vein
micrograph I just took. It is in DaG 478 an L6. Only classified as an L6 but
it
has some of the most beautiful impact melt.
I just bought an aus Jena Neophot 21 to get some hard to find parts and I
am having fun with "Sc
Hi List, I just ran onto an Iron Sulfide inclusion in an unclassified
impact melt. It is structured like a barred chondrule. I have never seen any
like it before.
Has any one else seen this feature?
I have some micrographs if any one wants to look just email me. I will
post images to
Hi List, I thought some of you might enjoy this portion of a science
paper on meteorite chondrules. It is part of a paper on microscopes posted in
Molecular Expressions (An online microscope site) The first half of the
paper is on microscopes so many of you will want to skip that part.
T
See, We all have our voices. It's not just me!!!
In a message dated 1/18/2010 7:34:53 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
star_wars_collec...@yahoo.com writes:
its funny you say that. Last night I wanted to cut into a new NWA... at
4am.
Greg
--- On Mon, 1/18/10, starsandsco...@aol.com
wrot
Let me guess, an immense contribution to the sciences but the return on
investment looks like a charity endeavor.
Martin Luther said after nailing his little paper to the door of that
church (very roughly translated) "Here I stand because I can do no other."
Few
of us have figured a way
Hi list, Not a typo, one article that covers such things as conversion of
a standard bright field microscope to polarization, various lighting
techniques, as well as chondrule formation.
A little slow in parts but then again, this isn't HBO!
An example to persuade you to take a look or c
Wow! I guess if all of don't read and BELIVE we are:
"members of the entire Scientific Establishment are totally corrupt --
actually,
members of a PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC Establishment -- who have NOT sought truth
about man's origin and ancestry but have gone along with a COLLOSAL LIE to
pr
Hi Shawn, I this is the same guy who has been posting using many peoples
micrographs, giving credit of course, (But that is even worse!!!) his views
of animal and human bits he sees in meteorite micrographs.
One partial segment "The figure is imaged by Mr. Tom Phillips, an e. ...
Meteori
Hi list, For the last couple years I have been working nearly exclusively
on thin sections in cross polarized light. This was due, only partly, to
my failure to come up with a satisfactory digital photo adapter on my
Neophot but most significantly to Jeff Hodges fantastic thin section l
Hi Paul, I am not aware of any change to optical properties of material
due to lubricants but with the more advanced testing watch out.
I had some material that I polished with a diamond slurry to 1/4 micron.
I sent some to a respected researcher that I occasionally consult (he
helps m
Great informative and fun article. I saved the link to my favorites so I
can share it with others. My micrographs often draw questions from new
meteorite enthusiasts that I find difficult to answer. The nature of a strewn
field is something that must be understood to successfully hunt me
Hi List, That's a tall lead-in typed the Subject line. Maybe a few
qualifiers are in order such as polarizing optical microscope but that's about
it!
This microscope is listed on eBay. I don't know the seller and I wish I
was in the position to add a new scope to the family.
Many people
Hi List, Thanks for looking
Ending tonight are several auctions of material (samples and thin
sections) that I have bought largely from List members over the last several
years.
Many of the samples have a 1/4 micron polish for microscope work and many
of the samples and thins have been fe
Hi List, This is an ad for some meteorite publications. These items were
just listed on eBay. My selling links are:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260529427235&ssPageName=S
TRK:MESELX:IT
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260529441363&ssPageName=S
TRK:M
Say it aint so, Joe Your family doesn't love the rocks?
Same here, Tom
In a message dated 12/23/2009 7:56:55 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
skyrockmeteori...@yahoo.com writes:
Great photo Linton, great idea. That is what I want, but will not get any
of those "damn rocks" as they call t
Me to, Mine came in the mail today as well.
A measure of it's "Cool Factor" is how long it takes me to put it on a
microscope (My personal highest form of compliment) The shots are just taken
through a stereo scope but it nicely shows off the crisp detail.
Very nice Jeff! Well done! T
I noticed that with the heavily weathered examples they develop a yellow
sulfur looking powder in spots. The OC's tend to have a little more orange
"rust" color.
I'm not saying this is an accurate indicator but rather, I am wondering if
others have noticed this as well.
Tom
In a messag
That's cool Gary, I'm writing this at 3 AM because now I can't sleep.
Only in the meteorite world would any one understand scale cube envy!
Tom
In a message dated 12/7/2009 10:59:32 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
fuj...@mac.com writes:
On Dec 7, 2009, at 7:15 PM, starsandsco...@aol.com wro
Hi list, The email embed program for images leaves a lot to be desired.
