[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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