[meteorite-list] Drilling meteorites to make jewelry

[Pete Pete]

Hi, Nick, all,

A tiny diamond coring bit sounds like a custom-made tool, but I like the idea! 
Lots of us have fusion encrusted unclassified individuals too gorgeous to cut in to, which drives us insane wondering what lies inside. Fight the temptation!

A small core sample, I'm thinking a few millimetres, to have a microscopic peek would be perfect. 

Cheers,
Pete





> Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:19:35 -0700

> To: deanbessey at yahoo.com; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

> From: gessler at ucla.edu

> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Drilling meteorites to make jewelry

>

> Hi Dean,

>

> Diamond bits.

> They come in all sizes, use with lots of water...

> I might have some around, but you can get them at most gem and jewelery shows

> and certainly at Tucson. I may have some around. Try looking at the

> websites for

> Dremel and Fordham tools...

>

> What I'd like to find are some diamond hole drills.

> I have some that are up to about 1/2 inch diameter, but they have a

> rather large kerf.

> I'd like to core some good looking meteorites to get the 20grams for

> the labs and

> not damage the appearance of my meteorites. Bore the hole. Break

> out the core.

> Fill the hole with some filler and paint it. Minimal change to the

> appearance of the

> meteorite - ample sample extracted.

>

> Cheers,

> Nick

>

> At 03:22 PM 7/20/2008, dean bessey wrote:

>>Does anybody know of a good type of drill to drill small holes

>>through chondrites?

>>Thanks

>>DEAN

>

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