Month: January 2016
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ESCONI Events February 2016
Fri, Feb 12 ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 p.m. College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Perry Mastodon Site Revisted, Glen Ellyn Illinois” by Steve Moshier of Wheaton College Sat, Feb 13 ESCONI Mineralogy Meeting – 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Mineral…
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Next on NOVA: “Himalayan Megaquake” January 27, 2016 at 9 PM
The next episode of PBS’s Nova is “Himalayan Megaquake”. It starts airing on January 27, 2016 at 9 PM on PBS. There’s a preview on the web and like their other shows, full episodes should be available online. Enjoy! Program Description: Dramatic eyewitness footage reveals the shocking quake that rocked Nepal in April 2015. Join…
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Palaeocast Episode 57: Wealden Fossils
Front cover of English Wealden Fossils, a field guide to the fossils of this group, containing everything needed to know about the fossils of the Wealden including vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants. Darren Naish was involved with the chapter on crocodilians, and he also wrote the theropod chapter. Anyone interested in learning more about the fossils…
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Next on NOVA: “Mystery Beneath the Ice” January 20, 2016 at 9 PM
The next episode of PBS’s Nova is “Mystery Beneath the Ice”. It starts airing on January 20, 2016 at 9 PM on PBS. There’s a preview on the web and like their other shows, full episodes should be available online. Enjoy! Program Description: Tiny, transparent, and threatened, krill are crucial to the Antarctic ecosystem and,…
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Behind a Shopping Center in New Jersey, Signs of a Mass Extinction
The New York Times has an interesting story about a unique fossil find in New Jersey. While there is much evidence pointing to an impact event that ended the “Age of Dinosaurs” 66 million years ago, no one has found a fossil deposit from the exact event. Behind a Lowe’s home improvement store in southern…
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American Museum of Natural History: Trilobite of the Week 01/12/2016
The trilobite of the week from the American Museum of Natural History is Nanolichas parvus. It’s from the Upper Fezouata Formation of the lower Ordovician of Morocco. This guy was found in the Dra Valley, new Zagora, Morrocco. It measures about 6 cm.
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PBS NOVA: “Life’s Rocky Start”
The next episode of PBS’s Nova is “Life’s Rocky Start”. It starts airing on January 13, 2016 at 9 PM on PBS. There’s a preview on the web and like their other shows, full episodes should be available online. Sounds like a good one, enjoy! Program Description: Four and a half billion years ago, the…
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Support ESCONI with AmazonSmile
Support ESCONI Did you know you can support ESCONI by shopping at Amazon? Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to ESCONI whenever you shop on AmazonSmile. AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you already know. Same products, same prices, same service. Support ESCONI by naming us as your charitable organization…
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ESCONI January Mineral Study Group Cancelled
The ESCONI January Mineral Study Group meeting is canceled due to a winter weather storm advisory (3-6 inches of snow). We were planning to do a video.
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2016 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show March 5th and March 6th
Location – Saturday, March 5th – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Sunday, March 6th – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admittance and parking ! Exploreyour interests Shop for jewelry, gems, fossils, minerals from world-class vendors – Rock StarsRib RiverExclusive InspirationHell Creek DinosaursLavins Gems and JewelryMineral Miner KU Minerals Find unique and interesting books at…
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Badger Rock Club 46th Annual Rock, Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show – Saturday, April 9th and Sunday, April 10th 2016
Badger Lapidary & Geological Society, 46th Annual, Rock, Gem, Mineral, & Fossil Show. Dates: Saturday, April 9th & Sunday, April 10th 2016. Hours: 9-5 Sat, 9-4 Sun Location: Monroe Senior High School, 1600 26th St., Monroe, WI 53566. Description: Ten dealers, excellent speakers, many beautiful club displays, lapidary demonstrations, club sales table, hourly door prizes, and educational films. …
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2016 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show
Location – Saturday, March 5th – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Sunday, March 6th – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admittance and parking ! Exploreyour interests Shop for jewelry, gems, fossils, minerals from world-class vendors – Rock StarsRib RiverExclusive InspirationHell Creek DinosaursLavins Gems and JewelryMineral Miner KU Minerals Find unique and interesting books at…
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2016 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show
Location – Saturday, March 5th – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Sunday, March 6th – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admittance and parking ! Exploreyour interests Shop for jewelry, gems, fossils, minerals from world-class vendors – Rock StarsRib RiverExclusive InspirationHell Creek DinosaursLavins Gems and JewelryMineral Miner KU Minerals Find unique and interesting books at…
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ESCONI Events January 2016
Fri, Jan 8 ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 p.m. College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Mine Planning and Geologic Services” by Jill Downer of Vulcan Materials Corp. Sat, Jan 9 ESCONI Mineralogy Meeting – Canceled! Sat, Jan 16 ESCONI Paleontology Study Group Meeting, 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage – Tech Ed…
