On the Trail of Stardust: The Guide to Finding Micrometeorites: Tools, Techniques, and Identification

This is a beautiful little book, full of amazing photos of all different types of micrometeorites and micrometeor-wrongs. You'll want to study all these photos before putting your gathered material under a microscope. I also appreciated the suggestions for how to document and track your samples, i.e. give each one a unique number/code and use a spreadsheet to hold all the particulars. I've been using plastic sandwich bags to hold my raw material, using a sharpie to mark the tracking number on the bag. On eBay I found reasonably priced graduated sieves, so I got 20 mesh (0.9 mm), 40 mesh (0.45 mm), and 80 mesh (0.2 mm) sieves. It is a lot easier to look at material that has been sorted by size vs. mixed sizes. I am probably going to get a 50 mesh sieve as well.

Be careful reading this book as it will instantly transform you into an enthusiastic micrometeorite hunter! Seriously, Jon supplies all the groundwork necessary for this enigmatic hobby with superb images and a more than adequate guide to equip one to discern terrestrials from the real thing and the logistics on how to manage your collection!

Makes you think! Arrived well packaged as described, functions as intended!

Good book, just what I wanted.

The author does a stupendous job in addressing the clear steps of basic scientific principles for gathering micro meteorites.Will be using his book to teach a class of teenage kids to get them excited about basic research, documentation and outer space.

If you are searching for micro meteorites, this book will be of great value.

If I were younger and more independent I would be doing this. This book shows how to collect particles of interplanetary matter on city roofs (and other places). On my paperwhite the pictures are B/W but I also borrowed the dead tree version from the library. If you are serious about the hobby splurge for the paper book...you need to buy a neodymium magnet, filters and a binocular microscope anyway. If you are just interested the Kindle version will be good enough...most meteorites are dark olive-green, beer=bottle-brown or gray-to-black so you get a good idea of the appearance.

The item arrived better than advertised. Promptly and well shipped. This seller is recommended. Thank you.

Fast delivery and given the usual quality of US books very pleasantly surprised by the very nice paper, clear printing and good binding of this volume.

This is a clear and direct guide to collecting micrometeorites. The best part is the exceptional set of photographs that identify the micrometeorites and all of the other particles that you may collect in the process.

Wow, Congratulations Jon Larsen.Stupendo libro. Se stai cercando micrometeoriti, questo libro sarà di grande aiuto.Consiglio 100%

Will man Meteoriten finden, muss mn dieses Buch lesen.