meteorite jewelry

stonecutter1

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Apr 25, 2011
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Shawnee, KS
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Prospecting
I have'nt posted in a while. Back to creating some more meteorite jewelry. My latest is a pair of earrings in 14 kt gold. I carved the donuts out of Gibeon iron and the bezel set gems are Admire pallasite peridot courtesy of Steve Arnold the man who found them.
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Nice. Is there a problem with rust? I know some slabs are treated in different ways like spray lacquer.
I also have heard of paste wax reapplied.
Arnold seems to be gifted for finding these hard to find sky rocks.
 

I consider myself to be a man of taste, and those are really very nice!
 

Not really any issues with rust. I do treat the meteorite after I finish them with a good soak in methanol or denatured alcohol then a coating of oil or trans.fluid for 24hrs then wipe clean. The gibeon is fairly rust resistant anyway, but they do require a little xtra tlc for wear and care.
 

The Admire strewnfield is only about 90 miles from where I live in KC, but the Admire pallasite is one of only 4 or 5 pallasite world wide that they have been able to harvest gem quality (extra-terrestrial) peridot crystals from.
 

I'd like to see some of your work. Working with meteorite has its challenges, feel free to PM me with any questions you might have.
 

Most meteorites are stainless steel with a nickel % of more than a basic man made stainless of 8%.
I remember one guy that sold slabs had rust problems so I got to wondering if he had a meteorite
or a hunk of iron. Could be that he had a lower % of nickel.
Some meteorite finds are rusty and I've heard said that there would be more found except they have
rusted away. I see by the %, chromium is fairly rare to only a trace %. A nickel chromium with a high %
of both would make an almost indestructible meteorite.
 

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