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Information
sources
A
major site for meteorite friends, which is full of links to free private
classifieds, auctions, book dealers etc., is:
The
Meteorite Exchange, URL: http://www.meteorite.com
It
also offers the dealers' list, which is of crucial importance for collectors:
URL: http://www.meteorite.com/dealer_list.htm
Equally
rich information as well as private classifieds are available at:
The
Meteorite Central, URL: http://www.meteoritecentral.com
Your
meteorite won't play any more or is about to die? Looks like a case for the
Meteorite Doctor, he's the only one who can help there. Will stand by your site
with patience, competence and plenty of good advice.
URL: www.meteorite.com/clinic.htm
The
asteroids are the place of origin of the meteorites. Spectacular images of the
asteroid Eros are provided by the NEAR Shoemaker Space Probe, under:
URL: http://near.jhuapl.edu
A
quarterly Meteorite maganzine may be subscribed in New Zealand:
Meteorite!
magazine, URL: http://www.meteor.co.nz
Meteorite
Books in German
sind
spärlich gesät. Hier die wenigen Neueren, die ich kenne:
Rolf
W.Bühler: Meteorite. Urmaterie aus dem interplanetaren Raum.
Basel 1988, Birkhäuser Verlag, ca.50 DM.
Als immer noch beste Einführung zum Thema
informiert dieses Buch umfassend und
didaktisch hervorragend. Kompetent und verständlich geschrieben, besticht es
durch seine reiche Bildaustattung und erfreut damit nicht nur das Laienherz.
F.Heide, F.Wlotzka: Kleine Meteoritenkunde,
Heidelberg 1988, Springer Verlag.
Stark überarbeitete 3.Auflage des Klassikers von Fritz Heide aus dem Jahre
1934. Ist viel umfangreicher und bei weitem nicht so trivial, wie es der Titel
vermuten läßt. Leider findet man dieses Taschenbuch nur noch antiquarisch oder
in Bibliotheken, es ist lediglich noch in der erweiterten englischen
Übersetzung erhältlich:
F.Heide, F.Wlotzka: Meteorites, Messengers from Space.
Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 1995, ca.38 DM.
Als nur eine der Stärken des Buches sei die gute Darstellung der Systematik,
Petrologie und Mineralogie der Meteorite erwähnt. Empfehlenswert.
J.Schlüter: Steine des Himmels: Meteorite.
Hamburg 1996, Edition Ellert&Richter, ca.16,80 DM.
Eine neuere Erscheinung, die viele interessante Einzelaspekte beleuchtet.
Vernachlässigt etwas die Systematik der Meteorite. Ist für ein Taschenbuch
sehr gut bebildert und kann vor allem wegen des günstigen Preises für
Einsteiger empfohlen werden.
Alain Carion: Meteorite.
Selbstverlag, 1996, ca.15 DM.Eine durch den begrenzten Umfang arg kursorische
Einführung. Carions ausführlicheres Werk: ‚Les Météorites et leurs Impacts‘
ist leider nicht auf deutsch erschienen.
M.Warth, W.Reiff: Meteorite und Meteoritenkrater.
Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie C – Nr.6, Tübingen 1984, ca.10 DM.
Enthält zwei Aufsätze: Eine knappe allgemeine Einführung und einen guten
Artikel zu Meteoritenkratern. Mit Augenmerk auf die Stuttgarter Meteorite-Sammlung,
das Nördlinger Ries und das Steinheimer Becken.
Kometen, Asteroiden und Meteoriten.
in der Time-Life-Reihe: Reise durch das Universum, München 1991.
An der uneinheitlichen Auswahl der Themen, und
deren teilweise digressive Behandlung, merkt man dem Buch an, daß verschiedene
Autoren am Werk waren. Die Bildauswahl ist zwangsläufig durch die neueren
Asteroidenvorbeiflüge überholt. Als Einführung für die drei Titelkomplexe
ungeeignet. Insgesamt eher ein Kuriosum für Sammler von Meteoritenbüchern, da
es über eine krude Spät-`80er-Optik verfügt.
G.Heinen: Tektite – Zeugen kosmischer Katastrophen.
1997, ca.71 DM.
Dieses Buch nimmt sich auf 190 Seiten der ansonsten so stiefmütterlich
abgehandelten Tektite und Impaktgläser an. Es ist bereits auf dem Weg zum
Klassiker!
