Meteorites and their Parent Planets

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Summary: Great Book for beginners and experienced alike
Review: As a meteorite dealer, I highly recommend this book for collectors to expand their knowledge.

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Summary: Great book for beginners and experienced collectors
Review: I think that this book is very well written and easy for the beginner to understand. Lots of great information.

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Summary: Fascinating - I was amazed at the power of geochemistry
Review: I'm a geologist who loves to find good summaries of geology / planetary science topics, and "Meteorites and their Parent Planets" is one of the best I've found. While I've always been more interested in "geometric" topics like structural geology, McSween's book made geochemistry and cosmochemistry come alive like I'd never imagined. He weaves a fascinating tale of the amazing deductions that have been made from analyses of meteorites. "Compositional" sciences like petrology and geochemistry used to make my eyes glaze over, but now I think that if I had it to do over again, I might go into geochemistry or meteoritics! I look forward to reading McSween's other books.

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Summary: Fascinating - I was amazed at the power of geochemistry
Review: I'm a geologist who loves to find good summaries of geology / planetary science topics, and "Meteorites and their Parent Planets" is one of the best I've found. While I've always been more interested in "geometric" topics like structural geology, McSween's book made geochemistry and cosmochemistry come alive like I'd never imagined. He weaves a fascinating tale of the amazing deductions that have been made from analyses of meteorites. "Compositional" sciences like petrology and geochemistry used to make my eyes glaze over, but now I think that if I had it to do over again, I might go into geochemistry or meteoritics! I look forward to reading McSween's other books.

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Summary: A great book which I highly recommend!!!
Review: Informative reading and great photos. This book makes a great addition to your meteorite book library.

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Summary: A great book which I highly recommend!!!
Review: Informative reading and great photos. This book makes a great addition to your meteorite book library.

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Summary: One of the best books on the subject
Review: Really a MUST-have for the serious meteorite collector. Lots of scientifical informations, but very readable.