[meteorite-list] cleaning Millbillillie ?

[Steve Dunklee]

Yes. So might msg, tsp, Dmso, and white vinegar. depending on a lot of conditions. Anything with HCL or flourine should be avoided, as well as Sulfuric acid.

Steve 
    P.S.  But Don't clean them! they are like coins!


--- On Sun, 11/2/08, mckinney trammell <bigpineartifacts at yahoo.com> wrote:


> From: mckinney trammell <bigpineartifacts at yahoo.com>

> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] cleaning Millbillillie ?

> To: "Alexander Seidel" <gsac at gmx.net>, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com, bobl at peaktopeak.com, "tett" <tett at rogers.com>

> Date: Sunday, November 2, 2008, 7:14 PM

> would oxaclic acid work like is does when removing red clay

> stains form quartz crystals?

> 

> 

> --- On Sun, 11/2/08, tett <tett at rogers.com> wrote:

> 

> > From: tett <tett at rogers.com>

> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] cleaning Millbillillie ?

> > To: "Alexander Seidel" <gsac at gmx.net>,

> meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com, bobl at peaktopeak.com

> > Date: Sunday, November 2, 2008, 5:10 PM

> > I now have a much deeper appreciation for

> Millbillillie.

> > 

> > I will not attempt cleaning and will reflect on the

> > "subtle" beauty these 

> > meteorites have.

> > 

> > Many Thanks!

> > 

> > Mike

> > 

> > 

> > ----- Original Message ----- 

> > From: "Alexander Seidel"

> <gsac at gmx.net>

> > To: "tett" <tett at rogers.com>;

> > <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; 

> > <bobl at peaktopeak.com>

> > Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 11:24 AM

> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] cleaning Millbillillie ?

> > 

> > 

> > >> I agree that there is a special

> characteristic

> > that would be lost if the

> > >> red staining were to be removed from a

> > Millbillillie individual. 

> > >> However,

> > >> it is also great to have meteorites pristine

> with

> > no terrestrial 

> > >> alteration.

> > >> The priciest Millbillillies are those that

> with

> > dark black glassy crusts.

> > >

> > > No, a meteorite like Millbillillie should be

> looked at

> > in a much more 

> > > subtle way!

> > >

> > > It fell in 1960, and was collected no earlier

> than 10

> > years later! Talking 

> > > about

> > > Millbillillie is exciting in many respects, as it

> e.

> > g. displays different 

> > > textures on

> > > cut slices, but talking about exterior surface, I

> > would always prefer a 

> > > piece with

> > > natural (laterite) patina over a piece which was

> > somehow "cleaned" (..if 

> > > this were

> > > possible..) or has only got some more or less

> glossy

> > black crust alone 

> > > rather than

> > > the brownish-reddish surface stains that are so

> very

> > *typical* for this 

> > > meteorite,

> > > and are part of its "character", so to

> > say...!

> > >

> > > You are right insofar as, when we are talking

> about

> > may be fresh Eucrites 

> > > or fresh

> > > Howardites, we are looking and longing for fresh

> > glossy black crust in the 

> > > first place,

> > > as will be the case with e. g. the early

> collected

> > pieces of a historical 

> > > fall like Stannern,

> > > or some rare other finds and falls, but things

> are a

> > quite a bit different 

> > > with a fall like

> > > Millbillillie, even if it occured as late as

> 1960,

> > considered a "fresh" 

> > > fall....

> > >

> > > Well, nothing but my two (Euro-)Cents,

> > > Alex

> > > Berlin/Germany

> > >

> > >

> > > 

> > 

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