European
Dealers
It
may look somewhat unusual and commercially awkward to be advertising for
competitors on my own site. But having often been asked for closer supply
sources, in the American-dominated internet market, and knowing, for I am a
collector myself, the difficulty of finding fitting suppliers, I consider it a
natural service to list the most important European meteorite dealers here. If
you should be missing one or the other supplier, then please let me know that
contact so I can add it.
My personal estimations as to the price level and my comments have an objective
founding: a comparison between all the offers of 38 meteorite dealers worldwide,
which I carry out on a regular half-yearly basis.
Germany
Walter
Zeitschel Meteorite Collection
An
der Kleinen Hufe 4
P. O. Box 2340
D-63413 Hanau, Germany
Phone: +49 6181 20252 Fax: +49 6181 22486
E-Mail: meteorites@gmx.de
Homepage: http://mitglied.tripod.de/JoergZeitschel/meteor.htm
Walter Zeitschel is a collector of considerable international
renown.
Interesting mainly for rarer classes and for localities which are otherwise hard
to find on the market. - At very decent prices!
Dieter
Heinlein
Lilienstraße 3
D-86156
Augsburg, Germany
Phone/Fax: +49 821 443313
E-Mail:
Dieter.Heinlein@a-city.de
Dieter
Heinlein, known in the German speaking countries as the head of the department
"Meteorites" of the Vereinigung der Sternfreunde e.V. ('Association of
the Friends of the Stars'), always has a little assortment on display, at prices
that, altogether, are somewhat below average.
Peter
Jäger
Tel. & Fax: (+49) 3644 559386
URL: http://www.meteorite.de
http://www.meteoritenjaeger.de
email: webmaster@meteoritenjaeger.de
jgr-apolda@t-online.de
Austria
Erich's
Meteorites & Moldavites Wholesale
Erich
Haiderer
P.O. Box 320, A-1191, Vienna, Austria
Phone or Voice Mail:++43 (0) 676-388-1888 or ++43 (0)1-368-1888
Fax from US: 1-888-884-9828
Voice Mail from US: 1-888-884-9828
Fax International:++43 (0)1-368-1888 (alternate:++43 (0)676-388-1889)
E-Mail: Meteorites@compuserve.com
URL: http://www.meteorite.com/Erichs
All
prices are below, some far below average, many of them are absolute lowest
prices. All in all, the Haiderer couple are the cheapest suppliers on the market
and should therefore be the first address on the net for all collectors.
Switzerland
Swiss
Meteorite Lab. (SML)
P.O.
Box 126 - CH-8750 Glarus
Rolf W. Buehler - Phone: +41 (0)77 57 26 01 FAX: +41 (0)55 640 86 38
E-mail: buehler@meteorite.ch
URL: http://www.meteorite.ch
The SML is headed by expert and author (cf. above) Rolf W. Bühler,
the proceeds go to the Schweizerisches Meteoriten- und Mineralienmuseum
Schönenwerd (Swiss Meteorite and Minerals Museum).
Wide and differentiated offer. Unbalanced pricing. Tends to be somewhat more
expensive for the most usual meteorites. Many rare localities at often very fair
prices, also some very good offers for the rarer categories. Regular special
offers of historic fells and meteorites which almost never come into the market,
at incredibly interesting conditions.
Abraxas
Christian
P. Stehlin, Meteoriten-Philosoph
Rheinsprung 6
CH-4001
Basel
Phone: +41 61 751 58 57 Fax:+41 61
751 58 68
France
Labenne
Meteorites
S.A.R.L.
Labenne Meteorites
16 Boulevard Gambetta, 02700 TERGNIER, FRANCE
Dr Luc Labenne
Tel/Fax: ( 33 ) 23 57 51 33
E-mail: metlabo1@worldnet.fr
URL: http://www.labenne-meteorites.com
The Labenne familiy are well-known specialists for Sahara finds.
Immense store! On their website, however, only the highlights are presented:
Rare and rarest categories, among these R and angrite, and some of the
historically most important meteorites. In the rare categories often interesting
prices (for the others there are no possibilities of comparison, as the Labennes
are the only ones worldwide to offer them). For desert finds of ordinary
chondrites, they are the cheapest suppliers on the market, because they have
them first hand. Advantageous discounts. Highly recommendable.
