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Techniques for CollectorsMicromount boxes and supplies for collectors
14th Mar 2009 00:53 UTCMaurizio Dini Expert
I am trying to contact web companies/dealers in USA who sells micromounting acrilic boxes, clay and so on.
I have been told about Shannon's & sons, but I have tried with their email account, which seems to be dismissed.
Any of you who has dealed with Shannon, any uptodate email?
Anyone who can also suggest me more options? I would like to buy and receive the merchandise here in Chile.
thanks for your help
Maurizio Dini
14th Mar 2009 02:53 UTCBill Lechner Expert
Michael Shannon Shannon & Sons Minerals 480-927-1862 shannonsminerals.com
Bill
14th Mar 2009 21:09 UTCJon Mommers
I had exactly the same problems with Shannon and Sons, after numerous emails and attempted phone calls from Australia, I contact Mikon in Germany and had my order here in ten days. Give Mikon a try. I got great service
Cheers
Jon
14th Mar 2009 21:54 UTCMaurizio Dini Expert
good to know.
please send me an email, so we can discuss this a bit, and I can ask you some questions about the company merchandise.
maurj68@hotmail.com
awaiting for your message
Maurizio Dini
Pd; thanks Bill anyhow....
4th Jul 2009 10:36 UTCChristopher Peluso
14th Jul 2009 12:56 UTCVandall Thomas King Manager
15th Jul 2009 14:38 UTCAlan Rice
I highly recommend his site.
31st Dec 2011 18:58 UTCAnna Wilken
Thanks
Anna Wilken
31st Dec 2011 23:51 UTCJoe Mulvey
(You can view it in German if you wish.)
Mikon Mineral Boxes
Happy New Year!
Joe
1st Jan 2012 00:00 UTCJoe Mulvey
Shannon & Son' s Minerals
Mike Shannon, 1013 N Palm., Gilbert, AZ, 85234, USA
michael@shannonsminerals.com
www.shannonsminerals.com
However, I too am a loyal Sauktown customer. Jim Daly is great, responsive, honest and a micrmounter.
Joe
26th Jan 2012 02:27 UTCRoy Wood
Roy
4th Feb 2012 00:35 UTCJonathan Zvonko Levinger Expert
Next is the Althor Products in New York http://www.althor.com/ my source for black paper lining.
And for the black corks I order from Doug Rambo17 N. Avon Drive Claymont, DE 19703 USA
drambo5@yahoo.com
This is good if you want to use the American style box and mounting. Some people prefer the European somewhat larger micro box and do not use the black lining and corks.
cheers to all.
20th May 2012 13:50 UTCMatt Wall
Hope that helps,
Regards,
Matt. =)
24th May 2012 19:54 UTCPatrick Haynes (2) Expert
5th Oct 2014 20:29 UTCDave Lehecka
5th Oct 2014 22:18 UTCDonald B Peck Expert
19th Jun 2015 11:33 UTCRichard Antony Bell
Does anyone know what has happened to Stereo-Optik-Grosch in Dietzenbach, Germany. Have they gone out of business?, they seem to have disappeared.
I would greatly appreciate any information regarding their status
I get a specific micromount box from them and I am now running low, I have found another supplier but they are not very generous with discounts for large orders.
Thanks for your help
Richard
19th Jun 2015 14:31 UTCChristian Auer 🌟 Expert
19th Jun 2015 18:02 UTCRichard Bell
that is unfortunately what I suspected had happened
2nd Dec 2016 17:49 UTCWilliam Moats
After many years of mounting specimens with mineral tack, I'm now remounting my specimens "properly". This task is almost done.
But, I'm nearly out of plastic friction lid boxes to mount additional micro specimens, and thus, I'm looking for a source of boxes. Can anyone still recommend Jim at Saucktown.com? He appears to have reasonable prices on his boxes.
Some sources are asking nearly a $1 USA per box, which in my opinion seems expensive. But I haven't bought boxes for probably more than 10 years so maybe I'm way behind the times as prices go.
I'm looking for the "American style" of boxes, not the type of box that Europeans now normally use. I want to maintain as consistent of a box style as possible with my old mounts.
Thanks,
Will
2nd Dec 2016 21:13 UTCD. Peck
I get my micro boxes from Fred Stohl in NJ. His prices have been reasonable and he ships quickly. His email address is flstohl@yahoo.com
Oh, by the way, I don't think there is anything improper about mounting with tack. I don't do it for a couple or three reasons, but I really do dislike the stuff. It is almost impossible to get it all off a micro specimen and I have found that at least some of it dries out over time. Happy Mounting!
