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Field guide to meteors and meteorites
Norton, O. Richard.
Adult Nonfiction QB741 .N67 2008
Norton, O. Richard.
Adult Nonfiction QB741 .N67 2008
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| Contents | Page |
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| Preface-A Personal Note | p. vii |
| Acknowledgements | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Part I - Ancient Fragments of the Solar System | |
| 1 - Interplanetary Dust and Meteors | p. 5 |
| Interplanetary Dust Particles (IDPs) | p. 6 |
| Lifetime of IDPs | p. 6 |
| The Zodiacal Light | p. 7 |
| Photographing the Zodiacal Light | p. 8 |
| Collecting IDPs-No Job for an Amateur | p. 9 |
| Physical Properties of IDPs | p. 10 |
| Deep Sea IDPs | p. 11 |
| Collecting IDPs in Space-The Stardust Mission | p. 12 |
| Meteors | p. 14 |
| Sporadic Meteors | p. 15 |
| Meteor Showers | p. 16 |
| Early Radio Observations of Meteor Showers | p. 18 |
| Meteor Outbursts and Meteor Storms | p. 19 |
| The Great Leonid Meteor Storms | p. 20 |
| Techniques of Observing and Photographing Meteors | p. 20 |
| References and Useful Web Sites | p. 22 |
| 2 - Meteorites: Fragments of Asteroids | p. 23 |
| Asteroids in History | p. 23 |
| Main Asteroid Belt | p. 24 |
| Asteroids and the Titius-Bode Rule | p. 24 |
| Discovery of the First Asteroids | p. 25 |
| Cataloging and Naming New Asteroids | p. 27 |
| From Asteroid Belt to Earth | p. 27 |
| Near-Earth Objects | p. 28 |
| Trojan Asteroids | p. 29 |
| An Important Job for Dedicated Amateur Astronomers | p. 29 |
| The Five Major NEO Surveys | p. 30 |
| Comparing Asteroids with Meteorites | p. 30 |
| 4 Vesta | p. 33 |
| 1 Ceres | p. 34 |
| Asteroid Close Encounters | p. 35 |
| 253 Mathilde | p. 36 |
| 433 Eros | p. 36 |
| Hayabusa | p. 38 |
| The Dawn Mission to 4 Vesta and 1 Ceres | p. 40 |
| Manned Missions | p. 40 |
| References and Useful Web Sites | p. 41 |
| 3 - Meteoroids to Meteorites: Lessons in Survival | p. 43 |
| Atmospheric Entry | p. 43 |
| Fireballs | p. 44 |
| Light, Sound and Heat | p. 44 |
| Ablation | p. 45 |
| Brecciated Meteorites and Multiple Falls | p. 48 |
| The Strewn Field | p. 52 |
| Meteorite Surface Features | p. 53 |
| The Primary Fusion Crust | p. 53 |
| The Secondary Fusion Crust | p. 58 |
| Angularity of Stones | p. 58 |
| Regmaglypts, Flow Features and Oriented Meteorites | p. 58 |
| The Big Ones | p. 65 |
| Weathering of Meteorites | p. 68 |
| Mechanical Weathering | p. 68 |
| Chemical Weathering | p. 68 |
| References and Useful Web Sites | p. 70 |
| Magazines | p. 71 |
| Useful web sites with information | p. 71 |
| Part II - The Family of Meteorites | |
| 4 - The Chondrites | p. 75 |
| Primary Minerals in Chondritic Stony Meteorites | p. 76 |
| Olivine | p. 77 |
| Pyroxenes | p. 77 |
| Iron-Nickel Minerals | p. 77 |
| Accessory Minerals | p. 78 |
| Troilite | p. 78 |
| Iron Oxide | p. 78 |
| Plagioclase Feldspar | p. 78 |
| Elemental Abundances in Chondritic Meteorites | p. 78 |
| Chemical Types of Ordinary Chondrites | p. 78 |
| Petrographic Types of Ordinary Chondrites | p. 81 |
| Ordinary Chondrites | p. 84 |
| Enstatite Chondrites | p. 86 |
| R Chondrites | p. 88 |
| Carbonaceous Chondrites | p. 90 |
| A Chondrule Gallery | p. 106 |
| 5 - Primitive and Differentiated Meteorites: Asteroidal Achondrites | p. 113 |
| Differentiation | p. 114 |
