“A COLOR ATLAS OF METEORITES IN THIN  SECTION”
By Dante S. Lauretta and Marvin Killgore, 301 pages, 10 X 7 1/4”, cloth binding.  Included are 414 color photographs and 11 line diagrams. This is the first photographic survey of meteorites in thin sections.  Nearly every known stony meteorite type is included.  The book is organized by classification and sub-type, from primitive chondrites LL3.0, to planetary achondrites.  The first section of the book is dedicated to the ordinary chondrites, followed by the enstatite, carbonaceous, K, and R chondrite classes.  The next two sections of the book cover primitive and evolved achondrites.  A data block is presented with each meteorite that gives its name, the locality from which it originated, its classification, shock and weathering grades if known, and the source of the thin section photographed.  Each classification is presented in six views.  The first two are overviews (10mm - 25mm) in cross-polarized and plane-polarized light, followed by four low magnification views with plane-polarized, cross-polarized, reflected-light and BSE (Back Scattered Electron) images.  Assumes the reader has a basic knowledge of thin sections and meteorite science.  Although each chapter gives the encapsulation of the grouping of the type, a brief description of each of the meteorites chosen to represent the classification is given with brief notations and comments on the selected photographs. “A Color Atlas of Meteorites in Thin Section” is a comprehensive reference for anyone interested in meteorites, mineralogy, or petrology.   Published by the Golden Retriever Press, and Southwest Meteorite Press, Arizona, April 2005.
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Price:  $98.00

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THE ART OF COLLECTING METEORITES, By Kevin Kichinka, 8 1/2” X 5 1/2”, 219 pages, illustrated with line drawings, several B & W plus numerous color photos, soft cover.  This is the first book dedicated solely to the theory and methodology of collecting meteorites. The hobby’s evolution is covered from its earliest beginnings among the “rich, royal or religious” to the advent of the internet, with more than 100 meteorite dealers advertising, worldwide.  The author’s strategies on how to purchase highest-quality specimens at the most favorable prices are clearly outlined, and a new tool for price determination is introduced. This guide offers advice on care and first aid for your specimens, compares the materials involving their display and affecting their preservation, and suggests an integrated system for cataloguing holdings.  Select contributions by the author to the acclaimed quarterly “Meteorite!” magazine are reprinted, including the reports of his expeditions to discover Bolivia’s first authenticated meteorite.  The “Timeline of Historical Meteoritical Events” chapter transports the reader on a breathtaking ride through history that will fire the imagination and enhance the knowledge of every researcher, dealer and collector.  “The Art of Collecting Meteorites” offers the author’s unvarnished observations to help the collector understand and harness the forces driving the marketing of these visitors from space.  Published by Bookmasters, 2005.
Shipping weight: 2 pounds
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Price:  $21.95

This Fifth Edition of the Catalogue of Meteorites is THE major reference volume for everyone interested in meteorites: professional scientists, meteoriticists, collectors, dealers and academic libraries. Monica M. Grady is the head of the Petrology and Meteoritics Division in the Department of Mineralogy at The Natural History Museum (NHM), London. Published by the Cambridge University Press, London, 2000.
Shipping weight: 6 pounds
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Price: $260.

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THE HANDBOOK OF COLORADO METEORITES, By Matthew L. Morgan, Colorado Geological Survey, 8 1/2” X 5 1/2”, 40 pages, illustrated with tables, line drawings, several B & W plus numerous color photos of meteorite specimens, soft cover.  The purpose of this book is to describe the general features of meteorites, and to list those that have been found in the State of Colorado.  The first chapter covers classification of meteorites.  The author presents the data in table format, breaking down the basic meteorite groups and explaining the classification guidelines in detail.   Chapter 2 includes data on how to recognize meteorites, with a short summary of external and internal features of specimens to look for, in the field search for meteorite specimens.  A summary of important characteristics of meteorites is included.  The third chapter contains updated listings of all Colorado meteorites as of 1999, and includes a two page map of the state showing the location of each find / fall.  A three page glossary of meteorite related terms is included.  All copies are autographed by the author.  This is Special Publication #49, Colorado Geological Survey, Division of Minerals & Geology, Dept. of Natural Resources, Denver, Colorado, published in 2000.
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Order Item:  BK5017
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METEORITES – SECOND EDITION, By Dr. Alain Carion, University of Paris, 9 1/2” X 6 1/4”, 36 pages, illustrated with line drawings, tables, B & W photos, soft cover.  Translated from the French by Anne Black, Impactika.  This excellent quality, soft cover booklet contains an amazing amount of basic information for the collector.  Topics covered include historical background of early finds of meteorites dating to as early as 3200 B.C., origin of meteorites, classification, information about fakes and pseudo-meteorites, the age of meteorites, and the effects and consequences of impacts.  Special condensed reports cover selected impact sites, lunar meteorites, tektites, the disappearance of the dinosaurs, and the origin of life.  The front cover of the book has a color photograph of an attractive specimen of the Class IIB meteorite which fell at Sikhote-Alin, Russia on February 12, 1947.  An exceptional aerial color photograph of Meteor Crater, Arizona, blanketed with a winter snow fall, is featured on the back cover (see the second illustration at the left).
Published by the author, and printed in France.
Shipping weight: 1 pound
Order Item: BK5019
Price:  $12.00