Hello All,
Just wanted to inform the subscribers of this Met-List, that Alan Rubin and Chi
Ma have written a book called "Meteorite Mineralogy", just published by
Cambridge University Press as part of its Planetary Science Series. I think the
readers on this List will find it of interest. It is widely available, as well
as, on Amazon.
Bob V.
Meteorite Mineralogy
(Cambridge Planetary Science, Series Number 26)
New Edition
by Alan E. Rubin (Author), Chi Ma (Author)
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Meteorites are fascinating cosmic visitors. Using accessible language, this
book documents the history of mineralogy and meteorite research, summarizes the
mineralogical characteristics of the myriad varieties of meteorites, and
explains the mineralogical characteristics of Solar System bodies visited by
spacecraft. Some of these bodies contain minerals that do not occur naturally
on Earth or in meteorites. The book explains how to recognize different phases
under the microscope and in back-scattered electron images. It summarizes the
major ways in which meteoritic minerals form – from condensation in the
expanding atmospheres of dying stars to crystallization in deep-seated magmas,
from flash-melting in the solar nebula to weathering in the terrestrial
environment. Containing spectacular back-scattered electron images, colour
photographs of meteorite minerals, and with an accompanying online list of
meteorite minerals, this book provides a useful resource for meteorite
researchers, terrestrial mineralogists, cosmochemists and planetary scientists,
as well as graduate students in these fields.
Editorial Reviews
Book Description:
A comprehensive summary of the mineralogy of all meteorite groups and the
origin of their minerals.
About the Authors:
Alan Rubin is a meteorite researcher who recently retired from the University
of California, where he worked as a research geochemist. He is a fellow of the
Meteoritical Society and winner of the Nininger Meteorite Award and seven
Griffith Observer science writing awards. He is the namesake of the garnet
mineral rubinite and the main-belt asteroid 6227Alanrubin. He has one other
published book – Disturbing the Solar System (Princeton, 2004).
Chi Ma is a mineralogist at the California Institute of Technology, with
research interests in nanomineralogy and the discovery of new minerals,
especially those representing extreme conditions of formation. He has
discovered and/or led investigations on 45 new minerals, including 14
refractory minerals from the solar nebula and 11 high-pressure minerals. The
oxide mineral machiite was named in his honour.
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