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Date: Thu Apr 22 11:48:03 2004 Message-ID: <mailman.14.1082648883.97539.meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com> "Throughout a lifetime of meteorite investigation, Dr. H.H. Nininger has = built up not only a large store of knowledge about meteorites, but a = large file of meteorite pitchures. He has brought these pictures = together in order to illustate the features of meteorites needed to find = new meteorites in the field and to provide interested meteoriticist with = a source of information on meteorite shapes, fusion crusts, pitting and = furrowing,orientation, weathering, sizes and impact effects. Such = information has not been collectd in one source and some has never been = published before"=20 Mark Bostick's comments: Nininger studied surface features of meteorites = for many years and had a display on the topic at the American Meteorite = Musuem in Arizonia. Before Nininger this topic was for the most part = overlooked in meteorite study. This book features literally hundreds of = meteorites photos. From plow marks to weathering. Each photo also has a = Nininger writeup describing the meteorites shape. An example of this as = follows, from page 81 of the book. "Ottawa, Kansas. An amphoterite which = was the only recovery from a fall witnessed in 1896. It shows a = well-developed crust with two breaks and numerous contraction cracks and = incipient pitting. It also shows clear evidence of being a fragment from = a large parental mass." All Nininger books are must reads if possible = (Note: I am Nininger bias..:) The first book of a two book set. Space Rocks and Buffalo Grass=20 by Ellis L. Peck, Softbound, 116 pages, (c) 1979, second print 1987, = Peach Enterprises, Libary of Congress Catalog Card No. : 79-88136 Book Measures: 10 15/16" x 8 3/8" x 5/16" or 212mm x 279mm x 9mm Book Weighs: 378 grams or 13.3 oz.=20 Photos include: Brenham Meteorite whole speciman at the Field Museum of = Natural History, Chicago (page 59), Brenham Meteorite Slice at the = American Museum of Natural History, New York (page 59), Brenham = meteorite specimans found on the alter of an ancient indian burial mound = in Ohio (page 65), Three photos featuring excavating the crater with = Harvey Nininger (pages 88 and 89), Nininger with son and Brenham = meteorites recovered from Crater (page 91), Raising the largest Brenham = speciman in 1949 (page 101), H.O. Stockwell with his 1,000 pound = meteorite he discovered, Two Brenham Meteorites slices at the American = Meteorite Laboratory in Denver, Colorado (page 107), Brenham Meteorite = slice at the Smithsonian Institution (page 108), Brenham Meteorite slice = at the Cranbrook Institute of Sciencesm Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (page = 108). Mark Bostick's comments: All your ever wanted to know about the Brenham = pallasite and more. This book features two stories. The modern story of = the meteorite complete with economical and social impact of the find and = a made up story of a Native tribe when the meteorite fell. Book = interweaves between the two storys. Nicely put together and very well = researched make this a great read. The writers personal knowledge of the = Kansas area bleeds through the pages. Lots of photos and illustrations.=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C1A8A0.9F232980 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT color=3D#ff0000> <P><FONT color=3D#000000>Hello Everybody....</FONT></P> <P><FONT color=3D#000000>I have been slowly...really slow this last two = weeks=20 pushing things for Tuscon...working on a meteorite website I will = someday have=20 up. Meteoritecollection.com.</FONT></P> <P><FONT color=3D#000000>One of the things I have been writing up is = meteorite=20 book reviews. Here is an example of two of them. Thought the = list=20 could use a little change of subject from the flood our boxes have = recieved=20 lately....:-)</FONT></P> <P><FONT color=3D#000000>I plan to have weight, size, key photos = listings, IBSN=20 numbers, dust jacket comments as well as my own. All the = information you=20 always see on books...plus several lines that may be of help.