46 replies to this topic

[Dick Lipke]

Thank you!The photos and written description make it very
clear on the many differences on fusion crust.
Your knowledge will be a great help and benefit to "Space Rocks".

Dick

[megrez1]

I found a copy of "find a falling star" on ebay for $15.

[PhilCo126]

Meanwhile the monthly magazine Astronomy Now May 2010 issue has a "special" on Meteorites:
http://www.astronomy...meteorites.html Astronomy Now

[PhilCo126]

Nobody mentioned this book so far:

The Meteorite & Tektite Collector's Handbook
Subtitled 'A Practical Guide to Their Acquisition, Preservation and Display'.
by Philip Bagnall

[PhilCo126]

Just heard from Kevin Kichinka that he has less than 50 copies left of the well-illustrated "The Art of Collecting Meteorites" ...

Another well-illustrated book:
METEORITES, Their Impact on Science and History
Edited by Brigitte Zanda & Monica Rotaru
Book has a nice historic overview of meteorite falls (Ensisheim 1492, Lucé 1777, Siena 1794, L'Aigle 1803,...) and chapters on paleontological facts, mineralogy, isotopic analysis and classification of meteorites.
ISBN 0-521-79940-6

[zagami]

Thanks for posting that book info. I have the book from a while ago, but only recently acquired a crusted slice of Lucé. Now I need to go back and read about it. I like it when a text reference breaths new life into a specimen.

I bet it would have helped in my article about Lucé:

http://www.meteorite...retion_Desk.htm

[PhilCo126]

http://www.meteorite...orite-books.htm

[zagami]

Exhibition catalog: The Solar System From the Origin of All Things to the Beginning of Life

http://www.e-pages.dk/ku/127/1

[PhilCo126]

Photo of two excellent booklets:

the well known " Art of collecting meteorites " by Kevin Kichinka with chapters on planning a collection, meteorite hunting expeditions and a historical timeline with meteorite events...

a German language softcover " Meteorite - Boten aus dem Weltall " (Meteorites - Messengers from Space) with excellent color photos of meteorites and color photos of craters all over the world, especially interesting old photos of the Hoba meteorite in Namibia

[PhilCo126]

Some French language books on Météorites in France;
http://www.meteoritica.com/books.htm

[PhilCo126]

Just wrote a review on Amazon for the photographic coffee-table sized book:
Sites of Impact - Meteorite craters around the world

Also check: http://marquandbooks...t_e-vite_v2.jpg

[csa/montana]

Thanks for the links, Phil!

[PhilCo126]

It's certainly worth to find & buy a copie of this excellent book:
The History of Meteoritics and Key Meteorite Collections:
Fireballs, Falls and Finds
by McCall Bowden Howarth

[PhilCo126]

Space Rocks of the Lunar kind, some books;

1969 – Geologic setting of the Lunar Samples Returned by Apollo XI
Eugene Shoemaker

1970 – Lunar Rocks
Brian Harold Mason

1970 – Moon rocks
Henry S. F. Cooper

1971- Moon rocks and Minerals
Scientific Results of the Study of the Apollo 11 Lunar Samples with Preliminary Date on the Apollo 12 Samples
Alfred Levinson and Ross Taylor

1972 – Apollo Moon rocks
Marcus & Lilian Lanseth

1977 – NASA SP-418 Lunar Sample Studies
Brian Mason et al
http://next.nasa.gov..._1977020109.pdf

1987 – The Geologic History of the Moon
Don E Wilhelms
http://ser.sese.asu.edu/GHM/

1993 – To a Rocky Moon – A Geologist’s History of Lunar Exploration
Don E Wilhelms
http://www.lpi.usra....ooks/rockyMoon/

[PhilCo126]

Great online references:

http://www.woreczko....ef_Catalogs.htm

[PhilCo126]

New “ Meteorite “ books coming up:

The Falling Sky: The Science and History of Meteorites and Why We Should Learn to Love Them
By Ted NIELD

Atlas of Meteorites
By Monica GRADY

[peter scherff]

I loved the British version of Nield's book "Incoming! Or, Why We Should Stop Worrying And Learn To Love The Meteorite" It made me add a sample of Barwell to my wishlist.
Dr. Grady's book sounds as if every meteorite collector will want to have it inthier library. A photo guide to meteorite classifications!

Thanks,

Peter

[jbtaylor]

I have to say that I enjoy meteorite books nearly as much as the meteorites themselves! My newest additions include Space Nomads by Lincoln and Jean LaPaz, Meteorites Messengers from Space and Meteorites of Alberta. Didn't see these listed in the sticky so I thought I would mention them.

[CygnuS]

I see in the current "Astronomy" magazine (June 2012 page 67) they're saying that next month's issue will have a story titled "How to Collect Rocks from Space"

[jbtaylor]

Just wanted to share a new meteorite book title with the group, it's called Meteorites Witnesses of the Origin of the Solar System by Franz Brandstatter, Ludovic Ferriere and Christian Koberl. My copy arrived this week and it is full of stunning photographs and excellent content too. The main emphasis is on the Vienna collection as it was published to mark the reopening of the modernized meteorite hall in Vienna. I highly recommend this new release!

[DanWray]

Recently add to my library:
Henbury Craters & Meteorites, Svend Buhl & Don McColl
Meteorites, 3rd edition, Alain Carion
Rock Star, Adventures of a meteorite Man, Geoffrey Notkin
Meteorite Hunting, Geoffrey Notkin

Dan

[tchandler]

I received a book entitled "The Fallen Sky - An Intimate History of Shooting Stars" by Christopher Cokinos. It's a first person narrative about the explorations in search of meteorites. Looking forward to reading it.

 

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