2nd Dec 2016 23:32 UTCWilliam Moats
I should probably say that I didn't mean to indicate that mounting with mineral tack is bad. After all, I did it for years because it was less time consuming, and yet, my specimens were trimmed, placed in a box using tack, and labeled. I grew up old school and so for me mounting the specimens on pedestals and using glue was what I really wanted to do with my collection. It's the way I started out, but jobs and kids and life just got in the way. So tack was it until I retired recently and decided that the mineral tack was going to be removed from my mounts. It taken me nearly a year to remount my specimens.
Of course there are flats of unprocessed specimens in the shed and garage. Thus, the need for more boxes. It will be like going on field trips all over again as I go through these flats.
Like you said, it almost impossible to get all the mineral tack off a specimen. In many cases, the mineral tack on my pieces had harden over the 20 years or so, and was a nightmare to deal with. Usually I could get away with hiding the residual depending on the way the mount went. In some cases, the residual tack shows and there was nothing I could really do about it except live with it. I fortunately did not damage but few pieces, and only totally lost only a couple of pieces trying to remove specimens from tack that had harden.
Does Fred Stohl sell the 1 x 1 x 0.75 or the 7/8 x 7/8 x 0.75 inch boxes in black color? I'm taking it that he doesn't have a web site.
And happy mounting yourself!
3rd Dec 2016 14:13 UTCRobert Rothenberg
Fred sells the 7/8 x 7/8 x 3/4 size in both all black and all clear.
Bob
3rd Dec 2016 17:20 UTCD. Peck
3rd Dec 2016 18:55 UTCBeth Heesacker
https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-12431/Retail-Boxes/Plastic-Boxes-1-x-1-x-1
4th Dec 2016 16:32 UTCWilliam Moats
31st Dec 2017 00:50 UTCDiana Pederson
Thank you in advance.
31st Dec 2017 01:15 UTCReiner Mielke Expert
31st Dec 2017 03:19 UTCWilliam Moats
This web address works for me.
1st Jan 2018 08:36 UTCJoseph Taggart
jim@sauktown.com
4th Jan 2018 22:02 UTCJohannes Swarts
I jusr received 1000 micro boxes from Mikon:
https://www.mikon-online.com
These are the friction lid boxes.
Very nice quality and the price is waaay under what US manufacturers seem to offer.
Best,
Hans
4th Jan 2018 22:12 UTCJohannes Swarts
I should add that shipping took about two weeks - goods arrived undamaged.
Nice thing about these boxes is that the clear parts are (almost) optical grade, meaning you can easily and clearly view the specimen under the 'scope without popping the cover - in case you're looking for that "particular" specimen.
Hans
5th Jan 2018 06:22 UTCCostas Constantinides
9th Jan 2018 01:28 UTCJoseph Taggart
I have recently been talking with Jim Daly of Sauktown Sales. Fred Stohl has been experiencing some health problems, and responsibility for the mold has been passed down to his brother Paul. Jim borrows access to the mold, and has an injection molding company use it to make boxes for him. Currently Jim has a large number of the black bases, and is waiting on the company to send him clear tops. When they do, you will be able to get your favorite boxes from him, at a reasonable price.
I have also called Althor Products. They have plenty of the P-1 clear boxes available, but none of the P-10 or P-13 boxes.
http://althor.com/smaller-square-and-rectangular-boxes-2
They are willing to do a special run for anyone, but require a minimum order of 1000 boxes. Hope this information is useful to everyone.
Joe
9th Jan 2018 16:44 UTCDonald B Peck Expert
And Happy New Year. Thank you for the information. Do you have an email address for Paul Stohl? Do you know whether Fred still has access to his computer? I would like to send him my best wishes. Or if he does not,, do you have a mailing address?
Don
9th Jan 2018 22:34 UTCGary Weinstein
Since I am the one who got Fred's collection and have the info you need, I am chiming in here. I will check with Fred's daughter to see if he has internet and is willing/able to communicate, and will let you know. I have been waiting for Paul to get in touch with the amount the family is looking for for the micro box business and a U collection of crystals from Germany. If anyone out there thinks they might like to purchase the business and keep it going for all collectors please keep in touch. So far the Leidy soc. and the Balt. soc. have discussed it but not taken the leap. Anyone needing some minerals is welcome to help me dig out from the enormous stacks of boxes!!! Help!
Gary
28th Jan 2018 21:26 UTCMark Kucera 🌟
Any update?
I was on the periphery of at least one conversation with the Baltimore MS concerning
Fred Stohl's box mold. Aside from the concerns that Fred isn't well, I don't know that anyone
really knew anything concrete to continue the conversation. I'll drop you an email to your
store address with slightly more background on conversations. Thanks.
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