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Re: Meteorite origins and Tru-Value

It's aging well at five years old, but the best reference I've seen about 
Mars' meteorites ("SNC" nomenclature is now passe') is Harry McSween Jr.'s 
"What we have learned about Mars from SNC meteorites." (Meteoritics, vol 29, 
#6, pp 757 - 779).  This work will lead you to nearly every paper ever 
written about Mars' meteorites. All of these can be procured by request from 
your local library.

The "Reader's Digest" version of that could be my two-part article on "El 
Nakhla" starting in the May 1998 issue of Meteorite!  It was impossible for 
me to write this without delving into other meteorites and without describing 
the methodology and processes necessary in "fingerprinting" the origins of 
meteorites in general. Having lost a few braincells over the years, I assure 
you that it's written in a prose that's not too difficult to understand. 

Lastly, although it certainly is possible to superficially admire the 
"beauty" of a meteorite specimen, I can't possibly conceive of truly 
realizing the profound importance of nearly every rock that falls from the 
sky without doing the homework,  reading the papers put out on any particular 
specimen by those meteoriticists we all know and love. Locating, reading and 
archiving the papers on each specimen I own multiplies the enjoyment I 
receive from my collection. It also helped me realize the true "worth" of 
these rocks - priceless.

Kevin Kichinka
Fort Myers, Florida

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