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BL
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Record Number
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880900
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Main Entry
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Larsen, Jon.
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Title & Author
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In Search of Stardust : : Amazing Micrometeorites and Their Terrestrial Imposters.
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Publication Statement
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Minneapolis :: Voyageur Press,, 2017.
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Page. NO
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1 online resource (155 pages)
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ISBN
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0760359695
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: 9780760359693
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076035264X
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9780760352649
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Contents
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; The Stardust Project; Verification of Micrometeorites; Origin, Formation, Influx, and Classification; l MICROMETEORITES; Scanning-Electron Micrographs; The New Collection; II EXTRATERRESTRIAL SPHERULES; Ablation Spherules; The Enigmatic Chondrules; III ANTHROPOGENIC SPHERULES; I-Type Magnetic Spherules; Massive Iron Spherules; Nuggets, Beads, and Cores; From the Welding Shop; Sparks; Nonmagnetic Glass Spherules; Spherules from a Steam Locomotive; Mineral Wool; A Case Study of Anthropogenic Spherules; Fireworks; Black Magnetic Spherules.
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Roof Tiles and ShinglesMetallic Carbon Cinder; Red Scoriaceous Spherules; Traces of Man; Other Types of Spherules; IV TERRESTRIAL OBJECTS; Rounded Mineral Grains; Magnetite; Fulgurites; Organic Confusion; Microtektites and Microkrystites; Lonar Crater Spherules; Darwin Glass; Volchovites-A Russian Mystery; Iberulites; Ooids And Pisoids; Pele's Tears-Achneliths; Road Dust Crystals; Thanks; Tabula Gratulatoria; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y.
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Abstract
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In Search of Stardust is the first comprehensive popular science book about micrometeorites. It's illustrated with 1,500 previously unpublished images from high-resolution color microscopes and scanning electron microscopes.
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Subject
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Meteorites-- Identification.
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Subject
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Rocks-- Identification.
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Subject
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Meteorites.
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Subject
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Rocks.
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Subject
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SCIENCE-- Astronomy.
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Dewey Classification
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523.5/1
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LC Classification
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QB755
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