The images are coarse and with out detail but when I send a full size
image, few get through to all of you that request them.
The solution? I used PhotoShop to reduce the image from 4000 pixel wide
to 1000. It wil
Hi List, I watched the National Geographic's "Naked Science: Countdown to
Impact" which is the story of asteroid/meteorite TC3.
What caught my attention was the diversity of material within the samples
collected. After a few years of weathering, would all those stones even
be thought to
Hi List, I hate to trouble the list with this request but I have looked
(with no luck) for those snap together single thin section boxes. I have
seen micro mount display sets sold in them as well.
A few years ago I bought some from a list member dealer and I can't
remember who was selling
I wonder if this weird crystal structure found in a slice of JaH 055 would
qualify for being called a chondrule or a small inclusion.
Tom Phillips
http://www.meteorite.com/meteorite-gallery/meteorite-pages/JaH-055-Crystal.h
tm
In a message dated 11/24/2009 9:40:26 A.M. Mountain Standard T
Hi List, Last week I emailed the list about a SaU 001 chondrule shot that
I wanted to send in full resolution to anyone who wanted it.
There were over 40 takers but unfortunately many had Internet provider
limits on file size so they couldn't get the full size file.
I had some beautiful hi
Hi list, I have the usual meteorites and microscope stuff listed on eBay
but I wanted to call attention to a particular item for meteorite thin
section fans.
It is an Olympus eyepiece with a grain size reticle built in. It is real
cool and fun to use.
You can find it at
http://cgi.ebay
Hi List, My first love in meteorite micrographs is high magnification
incident light (reflected) images of thick samples. My first article in
Meteorite Magazine was this technique. For the last couple years I have only
worked on cross polarized transmitted light images of thin sections. O
Jason took a look and said it looks like long term static weathering. I
will put it in my cool looking meteorwrong pile. Thanks every one for
looking and thanks Jason!
Tom
In a message dated 11/5/2009 6:28:10 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
starsandsco...@aol.com writes:
Hi List, I was thi
Hi List, I was thinking some of you may of seen features like this and
could save me some investigation time. I would like to email some pics of a
stone with what looks like flow lines and orientation.
It has light magnetic attraction and no chondrules. There are olivine
chunks in the br
Hi List, I took some shots of a Terrestrial Basalt that turn out
beautiful. It was of course, a stone in a NWA unclassified meteorite mix that
looked the part only better!
The thin section was in hand so I went to work. I think you will enjoy
the images. They are posted to my Meteorite
Hi list, Most of you already know I have a Gallery of meteorite
micrographs hosted by Meteorite Times. I take the pictures and Paul sets up
the
Galley.
We just added two new sets:
NWA 4662 Angrite
NWA 1877 Olivine Dioginite
Just go to:
http://www.meteorite.com/meteorite-gallery/meteorit
Hi list, I was allowed a page on the Microscopy & Digital Imaging, Carl
Zeiss MicroImaging Inc. Application Library. Kind of a big deal when you
look at some of the other individuals and institutions represented there.
Please take a look.
Tom Phillips
http://www.zeiss.com/4125681F004
Hi list, I just listed a 8.3 Kg unclassified NWA with some real beautiful
thumbprints. It has a fair amount of weathering but still shows well.
Please take a look and let me know what you think.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260489046852&ssPageName=S
TRK:MESELX:IT
Als
Hi all, I was working on a thin section Al Hugf 007 L4 and coming up with
some cool micrographs. I haven't learned much about this meteorite and
never seen it for sale except for the samples I obtained from Ivan Kourtyrev
several years ago.
I tried to look up info and there is little out
Hi list, Paul (Meteorite Times) just updated my micrograph gallery with
some NWA 5488 Lodranite images. He made a few improvements to the site and
we added a full size image of the month in the features section. I am
shooting at 12 mp so the file is big enough to print.
Just go to
htt
Hi list, Be sure and check out John Kashuba's Micro Vision article on
this months Meteorite Times.
Interesting article and great micrographs!
Tom
In a message dated 9/11/2009 11:24:40 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
p...@meteorite.com writes:
Greetings Everyone,
The September issue of M
Hi List, John Kashuba is taking over the monthly column Micro Visions on
Meteorite Times. He is an interesting writer and a great microscopest
(with a lot of meteorite knowledge). I am looking forward to his articles.
Please check them out. He will be starting in this next September issu
You must be joking! It's not like they were breaking into her house.
