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METEORITE‐SECTIONING EQUIPMENT AT THE INSTITUTE OF METEORITICS
Author(s) -
LAPAZ LINCOLN
Publication year - 1953
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1953.tb01306.x
Subject(s) - meteorite , siderite , geology , mineralogy , astrobiology , physics , pyrite
Illustrated descriptions are given of the power saws used at the Institute of Meteoritics of the University of New Mexico for sectioning meteorites. Details of construction and performance, and photographs of sections cut from the 590‐lb. core of the Lake Murray, Oklahoma, siderite with this equipment, are included.