Meteorites. Is it starting the Era of Micromounts?
Micromounting is the study and collection of mineral specimens that require magnification to be appreciated (from .www.baltimoremineralsociety.org/micromounting.html).
Very nice to me: “The Rules of Micromounting”.
Rule number one is, “there are no rule”. Most micromounters try to produce neat, clean specimens carefully mounted so that the cork and glue underneath do not show, but some collectors stick their specimens in boxes with stickum or even hot glue. Some collectors use various size boxes and some use only one size. Come collectors photograph every specimen and catalog it carefully in a data base and double entry card catalog. Others hardly keep records at all. It just fun. Do it your way.
I think that this is happening for micrometeorites.
Micromounting is the study and collection of mineral specimens that require magnification to be appreciated (from .www.baltimoremineralsociety.org/micromounting.html).
Very nice to me: “The Rules of Micromounting”.
Rule number one is, “there are no rule”. Most micromounters try to produce neat, clean specimens carefully mounted so that the cork and glue underneath do not show, but some collectors stick their specimens in boxes with stickum or even hot glue. Some collectors use various size boxes and some use only one size. Come collectors photograph every specimen and catalog it carefully in a data base and double entry card catalog. Others hardly keep records at all. It just fun. Do it your way.
I think that this is happening for micrometeorites.
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I just began collecting potential micrometeorites some years ago. I usually collect particles like these, with or without a magnet. Dimensions range from 100 microns to 1 - 2 mm.
I suppose they are micrometeorites, according to the description in literature.
But also human activity can be considered as the source of spherical particles that were often classified as micrometeorites. So to make conclusions about the cosmic origin of each individual spherical particle probably one need to perform much more complicated analysis.
See also micrometeorites.weebly.com and G. Bettini, “Astrophysics at Home. Micrometeorites”, http://vixra.org/abs/1102.0022
I suppose they are micrometeorites, according to the description in literature.
But also human activity can be considered as the source of spherical particles that were often classified as micrometeorites. So to make conclusions about the cosmic origin of each individual spherical particle probably one need to perform much more complicated analysis.
See also micrometeorites.weebly.com and G. Bettini, “Astrophysics at Home. Micrometeorites”, http://vixra.org/abs/1102.0022
Micrometeorites (?). Mainly iron.
0,5-0,9 mm
Micrometeorites (?). Non iron.
0,4-1,5 mm
Micrometeorites (?). Aesthetic classification.
Here an aesthetic classification.
Row 1: vitreous.
Row 2: iron.
Row 3: metallic nugget.
Row 4: colors.
Row 1: vitreous.
Row 2: iron.
Row 3: metallic nugget.
Row 4: colors.
Micrometeorites (?).Beautiful!
top: 1,2 mm
bottom: 0,5 mm
bottom: 0,5 mm