The catalogue is divided in two parts. The first part contains a history of the Dresden meteorite collection from 1581 to 1997. In 44 pages Thalheim gives a survey on the historical development of the collection. Some repros with details of important older catalogues or handwritten meteorite-lists are added. The second part presents in 43 pages the details of every meteorite of the Dresden museum collection in an unusual form.
Every data set is illustrated by a high-quality colour print.
The collection includes unique samples like the Nenntmansdorf Iron. A detailed index and a list of references are added. Unfortunately, the reader will miss some detailed information on the lusatian tektites from Saxony, which could have been added thematically also to the catalogue. Staatliches Museum fuer Mineralogie und Geologie Augustusstr. All items without an author's name are editorial contributions.