[meteorite-list] TS storage

[Ed Deckert]

I love using those little Riker boxes for displaying slices and small 
individuals.  But I would be worried about a TS sliding out and hitting 
something <crash> and breaking when I took the lid off.  Maybe it's just me, 
but I have problems sometimes with snug fitting lids not wanting to play 
nice when I take them off - resulting in a mini wrestling match.  I have 
lost my grip on a box once or twice, and had one specimen get away from me 
(thankfully, no damage resulted.)

Ed Deckert
IMCA #8911

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Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 8:31 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] TS storage



> Hi Leigh Anne,

>

> As someone who is always itching to look at my specimens, I like keeping

> my thin sections in the little standard(~4 1/4 x 3 inch) Riker boxes. One

> can fit 3 standard slides parallel to the short side and another two

> parallel to the long side. They display nicely against the white cotton

> and you can see five all at once.

>

> I'm pretty paranoid about moisture given the high surface to weight ratio

> and keep the Riker mounts stored with dessicant in an airtight container

> when I'm not using them. I wonder what the list members' experience has

> been with both covered and uncovered thin sections?

>

> Cheers,

> Jim Baxter

>

>>

>>

>> I was wondering if anyone could tell me the typical way that thin

>> sections are collected. I know that they are on microscope slides, but

>> do people typically keep those slides in an old microscope slide box, or

>>  drawer of some sort? Is there a protective type case that is typical of

>> thin section collectors? My boyfriend is a custom woodworker, and it

>> trying to figure out a way to build a storage case for these. Thanks in

>> advance,

>> Leigh Anne DelRay

>>

>>

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