Download or read book Guide to the Us Collection of Antarctic Meteorites 1976-1988 (Everything You Wanted to Know about the Meteorite Collection). Antarctic Meteorite Newsl written by National Aeronautics and Space Adm Nasa and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-11-17 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The state of the collection of Antarctic Meteorites is summarized. This guide is intended to assist investigators plan their meteorite research and select and request samples. Useful information is presented for all classified meteorites from 1976 to 1988 collections, as of Sept. 1989. The meteorite collection has grown over 13 years to include 4264 samples of which 2754 have been classified. Most of the unclassified meteorites are ordinary chondrites because the collections have been culled for specimens of special petrologic type. The guide consists of two large classification tables. They are preceded by a list of sample locations and important notes to make the tables understandable. Score, Roberta and Lindstrom, Marilyn M. Johnson Space Center ANTARCTIC REGIONS; METEORITES; CLASSIFICATIONS; PETROLOGY...