Ebook: On the Trail of Stardust: the Guide to Finding Micrometeorites: Tools, Techniques, and Identification

Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Introduction: An Unexpected Discovery; PART 1 MICROMETEORITES EVERYWHERE; What Is a Spherule?; Searching for the Right Place; PART 2 SEVEN STEPS TO HEAVEN; Cleaning the Sample: Flotation; Rinsing and Fractioning the Sample; PART 3 YOUR PHYSICAL COLLECTION; Microscopy and Handling; Curating Your Collection; Experimental Fieldwork; PART 4 WHAT WE FIND IN THE DUST; The Micrometeorites; Barred Olivine; Cryptocrystalline; Porphyritic Olivine; Glass; Scoriaceous; G-Type; Other Types; Extraterrestrial, But Not Micrometeorites; Ablation Spherules