I own 700+ acres in Idaho and if I took a shot at someone every time there
were dirt bikers, snowmobilers, horse riders, hikers or hunters on my
land, I would run out of ammo. Crossing someone's land that is not fenced an
Hi Anita, Good call!
Out of over a ton of unclassified stony meteorites I have only one with a
natural hole. It is 172 gr unclassified and has been cut. I purchased it
cut and never obtained the other slice. So you might say I just got the
hole.
I have had some others with holes but it
Hi List, About a year ago I posted the list for some of you to view an
interesting breccia I had found. Several people took a look at my photos and
agreed the stuff was quite interesting but no conclusions were drawn.
Does any one want to look at some pics and tell me if this material is a
In a message dated 7/23/2009 3:37:50 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
altm...@meteorite-martin.de writes:
Hey Bernd, flame wars in rhymes are more agreeable.
Absolutely not! Putting a cute trim on a stinking pile of shit does not
make it smell better. It only serves to intensify the insult f
I have joined in to this mess once only to clarify it was not me who wrote
the hateful email about Steve Arnold (Chicago). It was some other "Tom".
I have read some of the posts but this is way over the line. It's not
signed. Any one know who this is?
If ever there was reason to eject so
Hi list, This is Tom Phillips. I often post to the list just using my
first name so I felt I should make this clear. This last post (signed "Tom")
was not from me, I am not such an ass!
Tom Phillips
In a message dated 7/20/2009 7:52:43 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
tommy2...@hvc.rr.com w
In a message dated 7/17/2009 6:09:58 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
meteoritem...@gmail.com writes:
1) The List is not usually like this. In fact, the List is usually a
intellectual utopia where reason and good-natured debate rule the day.
That is the funniest thing I have read in a month!
Hi Michael, I just might have you beat. I spend most of my meteorite
time on the microscopes but I have spent more days hunting than I care to
remember and nothing.
My icing on the cake was when I took my son to Gold Basin and was certain
he would find some thing. I bought a 156 gr. Gold
Thanks Geoff, Just received the magazine! Cool article. Beautiful
cover art.
I have been curious about Tucson as a city and the magazine has a wealth
of info on Tucson.
Thanks again, Tom
In a message dated 7/2/2009 11:10:07 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
geok...@notkin.net writes:
Dea
Hi Mike, Expensive material is held in place with various configurations.
It has been my experience however, cheap unclassified meteorites are
(particularly the small ones) best held in hand.
I have a friend who cut off three fingers and the end of his thumb using a
table saw with glove
In a message dated 6/20/2009 8:53:10 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
joshuatreemus...@embarqmail.com writes:
Paul:
Don't forget the Martian Hematite Spherules of Meridiani Planum:
http://www.geocities.com/rlewis6/Spherules_MERB.htm
---
Hi list, This is a great ad. No need to take it seriously and say we
focus on fakes more than the real thing. This is just for fun!
http://providence.craigslist.org/clt/1221289678.html
Tom
**Download the AOL Classifieds Toolbar for local deals at your
fingertips.
(http://
Hi List, Many of you are not at all interested in meteorite micrographs
but quite a few list members have contacted me over the years about various
aspects of meteorite micrographs. Many list members are taking very high
quality shots but have not shared them with the list yet.
In my Mete
Hi list, There have been a couple requests to look at rocks today so I
figured, why not add an other to the list.
I very recently purchased this eBay lot # 260412467815 and before I get a
look at them I was wondering if there were any opinions as to what they might
be. Particularly the purpos
Hi Mike, I bought a few Kg. of small Ghubara fragments that were tumbled.
The before and after results were cool! They looked awful before tumbling.
I have never tried it myself but I have put dirty samples in walnut shells
in a brass tumbler dry for cleaning.
My call on the water would be t
Since working on the NWA 5000 thin section over a year ago I have worked
with quite a number of lunar slides. I have always been primarily interested
in the glass. My most recent effort is NWA 4483 Lunar feldspathic granulitic
imapactite. It has a lot of glass. It is nearly 85% isotropic glas
Hi Laurence, Great paper! Thanks for sharing.
I had a related observation that I thought you might be able to shed some
light on.
The EL3 Enstatite NWA 2965 (and a whole lot more names/numbers) has small
graphite inclusions. I notice them most in the "Blue Phase". I have found
that the
I agree with Dean, the negative vibe on this list has been high. I can
think of several people whom I respect in the meteorite world (some who work
in teaching and or research) that will not use the list because of this
atmosphere.
