Re: [meteorite-list] A Riot of over 300 regmaglypts!
GORGEOUS! Regards, Eric On 1/25/2010 5:16 PM, ensorama...@ntlworld.com wrote: Hi All, For all those who get excited by the aesthetic qualities and beauty of flight marked meteorites I would like to share photographs of an 8kg UNWA which I have been working on. Initially this was covered in caliche and concretions hiding most of what was underneath, although it was possible to tell that it was an almost complete specimen initially covered in thumbprints. It is very weathered with many fractures but remnant fusion crust. It has taken many hours slowly removing the caliche without removing remnant crust or creating 'false' regmaglypts. I know some purists would rather see specimens in their 'found' state, but I just couldn't resist trying to bring this ugly duckling back to life. Just imagine what this must have looked like on the day it fell. http://s760.photobucket.com/albums/xx244/Graham-Ensor/8kgUNWA/ Graham, Nr Barwell, UK __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] A Riot of over 300 regmaglypts!
Beautiful work Graham! :) Do you have any before photos? Best regards, MikeG On 1/25/10, ensorama...@ntlworld.com ensorama...@ntlworld.com wrote: Hi All, For all those who get excited by the aesthetic qualities and beauty of flight marked meteorites I would like to share photographs of an 8kg UNWA which I have been working on. Initially this was covered in caliche and concretions hiding most of what was underneath, although it was possible to tell that it was an almost complete specimen initially covered in thumbprints. It is very weathered with many fractures but remnant fusion crust. It has taken many hours slowly removing the caliche without removing remnant crust or creating 'false' regmaglypts. I know some purists would rather see specimens in their 'found' state, but I just couldn't resist trying to bring this ugly duckling back to life. Just imagine what this must have looked like on the day it fell. http://s760.photobucket.com/albums/xx244/Graham-Ensor/8kgUNWA/ Graham, Nr Barwell, UK __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] A Riot of over 300 regmaglypts!
Graham, I think you absolutely did the right thing. Very nicely done, and a gorgeous stone! Congrats, Robert Woolard On Jan 25, 2010, at 7:16 PM, ensorama...@ntlworld.com wrote: Hi All, It has taken many hours slowly removing the caliche without removing remnant crust or creating 'false' regmaglypts. I know some purists would rather see specimens in their 'found' state, but I just couldn't resist trying to bring this ugly duckling back to life. http://s760.photobucket.com/albums/xx244/Graham-Ensor/8kgUNWA/ Graham, Nr Barwell, UK __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] A Riot of over 300 regmaglypts!
Robert, Thanks...I think it is always a difficult decision knowing what to do with a new acquisition. Do you restore, preserve, cut etc etc. This was purchased with the view to cleaning and is not likely to be anything but a very weathered ordinary chondrite but had such aesthetic potential. With some pieces it would be sacrilege to even think of cleaning off their characteristic natural patina, or cutting into oriented flowing crust. Others need delicate preservation to stop them ending up as a pile of rust but without changing their appearance or are such precious material that even touching with a slightly greasy finger would be wrong. I find the whole business of curating a collection quite fascinating. Regards, Graham meteoritefin...@yahoo.com meteoritefin...@yahoo.com wrote: Graham, I think you absolutely did the right thing. Very nicely done, and a gorgeous stone! Congrats, Robert Woolard On Jan 25, 2010, at 7:16 PM, ensorama...@ntlworld.com wrote: Hi All, It has taken many hours slowly removing the caliche without removing remnant crust or creating 'false' regmaglypts. I know some purists would rather see specimens in their 'found' state, but I just couldn't resist trying to bring this ugly duckling back to life. http://s760.photobucket.com/albums/xx244/Graham-Ensor/8kgUNWA/ Graham, Nr Barwell, UK __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] A Riot of over 300 regmaglypts!
Gorgeous stone! Wish I could put that on display in my room! Graham, that seems like buried treasure to me! It looks like it was worth the effort. [Erik] Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:38:12 + From: ensorama...@ntlworld.com To: meteoritefin...@yahoo.com CC: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] A Riot of over 300 regmaglypts! Robert, Thanks...I think it is always a difficult decision knowing what to do with a new acquisition. Do you restore, preserve, cut etc etc. This was purchased with the view to cleaning and is not likely to be anything but a very weathered ordinary chondrite but had such aesthetic potential. With some pieces it would be sacrilege to even think of cleaning off their characteristic natural patina, or cutting into oriented flowing crust. Others need delicate preservation to stop them ending up as a pile of rust but without changing their appearance or are such precious material that even touching with a slightly greasy finger would be wrong. I find the whole business of curating a collection quite fascinating. Regards, Graham meteoritefin...@yahoo.com meteoritefin...@yahoo.com wrote: Graham, I think you absolutely did the right thing. Very nicely done, and a gorgeous stone! Congrats, Robert Woolard On Jan 25, 2010, at 7:16 PM, ensorama...@ntlworld.com wrote: Hi All, It has taken many hours slowly removing the caliche without removing remnant crust or creating 'false' regmaglypts. I know some purists would rather see specimens in their 'found' state, but I just couldn't resist trying to bring this ugly duckling back to life. http://s760.photobucket.com/albums/xx244/Graham-Ensor/8kgUNWA/ Graham, Nr Barwell, UK __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
