Rocks From Space - Table of Contents
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Introduction
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1
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Part I: Falls, Finds, and Craters
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1. Shooting Stars, Meteor Showers, and Fireballs
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7
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2. Rocks from Space? Impossible!
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33
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3. Effects of a Falling Meteoroid
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43
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4. Tracking Fallen Meteorites
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55
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5. Meteorite Showers
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69
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6. Two Great Siberian Meteorite Falls
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89
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7. America's Great Meteorite Crater
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111
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8. Earth is a Cratered World
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131
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Part II: What is a Meteorite?
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9. How to Recognize a Meteorite
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157
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10. Chondrites - The Common Stony Meteorites
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175
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11. Achondrites - The Crusts of Planets
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201
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12. Iron Meteorites - The Cores of Planets
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215
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13. Stony-Iron Meteorites - The Mantles of Planets
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235
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Part III: Meteorite Hunters
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14. The Great Meteorites - Their Discovery and Recovery
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245
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15. Harvey Harlow Nininger, Meteorite Hunter
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267
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16. Robert A. Haag, the "Meteorite Man"
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289
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17. Hunting for Meteorites
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307
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Part IV: Origins
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18. Asteroids - "Parents" of the Meteorites
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327
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19. Searching for Meteorites' Lost "Parents"
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345
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20. When Worlds Collide
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371
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Epilogue
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407
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Appendix A. Meteorite Verification Laboratories
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408
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Appendix B. Commercial Meteorite Dealers
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409
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Appendix C. Selected List of Suspected Impact Craters Worldwide
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411
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Appendix D. Etching an Iron Meteorite
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415
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Appendix E. Testing a Meteorite for Nickel
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417
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Appendix F. The Chemical Classification of Iron Meteorites
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419
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Glossary
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421
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References
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431
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Index - General
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437
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Index - Meteorites
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443
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