| Achondrites | p. 115 |
| Primitive Achondrites | p. 116 |
| Asteroidal Achondrites | p. 120 |
| 6 - Differentiated Meteorites: Planetary and Lunar Achondrites | p. 135 |
| Martian SNC group | p. 136 |
| ALH 84001 | p. 142 |
| Lunar Achondrites | p. 144 |
| Useful Web Sites | p. 145 |
| 7 - Differentiated Meteorites: The Irons | p. 149 |
| Alloys of Iron-nickel Meteorites | p. 149 |
| Chemical Classification of Iron Meteorites | p. 151 |
| IAB Group | p. 151 |
| IC Group | p. 151 |
| IIAB Group | p. 152 |
| IIC Group | p. 152 |
| IID Group | p. 152 |
| IIE Group | p. 152 |
| IIF Group | p. 152 |
| IIG Group | p. 152 |
| IIIAB Group | p. 153 |
| IIICD Group | p. 153 |
| IIIE Group | p. 153 |
| IIIF Group | p. 153 |
| IVA Group | p. 153 |
| IVB Group | p. 154 |
| Ungrouped Irons or IRUNGR | p. 154 |
| Hexahedrites | p. 154 |
| Octahedrites | p. 156 |
| Ataxites | p. 162 |
| Silicated Irons | p. 164 |
| 8 - Differentiated Meteorites: Stony-Irons | p. 167 |
| Pallasites | p. 168 |
| Main Group Pallasites | p. 168 |
| Eagle Station Pallasites | p. 169 |
| The Pyroxene Pallasites | p. 169 |
| Mesosiderites | p. 172 |
| 9 - A Gallery of Meteorwrongs | p. 175 |
| Part III - Collecting and Analyzing Meteorites | |
| 10 - In the Field | p. 183 |
| What Should you Look for? | p. 189 |
| Hunting with Metal Detectors | p. 192 |
| What are your Meteorites Worth? | p. 195 |
| Is Collecting Meteorites Legal? | p. 196 |
| Final Thoughts | p. 197 |
| Useful Web Sites | p. 198 |
| Information on Antarctic meteorites | p. 198 |
| Information on old falls and finds | p. 199 |
| Information on meteorite law | p. 199 |
| Information on metal detectors and hunting | p. 199 |
| References | p. 199 |
| 11 - From Hand Lens to Microscope | p. 201 |
| Using the Petrographic Microscope | p. 201 |
| What Is a Thin Section? | p. 202 |
| What Are Interference Colors? | p. 203 |
| Make Your Own Simple Petrographic Microscope | p. 205 |
| How to Adjust and Use the Petrographic Microscope | p. 206 |
| Light Source, Brightness, and Blue Filter | p. 207 |
| Iris Diaphragm and Conoscopic Lens | p. 207 |
| Polarizing Filters | p. 208 |
| Rotating Stage | p. 208 |
| Bertrand Lens | p. 208 |
| Focus Controls | p. 208 |
| Objectives and Eyepieces | p. 208 |
| Mechanical Stage | p. 209 |
| Centering Screws | p. 209 |
| Trinocular Head | p. 209 |
| Care and Cleaning | p. 209 |
| Measuring the Size of Objects in Thin Sections | p. 210 |
| Using Reflected Light and Transmitted Light | p. 212 |
| Examining Meteorites in Thin Section | p. 214 |
| Identifying the Building Blocks of Meteorites | p. 214 |
| Classifying Your Chondrite | p. 222 |
| Textures-Their Look and Meaning | p. 223 |
| The Look of Shock-Textures and Stages | p. 229 |
| Weathering-The Enemy of Meteorites | p. 229 |
| Photographing Thin Sections | p. 231 |
| Macro (Close-Up) Photography | p. 233 |
| Photography Through the Microscope | p. 234 |
| Useful Web Sites | p. 237 |
| References | p. 237 |
| Appendices | |
| 1 - Minerals in Meteorites | p. 239 |
| 2 - Petrographic Types | p. 247 |
| 3 - Useful Tests | p. 249 |
| 4 - Etching Iron Meteorites | p. 255 |
| 5 - Unit Conversions | p. 259 |
| 6 - Composition Percentages | p. 261 |
| 7 - Equipment, Storage, and Display | p. 263 |
| Glossary | p. 267 |
| Meteorite Index | p. 281 |
| General Index | p. 285 |
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