[Rockhounds] ideal mineral cabinet

[Lawrence Rush]

For anyone interested, Steve's e-mail address is:

SJRPrime at aol.com

He did have a web site, but I can't seem to find it now. An excellent 
mineral cabinet maker, and a collector, too! Some people manage to combine 
the best of all worlds!!

Larry Rush

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nathan Martin" <rocknate at gmail.com>
To: "Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors" 
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Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] ideal mineral cabinet


> Armando,
> A couple of years ago I had Steve Reutlinger (Monadnock Mineral and 
> Display)
> build me a custom mineral cabinet to basic specifications that I laid out.
> The base unit is 41.5" wide x 23" deep x 33" high and had six 36" wide x 
> 20"
> deep full-extension sliding drawers (four 4" tall and two 5" tall).  The
> display unit sits on top of the base and measures 40" wide x 12" deep x 
> 41"
> tall and has four 10" wide glass shelves.  The display is illuminated at 
> the
> top and along each side by halogen lights.
>
> Steve did a wonderful job on the cabinet and I am very pleased with it. 
> The
> full extension drawers are especially useful because they permit you to
> easily see every specimen that you have placed in them.  If it is useful 
> to
> you I can email you my original concept sketches and photos of the 
> finished
> cabinet.
>
> Good luck with your project!
>
> Nate Martin
> Lexington, MA
>
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 9:56 AM, Armando Afonso <armandoafonso at oniduo.pt>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all.
>> I am considering to design a mineral cabinet from scratch, with separate
>> modules of drawers.
>> In the experience of the group, what should be the ideal footprint of the
>> drawers?
>> The height, obviously depends of the max size of the specimens, thank 
>> you.
>> :-)
>>
>>
>
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