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"METEORITES"
By R. Hutchison and A.
Graham, The Natural History Museum (British Museum), 60 pages, 8 1/4 X 7 5/8,
illustrated with ninety-five photographs, several diagrams, pictorial soft cover. This
excellent book contains a wealth of information about meteorites and their science,
written by two experts from the British Museum in London. Their Catalogue of
Meteorites, 4th Edition, is a classic work on the subject. The color photographs in
Meteorites are exceptional -- subjects include several historical photographs
of localities and personalities along with numerous color, as well as black and white
photos which illustrate examples of most of the different classified types of meteorites.
Since the British Museum houses one of the largest collections of meteorites in the world,
the specimens selected to illustrate this book are first rate! Topics covered by the
authors include the classification and age of meteorites, asteroids, comets, Antarctic
meteorites, micrometeorites, and much more, all written in a simplified and generally easy
to understand format, and of a high scientific caliber. Meteorites is a very
good introductory book to the study of meteorites, with emphasis on their scientific
importance. The illustrations on the cover, shown at the left, are: an aerial view of
Meteor Crater in Arizona, a polished section of the Thiel Mountains, Antarctica pallasite
(left), and a view of one of the Cronstad, South Africa stones from the meteorite shower
of 1877 (right). First published in 1992 in England, this 1993 printing is by the Sterling
Publishing Company, NY.
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"METEORITES AND THEIR PARENT PLANETS"
- First Edition
By
Harry Y. McSween, Jr., 256 pages, 6 X 9 1/2", illustrated, hard cover.
"Meteorites and Their Parent Planets" provides a comprehensive, very readable
and easy to understand introduction to the study of meteorites and their significance.
Unlike other books on the subject, which merely classify meteorites, this book explores
their origins by tracing meteorites back to their parent bodies -- the sites of various
geologic processes. In this way, the author uses his subject as a key to unlocking the
secrets of orbiting worlds, such as asteroids, planets, and the Moon, all from which
meteorites are thought to originate. Special emphasis is placed upon the chondrites,
achondrites, iron, and stony-iron meteorites. A short appendix of minerals found in
meteorites is incuded, as well as a fairly comprehensive 8-page glossary of terms relative
to understanding all phases of the study of meteorites, their composition, and their
origins. Included are 30 halftones, 1 color plate, 2 tables, 66 line diagrams. Published
by the Cambridge University Press, 1987.
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"METEORITES AND THEIR PARENT PLANETS"
– Second Edition
By: Harry Y. McSween, Jr.
310 pages, 9 1/4" X 6", soft cover, with numerous tables and
charts, diagrams, and excellent black & white photographs of
meteorites found in all parts of the world. This excellent book is a
highly readable, well synthesized introduction to the field of meteoritics,
and the broader study of the formation and evolution of the solar system.
The book describes the nature of meteorites, where they come from, and how
they arrive on Earth. Meteorites offer important insights into processes
in stars and in interstellar regions, the birth of our solar system, the
formation and evolution of planets and smaller bodies, and the origin of
life. The first edition of "METEORITES AND THEIR PARENT PLANETS"
was immensely popular with meteorite collectors, scientists, and science
students in many fields, as well as amateur astronomers. In this second
edition, all of the illustrations have been updated and improved, many
sections have been expanded and modified based upon discoveries in the
last decade, and a new chapter on the importance of meteorites has been
added. Everyone with an interest in meteorites will want to have a copy of
this book for his/her reference library. Chapters are devoted to:
- Introduction to Meteorites.
- Chondrites and Chondrite Parent Bodies.
- Achondrites and Achondrite Parent Bodies.
- Iron and Stony-Iron Meteorites and their Parent
Bodies.
A Space Odyssey: Asteroids, etc.
The Importance of Meteorites: Some Examples.
Appendix of Minerals Identified in Meteorites.
Glossary (very comprehensive, with 11 pages of
pertinent definitions).
In addition, a very complete Index (12 pages!)
follows the Glossary. Harry Y. McSween, Jr.
is a professor and former head of the Department of Geological Sciences at
the University of Tennessee, and is also a past president of the
Meteoritical Society. Published by Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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NEW
“Meteorites, Ice, and Antarctica -- A Personal Account”
by William A. Cassidy, University of
Pittsburgh, 364 pages, 9 1/4” X 6 1/4”, hardback. ISBN-10: 0521258723 Bill
Cassidy led meteorite recovery expeditions in the Antarctic for fifteen
years and his searches have resulted in the collection of thousands of
meteorite specimens from the ice. This personal account of his field
experiences on the U.S. Antarctic Search for Meteorites Project reveals the
influence the work has had on our understanding of the Moon, Mars and the
asteroid belt. Cassidy describes the hardships and dangers of field work in
a hostile environment, as well as the appreciation he developed for its
beauty. William Cassidy is Emeritus Professor of Geology and Planetary
Science at the University of Pittsburgh. He initiated the U.S. Antarctic
Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) project and led meteorite recovery
expeditions in Antarctica in 1976. His name is found attached to a mineral (Cassidyite),
on the map of Antarctica (Cassidy Glacier), and in the Catalog of Asteroids
(3382 Cassidy). Profiled in "American Men of Science," and "Who's Who in
America," he is also a recipient of The Antarctic Service Medal from the
United States and has published widely in Science, Meteoritics and Planetary
Science, and The Journal of Geophysical Research. Contents Part I. Setting
the Stage: 1. Antarctica and the National Science Foundation; 2. How the
project began; 3. The first three years; 4. Later years of the ANSMET
Program; 5. Alone (or in small groups). Part II. ANSMET Pays Off: Field
Results and Their Consequences; 6. Mars on the ice; 7. Meteorites from the
Moon; 8. How, and where in the Solar System?; Part III. Has It Been
Worthwhile?: 9. Evaluating the collection - and speculating on its
significance; 10. Meteorite stranding surfaces and the ice sheet; 11. The
future: what is, is; but what will be, might not. Cambridge University
Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2003.
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