Meteorite Hunting: How To Find Treasure From Space

Meteorite Hunting: How To Find Treasure From Space

• 100 pages
• Full color
• 100 original photographs and illustrations
• 9" x 12"

Meteorite Hunting: How To Find Treasure From Space is the definitive guide to recovering meteorites, written by one of the best-known personalities in the field and co-host of Science Channel's hit television series Meteorite Men. It includes detailed information on how to locate, excavate, and identify rocks from space, and is filled with insider information from an internationally recognized meteorite specialist. Meteorite Hunting is packed with scores of never-before-seen photos, including behind-the-scenes pictures from Season One and Season Two of Meteorite Men. In 16 chapters, Meteorite Hunting compares and explains different hunting strategies, examines strewnfields and craters, and discusses the best field equipment. It also clarifies the importance of research, advises prospective hunters how to go about gaining permission to hunt on private land, describes how meteorites are named and classified, and includes a fully illustrated visual guide to meteorite identification in the lab and in the field.