Re: [meteorite-list] Display idea for Riker boxes

2009-07-30 Thread countdeiro
MikeG and List, Doesn't Mike's displayed collection and furnishings (especially the cabinet and the apothecary jars) just strike you as so late 1800's? It's like looking into the past ...the age of discovery..while of course knowing the present and all that those specimens have told us. I

Re: [meteorite-list] Display idea for Riker boxes

2009-07-30 Thread countdeiro
visitor. Ciao, Guido -Original Message- From: Sterling K. Webb sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net Sent: Jul 30, 2009 12:30 AM To: Carl 's carloselgua...@hotmail.com, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Display idea for Riker boxes Carl, Since all the Trinitite

Re: [meteorite-list] Display idea for Riker boxes

2009-07-30 Thread Gary Fujihara
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

Re: [meteorite-list] Display idea for Riker boxes

2009-07-30 Thread Impactika
Gary and all, If you want to see an excellent way to display Rikers, you only have to go to your favorite magazine, just a few issues back (which issue exactly, Anita?). You'll see there how Anita managed to display a lot of Rikers on one wall. And she explains exactly how she did it, with

Re: [meteorite-list] Display idea for Riker boxes

2009-07-30 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Agreed, Anita Westlake's display is superb. :) On 7/30/09, impact...@aol.com impact...@aol.com wrote: Gary and all, If you want to see an excellent way to display Rikers, you only have to go to your favorite magazine, just a few issues back (which issue exactly, Anita?). You'll see there

Re: [meteorite-list] Display idea for Riker boxes

2009-07-30 Thread Anita Westlake
] Display idea for Riker boxes Gary and all, If you want to see an excellent way to display Rikers, you only have to go to your favorite magazine, just a few issues back (which issue exactly, Anita?). You'll see there how Anita managed to display a lot of Rikers on one wall. And she explains

Re: [meteorite-list] Display idea for Riker boxes

2009-07-29 Thread Carl 's
Hi MikeG, Where did you get that 9 drawer chest? Did you make that? I built something similar made of cardboard. It was to be a prototype but it works fine for now. I like those apothecary jars. Reminds me of an old candy counter at a drugstore. Would the meteorites near to the trinitites

Re: [meteorite-list] Display idea for Riker boxes

2009-07-29 Thread Dan Wray
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.

Re: [meteorite-list] Display idea for Riker boxes

2009-07-29 Thread Rob Wesel
- From: Carl 's carloselgua...@hotmail.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 8:40 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Display idea for Riker boxes Hi MikeG, Where did you get that 9 drawer chest? Did you make that? I built something similar made of cardboard

Re: [meteorite-list] Display idea for Riker boxes

2009-07-29 Thread Sterling K. Webb
. Sterling K. Webb --- - Original Message - From: Carl 's carloselgua...@hotmail.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:40 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Display idea for Riker boxes Hi