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R. N. Hartman , Inc. (METEORITES & ACCESSORIES)
is a division or R. N. Hartman, Inc. which functions as an
  auxiliary to the R. N. Hartman Museum Collection of meteorites, one of the largest private collections in Southern California.  A portion of the collection is on display at Mt. San Antonio College.  The business  was first organized in 1963 in partnership under another name.  We were the largest importer of tektites for collectors, museums and educational institutions.  We also prepared and sold meteorites. We existed under various partnerships for a number of years. The business was organized under its present name in 2000 with a web-based structure, and today is a factory licensed. distributor in the United States for INCA. S.A..,
a Swiss manufacturer of membrane suspension boxes.  Inca holds International, including U.S., patents on its membrane boxes.
.  We hold a business license in Walnut, CA and are certified to do business in  the County of Los Angeles (California).  For sales tax purposes we hold a State of California seller's permit for doing business in Los Angeles County.
         
          Ron holds the title of Professor of Astronomy at Mt. San Antonio College.  He has been involved in meteoritics since an undergraduate at U.C.L.A., where he studied meteoritics under the late Frederick C. Leonard, who was founder of the Meteoritical Society.  

          The meteorite part of the business has always functioned to fund, in part, the maintenance of the collection which is used extensively in public education.  The collection consists of many hundreds of meteorites representing many different classes; it  has been listed in the July, 2002 Supplement to METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE, V. 37, 7 (METEORITICAL SOCIETY) under Addresses of Meteorite Collections and Research Facilities.
          Contact:  mailto:info@meteorite1.com (business);  mailto:RHartman@mtsac.edu  (college office) Mt. San Antonio College, Dept. of Earth Sciences & Astronomy, 1100 N. Grand Avenue, Walnut, CA 91789;  Mailing address:   R.N. Hartman, Inc. 20687-2 Amar Rd, Walnut, CA 91789 (U.S.A.)  Phone/Fax (909)594-6704.