[meteorite-list] Book advice

From: Greg Catterton <star_wars_collector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:21:25 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <928219.41796.qm_at_web46409.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

I echo what others have said, you can not go wrong with a book that Richard Norton did.
Its my opinion that his books have been the single most educational item I have purchased concerning meteorites.
Another must have book is

http://catalog.ebay.com/Meteorites-Brigitte-Zanda-Museum-National-DHistoire-Naturelle-France-Museum-National-DHistoire-/1852199?_fifpts=1&_pcatid=4&_refkw=Meteorite+book&_trksid=p3286.c0.m271

and also this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Meteorites-Their-Parent-Planets-Harry-Y-McS-/350302942875?cmd=ViewItem&pt=US_Texbook_Education&hash=item518faeb69b

Greg Catterton
www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com
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--- On Mon, 6/14/10, hxmendoza <hxmendoza at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: hxmendoza <hxmendoza at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Book advice
> To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Date: Monday, June 14, 2010, 10:46 AM
> Hi folks,
>
> Wife and kids want me to pick out a book for Father's Day.
>
> I'm interested in one of these three books:
> 1) Meteorites by Caroline Smith
> 2) Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorite by Norton
> 3) Meteorites: Messengers from space by Fritz Heide ( the
> updated latest edition)
>
> I would like input from listees in which is the best buy
> for info in regard to price and overall usefullness. I
> already have Rocks from Space. Norton's Field Guide seems
> good but expensive. Amazon is sold out at the $26 price but
> there is one available at a nearby Barnes and Noble for
> $39.95. Smith's book too basic? I have Heide's original
> edition, and like it, but have not seen the updated edition
> to know if the updates make it worth buying.
>
> Your input would be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Henry Mendoza
>
>
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Received on Mon 14 Jun 2010 11:21:25 AM PDT