</FONT></P> <P><FONT color=3D#000000>I look foward to seeing Carion's and Norton's = new book=20 and will provide reviews for them shortly after Tuscon. See=20 everybody....okay part of you....in Tuscon next week!</FONT></P> <P><FONT color=3D#000000>Mark Bostick "The Big Collector"</FONT></P> <P><STRONG>Meteorites: A Photographic Study of Surface Features Part 1. = Shapes=20 </STRONG></FONT><FONT color=3D#ff0000></P></FONT><FONT size=3D2> <P><STRONG>(c) 1977 Arizona University. Harvey H. Nininger. 148pgs. = Paperbound,=20 water damaged</STRONG></P> <P><STRONG>From the foreword inside by Carleton B. Moore, Center of = Meteorite=20 Studies:</STRONG></P> <P><STRONG>"Throughout a lifetime of meteorite investigation, Dr. H.H. = Nininger=20 has built up not only a large store of knowledge about meteorites, but a = large=20 file of meteorite pitchures. He has brought these pictures together in = order to=20 illustate the features of meteorites needed to find new meteorites in = the field=20 and to provide interested meteoriticist with a source of information on=20 meteorite shapes, fusion crusts, pitting and furrowing,orientation, = weathering,=20 sizes and impact effects. Such information has not been collectd in one = source=20 and some has never been published before" </STRONG></P> <P><STRONG>Mark Bostick's comments: Nininger studied surface features of = meteorites for many years and had a display on the topic at the American = Meteorite Musuem in Arizonia. Before Nininger this topic was for the = most part=20 overlooked in meteorite study. This book features literally hundreds of=20 meteorites photos. From plow marks to weathering. Each photo also has a = Nininger=20 writeup describing the meteorites shape. An example of this as follows, = from=20 page 81 of the book. "Ottawa, Kansas. An amphoterite which was the only = recovery=20 from a fall witnessed in 1896. It shows a well-developed crust with two = breaks=20 and numerous contraction cracks and incipient pitting. It also shows = clear=20 evidence of being a fragment from a large parental mass." All Nininger = books are=20 must reads if possible (Note: I am Nininger bias..:) The first book of a = two=20 book set.</STRONG></P> <P> </P><FONT color=3D#ff0000> <P><STRONG>Space Rocks and Buffalo Grass </STRONG></FONT><FONT = size=3D2></P> <P><STRONG>by Ellis L. Peck, Softbound, 116 pages, (c) 1979, second = print 1987,=20 Peach Enterprises, Libary of Congress Catalog Card No. : = 79-88136</STRONG></P> <P><STRONG>Book Measures: 10 15/16" x 8 3/8" x 5/16" or 212mm x 279mm x=20 9mm</STRONG></P> <P><STRONG>Book Weighs: 378 grams or 13.3 oz. </STRONG></P> <P><STRONG>Photos include: Brenham Meteorite whole speciman at the Field = Museum=20 of Natural History, Chicago (page 59), Brenham Meteorite Slice at the = American=20 Museum of Natural History, New York (page 59), Brenham meteorite = specimans found=20 on the alter of an ancient indian burial mound in Ohio (page 65), Three = photos=20 featuring excavating the crater with Harvey Nininger (pages 88 and 89), = Nininger=20 with son and Brenham meteorites recovered from Crater (page 91), Raising = the=20 largest Brenham speciman in 1949 (page 101), H.O. Stockwell with his = 1,000 pound=20 meteorite he discovered, Two Brenham Meteorites slices at the American = Meteorite=20 Laboratory in Denver, Colorado (page 107), Brenham Meteorite slice at = the=20 Smithsonian Institution (page 108), Brenham Meteorite slice at the = Cranbrook=20 Institute of Sciencesm Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (page = 108).</STRONG></P> <P><STRONG>Mark Bostick's comments: All your ever wanted to know about = the=20 Brenham pallasite and more. This book features two stories. The modern = story of=20 the meteorite complete with economical and social impact of the find and = a made=20 up story of a Native tribe when the meteorite fell. Book interweaves = between the=20 two storys. Nicely put together and very well researched make this a = great read.=20 The writers personal knowledge of the Kansas area bleeds through the = pages. Lots=20 of photos and illustrations.=20 </STRONG></P></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C1A8A0.9F232980-- Received on Thu 22 Apr 2004 11:36:50 AM PDT |
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