Let's face it, the list is about communication of informa
Those Carbonado's are cool. Any chance they were formed in space and some
could show signs of entry that might resemble at least the texture of
crust. If the shape and texture was there I can see why it would look like
fusion crust as they are already black and glassy looking.
There is a
Hi, Please take a look at this month's Meteorite Time's Micro Vision on
NWA 4905 Basaltic Eucrite. Norbert Classen helped me out a great deal by
providing a photo of his slice and giving a little information on this
meteorite.
It worked out so well that I just might talk him into helping
Fantastic site! It's like going to a museum!
Tom
In a message dated 4/7/2009 12:26:04 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
i...@meteorite.fr writes:
Dear list Members,
We hope you're all doing well !
it has been a long time since we made changes on our web site
www.meteorite.fr
so, we just spent
Estheticist, I guess that is what I am. I want to care more about such
things as composition and TKW or where and when it was found but I am drawn to
big unclassified stones because of what they look like! The size is all about
looking cool and not a comparative evaluation.
What am I ta
Hi list, I was recently able to borrow a thin section of NWA 4905, the
Basaltic Eucrite. I am very happy with the microscope images I took and I
plan
to use them in the next issue of Meteorite Times.
I am unable to find much more information on this material that isn't
already written on
Well done!!! Every one should take the time to view. Thanks for sharing.
Tom
In a message dated 3/21/2009 5:55:39 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
p.mar...@sunrise.ch writes:
Hello All,
I recently tried to take some pictures of my thin section collection.
So, the thin section lovers amo
Hi Robert and list, I just looked at the post of the image on Michael's
site (Thanks!!!).
http://www.rocksfromspace.org/West-markings.html
SaU 001 has a copper metallic sheen on some of the examples. I wonder if it
is the same process at work?
I am convinced it is the result of metals
Hi List, Tony Irving had sent me a thin section of NWA 4905 Basaltic
Eucrite to image. While coming up with some very close up shots I researched
a
little and found a photo of the main mass on the Chladnis-Heirs site.
I have a stone that looks very similar and I wanted to get opinions of
Hi list, I am not trying to start a new thread. Luke emailed me with a
request that I think many of you are much better qualified to help him with.
I
know this subject has come up several times recently but I didn't pay enough
attention to whom the experts in education were.
If you can
Hi list, I thought you all might get a laugh out of this request to help
with a mysterious stone. This one was obviously way above my pay grade! So I
thought I would appeal to you all for any Wizards or practicing Shaman. I
though about breaking into a plagiarism of Harry Potter's Sorcer
Well said Elton! Thanks
Tom
In a message dated 2/8/2009 11:40:07 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
mstrema...@yahoo.com writes:
Good Question: "What about Olivine, would the melt point of Olivine be
higher than the glass?"
Molten olivine at "silica glass" melting(aka"fusion")temperatures.
I was just asked if I was Army. No, I am the proud dad of a son who is Army
EOD (Explosive Ordinance Disposal). He is a bomb guy.
I am boring by comparison! Spending my nights looking at thin sections.
(Thanks to Jeff Hodges and Greg Hupe, my thin section benefactors)
Tom
In a me
Cool, The army says HUA (Heard, Understood and Accepted), well HUA.
However, I know the Higgins (famous for slump glass) had all those issues but
were
able to overcome them in many materials. Slow heating and cooling can solve
a lot.
Please keep in mind I am not vested in this idea, jus
Hi list, A couple weeks ago there was a thread on encasing meteorites in
resin. Also in this months Meteorite Times there was a nicely written article
Preserving meteorite slices in home-made glass mountings, by Gregory E Carr
http://www.meteorite-times.com/meteorite_frame.htm
I was wo
Hi Don, If I had no saw or polishing options at all, I would take the
slice. There is nothing like seeing billion year old space dust chondrules
frozen
in time and holding that in your hands. Crust is more of an acquired taste
that must be (generally speaking) learned to be appreciated.
Many of you saw the D'Orbigny Angrite skeletal crystal micrographs on
Michael's Rocks from Space Picture of the Day a couple weeks ago. Those shots
are
on the Coast To Coast radio show web site.
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/
I have done this several times and every time it brings many
Hi all, I was just going through my meteorites and their back up
documentation.
I found an unpleasant reminder of Sept. 11, 2001. Greg Hupe had a 99 gr end
slice of Zag that he had started a week earlier. I had bid several days
before the end of the auction.
