--- product_id: 86541886 title: "On the Trail of Stardust: The Guide to Finding Micrometeorites: Tools, Techniques, and Identification" price: "VT15925" currency: VUV in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/86541886-on-the-trail-of-stardust-the-guide-to-finding-micrometeorites store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # On the Trail of Stardust: The Guide to Finding Micrometeorites: Tools, Techniques, and Identification **Price:** VT15925 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** On the Trail of Stardust: The Guide to Finding Micrometeorites: Tools, Techniques, and Identification - **How much does it cost?** VT15925 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/86541886-on-the-trail-of-stardust-the-guide-to-finding-micrometeorites) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description On the Trail of Stardust puts the heavens in your hands—in the form of cosmic dust, or micrometeorites. With this handy guide from the author of the international bestseller In Search of Stardust , Jon Larsen, you will learn how to find micrometeorites in your own neighborhood! Stardust—also known as micrometeorites—is the oldest matter anywhere. Nothing has traveled farther to reach Earth. For a century, scientists have searched everywhere for stardust, but only found it in remote areas like Antarctica and, more recently, outer space. Author and citizen scientist extraordinaire Jon Larsen was the first to find them in populated areas. With this book, you too can discover stardust as near as your own rooftop ! Following his successful debut, In Search of Stardust , Larsen turns his attention from explaining the formation and various kinds of stardust to revealing his methods and techniques for finding micrometeorites in a compact, durable guide. Larsen covers everything from the origins and formation of micrometeorites to assembling the simple array of gear needed to get out there and find stardust in your own neighborhood, rooftop, or rain gutters. Larsen explains the best places to look and offers step-by-step photo sequences of the techniques he has developed to assemble his collection of 1,500-plus verified micrometeorites (and counting). And you don’t need a multi-million-dollar scanning electron microscope to document your collection; Jon shows how to assemble a serviceable photo setup from easily accessible equipment. The book is capped off with a field guide of sorts that offers a taxonomy of the various types of micrometeorites , along with sample images, as well as the kinds of man-made and terrestrial spherules that stardust hunters are likely to encounter and how to identify them as imposters . Once thought to exist only at the bottoms of oceans and atop polar ice, it turns out that stardust is everywhere…and On the Trail of Stardust is your indispensable tool to finding it for yourself. Review: Very informative - Very informative Review: Great introduction to finding micrometeorites - This is a beautiful little book, full of amazing photos of all different types of micrometeorites and micrometeor-wrongs. You'll want to study all these photos before putting your gathered material under a microscope. I also appreciated the suggestions for how to document and track your samples, i.e. give each one a unique number/code and use a spreadsheet to hold all the particulars. I've been using plastic sandwich bags to hold my raw material, using a sharpie to mark the tracking number on the bag. On eBay I found reasonably priced graduated sieves, so I got 20 mesh (0.9 mm), 40 mesh (0.45 mm), and 80 mesh (0.2 mm) sieves. It is a lot easier to look at material that has been sorted by size vs. mixed sizes. I am probably going to get a 50 mesh sieve as well. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,634,518 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #86 in Comets, Meteors & Asteroids #1,220 in Astrophysics & Space Science (Books) #1,622 in Astronomy (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 133 Reviews | ## Images ![On the Trail of Stardust: The Guide to Finding Micrometeorites: Tools, Techniques, and Identification - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91+7mL-Jh3L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very informative *by A***R on December 24, 2025* Very informative ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great introduction to finding micrometeorites *by D***E on October 20, 2020* This is a beautiful little book, full of amazing photos of all different types of micrometeorites and micrometeor-wrongs. You'll want to study all these photos before putting your gathered material under a microscope. I also appreciated the suggestions for how to document and track your samples, i.e. give each one a unique number/code and use a spreadsheet to hold all the particulars. I've been using plastic sandwich bags to hold my raw material, using a sharpie to mark the tracking number on the bag. On eBay I found reasonably priced graduated sieves, so I got 20 mesh (0.9 mm), 40 mesh (0.45 mm), and 80 mesh (0.2 mm) sieves. It is a lot easier to look at material that has been sorted by size vs. mixed sizes. I am probably going to get a 50 mesh sieve as well. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The definitive guide for novice and experienced MM hunter! *by P***N on August 9, 2021* Be careful reading this book as it will instantly transform you into an enthusiastic micrometeorite hunter! Seriously, Jon supplies all the groundwork necessary for this enigmatic hobby with superb images and a more than adequate guide to equip one to discern terrestrials from the real thing and the logistics on how to manage your collection! --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vu/products/86541886-on-the-trail-of-stardust-the-guide-to-finding-micrometeorites](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/86541886-on-the-trail-of-stardust-the-guide-to-finding-micrometeorites) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vanuatu* *Store origin: VU* *Last updated: 2026-06-05*