[meteorite-list] "Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites" - Two Thumbs Up!

[Ruben Garcia]

Hey Geoff, 
I want an autographed copy too! How did you get to be first in that line and how come you didn't tell me? I thought we were friends.......


Ruben Garcia
Phoenix, Arizona
http://www.mr-meteorite.com
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=meteorfright&p=v


--- On Wed, 7/23/08, Notkin <geoking at notkin.net> wrote:


> From: Notkin <geoking at notkin.net>

> Subject: [meteorite-list] "Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites" - Two Thumbs Up!

> To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>

> Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 12:36 PM

> Dear Listees:

> 

> Greetings all. I know Richard Norton and Lawrence

> Chitwood's new book  

> "Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites" has

> already been discussed  

> here, but I just received my copy -- mine is signed,

> aren't you  

> jealous  : ) -- and it's such a terrific work I wanted

> to comment  

> personally.

> 

> This beautifully produced 288-page full color book is an

> absolute must  

> for all meteorite enthusiasts, and completes a great

> trilogy on our  

> favorite subject, alongside the Nortons' other two

> essential works:  

> "Rocks from Space," and "The Cambridge

> Encyclopedia of Meteorites."

> 

> Congratulations to Richard, and the late Lawrence Chitwood,

> and also  

> to M-List member Dorothy Norton who was very involved with

> the work  

> herself, contributing excellent scientific illustrations

> throughout,  

> as well as editing and research. Dorothy just told me this

> morning  

> that the initial printing has already sold out (!) so if

> you need a  

> first edition snap it up quick wherever you can find it.

> 

> On a personal note, I was thrilled by the invitation to

> contribute, in  

> a very small way, to this important work by supplying

> meteorite  

> photographs of specimens from the Oscar Monnig Collection,

> The Michael  

> Farmer Meteorites Collection, and the Aerolite Meteorites

> Collection.  

> Several other List members also contributed photos, and

> you'll enjoy  

> seeing a number of familiar meteorite hunters faces in the

> "In The  

> Field" chapter. Special thanks to my pal Sonny Clary

> who took a  

> stellar photo of Steve Arnold #1 and myself at Brenham,

> which was also  

> included in the book.

> 

> If you haven't seen the "Field Guide to Meteors

> and Meteorites" yet,  

> order it ASAP. A real beauty!

> 

> 

> With best wishes,

> 

> Geoff N.

> 

> www.aerolite.org

> www.campometeorites.com

> 

> We DIG Space Rocks™

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