When it ended on the eveni
Job well done! That is a beautiful image.
Tom
In a message dated 1/13/2009 9:56:14 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,
star_wars_collec...@yahoo.com writes:
I thought some of you might like to see a thin section image of the awesome
new NWA 5480 Olivine diogenite I had made.
http://i27.photobuc
Oh, I'll give you the colors of the rainbow! Greg has arranged for me to
examine the thin section used to classify this OD. I'll post when the images
are up.
Speaking of Greg, he has provided me with the description (of a pairing NWA
4587) for this months Meteorite Times Micro Vision o
Hi Leigh Anne, I'm answering on list so any one can correct me if I am not
accurate in my assessment.
First, a standard biological microscope slide is 1" X 3" or 25 mm X 75 mm.
A standard petrographic slide is 25 mm X 45 mm. Quite a bit shorter!
I have a large pile of petrographic slides
Hi list, I was planning on using some killer micrographs of NWA 4901, the
ungrouped achondrite paired with NWA 011, in the article I do for Meteorite
Times.
I have found some interesting write ups on the material but I don't want to
just copy-paste any thing that sounds interesting. I was
Hi list, I just took some very beautiful micrographs of Estherville, Iowa,
Mesosiderite. This meteorite fell May 10,1879.
The magnification is approximately 160X with a field of view of 0.40 mm
taken in cross polarized transmitted light.
If any one wants to take a look, just email me. 11
Way to go Bernd!!! I can't wait to get some on a scope! OD's are SO
BEAUTIFUL in Xpol!!!
Tom
In a message dated 12/23/2008 4:15:50 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
bernd.pa...@paulinet.de writes:
I must disagree with part of this statement ;-)
> Updated list of what is available and what ha
Hi, I was thinking some of you might know what this is. I bought it off
eBay just this last week. 250342026204 It was sold as a meteorite and while
I
had my doubts, my curiosity was tweaked.
The photos are quite good and they speak for themselves. My observation is,
it is not iron!
Hi John, I agree with you. It looks like a meteorite.
Certain meteorites have "weird" (Is that the official scientific term?)
adhesion properties. I have seen some scoured by the desert sand and other
who
seem to grab every piece of sand/rock and make it stick. It must have
something t
Absolutely beautiful! Every one should go to this site. We all need some
relaxation, why not relax while looking at meteorite hidden beauty.
Not only is Jeff skilled at the microscope, he is very generous with his
institutional sized thin section collection. Most of the exotic material
It seems that for a meteorite to be a "Toolbox" it's utilitarian life must
of been started prior to it being "discovered" as a meteorite. Any use after
it is known is merely a novelty. I have a 12.5 Kg NWA sitting on a fern
stand, it makes a great place to put my hat. I can't imagine Mart
OK meteorite fans, I have seen a list of "Hammer Stones" , how about
"Toolbox meteorites"? I'll start with the easiest one, The Tucson Ring which
was
used as an anvil.
Years from now I hope people remember it was Martin who came up with the
term and knowing Martin, it won't be long befor
Every one who has not checked out Martin's article in December Meteorite
Times is missing out on a way cool article. I had never heard the term "Tool
Box Meteorite". It that a Martin original???
Anyway, It's got it all, great photos, cool story and a wonderful
meteorite. Thanks Marti
Hi list, All my images involve polarizers in one way or an other and over
the last couple years I have had many inquiries of where to get polarizers
cheap. I haven't had a solution other than scrounge them at yard sales etc.
I just found an eBay seller that has 82mm PL for $8.50. This is
Hi Dirk and List, I am not up to speed on the latest pairings or the going
price for each. I respect a quality thin section and this NWA 3151
Brachinite thin section just that.
Even if it is terrestrial basalt, a good thin section is a joy and believe
me, even a Lunar thin is a disappoi
Hi list members, For those who are interested in thin sections. Greg has
been kind enough to (previously) lend me the NWA 3151 Brachinite that he has
for sale. My micrograph article in Meteorite Times December is on this thin
section.
I felt obliged to say it is a wonderful sample prepar
I agree, Michael does us all a favor nearly every day.
My suggestion is that we all ask our selves when we make a submission to
Michael for inclusion in his site: Is our submission just to share with all or
are we promoting material we may have for sale?
If we are using his service as an
Hey list members. Let's all get together and each buy one. That way we
might get a volume discount!
Tom
In a message dated 11/18/2008 4:19:30 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi, Pete, List,
The original J. P. Morgan is reputed to have
said, "If you have to ask how
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