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In article <93011174@sloth.bc.ca>, chris@sloth.bc.ca (Chris Brougham) writes...
>Hi,
> 
>Thanks to those who took the time to respond to my query on the
>Planetary Society.
> 
>I recently became interested in the study of meteorites; however, I 
>found that my local library only has two texts, written in the 
>1960's, on the subject. Indeed, one proposed that tektites were from 
>the lunar surface. I would like a recommendation on an up-to-date
>text on meteorites - one that discusses SNC's and the latest theories
>on tektites etc. 
> 
>That's for my scholarly side.
> 
>For my fun side ...
> 
>Are there any good books on how to find meteorites in the "wild" as
>well as nifty collecting and trading strategies? :-) I read one review
>in S&T a while back which was panned by the reviewer, Robert Haag,
>(Meteorite and Tektite Collectors Handbook by Phillip Bagnall), maybe
>other folks have read this book and found it OK?
> 
> 
> 
> 
>---
>chris brougham
>chris@sloth.bc.ca

This is not really a text on the subject, but it might help anyway...

My high school astronomy professor would go out the next day after 
a meteor shower to frozen lakes in the area and look for meteorites
and he actually had a couple. Of course, this only works in the winter
in cold climates...

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