[meteorite-list] How to display Your collection ? PolandMET idea !

[Armando Afonso]

Very interesting, Marcin!
Thanks for share it with us.
My only criticism goes to the bright color of the labels.
Regards.
AA



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "PolandMET" <marcin at polandmet.com>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 6:33 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] How to display Your collection ? PolandMET idea !



> Hi

> Tooday I finished my "little display stand" for my new private meteorite 

> collection, so I want to show You my idea.

>

> First, I must explain that I have stop collecting small specimens some 

> time ago. I have from old days around 70 meteorite specimens from a 

> miligrams to 10-20g hiddend into small boxes 58x38x17mm and stored in 

> palets in chet in my room. This specimens have for me historical value 

> becouse several of this pieces are my first meteorite specimens. But in 

> fact this kind of "collection" is a vaste of material, money and place, 

> becouse this specimens are too small to display for example on wall or to 

> show to normall peoples. Noone will take this kind of collecting 

> seroiously if I will show him for example very rare and importand Orguel 

> 3mm wide or other specimens  in size from 5mm to 2cm wide. Ofcourse 

> everyone collecting what he like. I decided that this small pieces make 

> only my collection larger on my specimens inventory list, but not show any 

> educational value to me or to anyone who invite me. Thats why I will sell 

> most of them.

>

> I decided to collect less specimens but in size that will fit to my larger 

> acrylic boxes 84x59x24 mm. This gives me chance to own good size specimens 

> that I can display in my room in secured boxes. Yes, display, but how ???

>

> And here comes my idea that I have planned and realized from around 3 

> months. Project changed several times, sometimes becouse of a costs of 

> some parts, and sometimes becouse I cant find elements that I needed. I 

> usually doing things without any detailed plan. So usually final project 

> is much different from first one.

>

> Project:

> This is 100x100cm big wall stand for 150 meteorite boxes.

> Main element is 1mm thin aluminum plate with perforation Rv5-8 that help 

> to put all elements together precise in place and make project visualy 

> more hi-tech. It is mounted on a 4mm white ply-wood plate and conected 

> with aluminium plate using aluminium "U" type profile. Most importand part 

> of my project is 150x 20mm wide neodynum magnets that holds on place 

> meteorite boxes. Boxes with meteorites have small 1mm thin iron plate on 

> bottom side, under layers of sponge. This is good becouse boxes can be 

> takeed from my stand very easy, but they still sit on place using force 

> beetween magnets and iron plate.

>

> This stand, when will be full, then will corelate with my mega poster of 

> Sahara meteorites composed from reference cards from Sahara Meteorite 

> Prospecting CD-Rom. From left will be photos and classifications of many 

> Sahara finds, and from right my collection of real specimens that anyone 

> can watch and touch.

>

> Comments welcome :)

> Marcin Cimala

>

> Photos:

>

> Just history, my old stand, too small, too simply, too ugly

> http://www.meteoryt.net/ebay/IMG_0076.JPG

>

> Most importand part of my room, just after my computer place :)

> http://www.meteoryt.net/ebay/IMG_0077.JPG

>

> My new stand

> http://www.meteoryt.net/ebay/IMG_0078.JPG

> http://www.meteoryt.net/ebay/IMG_0083.JPG

>

> Close-up

> http://www.meteoryt.net/ebay/IMG_0087.JPG

> http://www.meteoryt.net/ebay/IMG_0091.JPG

>

>

> -----[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-----[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]-----

> http://www.Meteoryt.net             marcin at meteoryt.net

> http://www.PolandMET.com       marcin at polandmet.com

> http://www.Gao-Guenie.com      GSM +48(607)535 195

> --------[ Member of Polish Meteoritical Society ]--------

>

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