Chasseurs
de Météorites
Michel
& Françoise FRANCO
100, Chemin des Campènes 74400 Chamonix France
tel +33 (0) 450 531 757 fax: +33 (0) 450 539 057
URL: http://www.themeteorites.com/
Likewise
specialised in desert finds. Rare categories, too. I haven't carried out the
comparison of prices yet, as these are communicated on demand only. The prices
for the three classic localities on offer are partly low.
La
Memoire de la Terre
La
Memoire de la Terre
rue de la Mairie
39240 La Boissiere France
tel fax +33384 485 5111
E-mail: earth.memory@aricia.fr
URL: www.jurassique.com
Occasionally
offers meteorites, at good prices.
Minéraux,
Fossiles, Météorites
Alain
Carion
92, Rue St-Louis en I`lle
75004 Paris
Phone:+33 (1) 43.26.01.16
Fax: +33 (1) 43.25.92.33
Daniel
Berthot
E-mail: pierre.gemme@wanadoo.fr
http://www.multimania.com/pierres/
Meteorite.fr
E-Mail: jp@meteorite.fr
http://www.meteorites.fr/pagehtml/index.htm
England
Simon
Camm - Meteorites for sale
The
Old Coach House
Bar View Lane
Hayle
Cornwall TR27 4AJ ENGLAND
E-mail 106175.520@compuserve.com
URL
http://www.nleboutillier.freeuk.com
Concise,
solid assortment. Prices moderate, with a few upward exceptions and several very
interesting offers. Therefore my English N°1.
Andy
Spector Meteorites
53
Kentish Town Road,
London,
N.W.1 8NX
Tel. 0171 911 0880
E-mail: Andy andyspector@hotmail.com
The
offer has yet to be checked.
Scotland
Fernlea
Meteorites UK
The
Wynd,
Milton of Balgonie,
Fife, Scotland
KY7 6PY, UK. Contact:
Rob Elliott
Telephone: 01592-751563 Fax: 01592-751060
E-mail: fernlea4@aol.com
URL: http://fernlea.tripod.com/forsale.html
Large offer, also of meteorites which are nowhere else to be found. Well,
quality has its price, special offers can be found on the mailing-list.
Italy
M
come Meteorite
Chinellato
Matteo Nahabed
Via Triestina 126/A - 30030
Tessera - Venezia - Italy
Telefax +39 0415415850
Cellulare 0339 3895503
E-mail: mcomemeteorite@lycosmail.com
http://utenti.tripod.it/McomeMeteorite/index.htmlcollection
http://utenti.tripod.it/Meteoriteman/index.htmlmeteorites
Small
offer. Prices above average for the most part.
Holland
R+Y
Meteorites
Contact:
054389rb@student.eur.nl
Terra
Incognita
v.
Baerlestraat 77 hs, 1071 AS Amsterdam Holland
Both still need to be checked.
Czech
Republic
Serguei Vassiliev
P.O.Box 10, Prague 9
199 00, Czech republic
tel/fax: 42 0602 360411
E-mail: Petrovich@brailcom.cz
URL: www.sv-meteorites.com
Among
the numerous dealers overseas I'd like to mention two only:
USA
Mitterling
Meteorites
5245
S. Country Club Rd., Warsaw, Indiana 46580
Phone: (219) 269-4145
E-mail: ALMitt@kconline.com
Offers meteorites at altogether Unamerican prices!
Will send a free catalogue on demand.
The
following suppliers set themselves apart from the mass through thorough
documentation:
Mineralogical
Research Company
15840
E. Alta Vista Way, San Jose CA 95127-1737 U.S.A
Eugene & Sharon Cisneros
Phone: 408-923-6800 FAX: 408-926-6015
E-mail: xtls@minresco.com
URL: http://www.minresco.com
Helps
for Search, Purchase and Exchange
If
you are looking for a particular meteorite and your search has so far been
futile, then I might be able to help you with my comprehensive comparative
list and refer you to the cheapest supplier (free of charge).
And if you'd like to offer or swap a meteorite yourself and aren't quite sure
about its value, then I will be glad to let you know the current collectors'
price.
Furthermore I buy meteorites myself and pay them above traders' prices.
I also like to swap, offering value compensations, if applicable.
I
am always there for your suggestions, complaints, offers, queries, and am
particularly grateful for any hints about cheap sources of meteorites and
historic star maps:
E-mail:
Altmann@Meteorite-Martin.de
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