This is Throwback Thursday #243.  In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general.  If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com.  Thanks!

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There were a couple rock collecting themed limericks in the December 1999 newsletter.  Unfortunately, they were unattributed.

THERE ONCE WAS A ROCKHOUND NAMED STOUT,
WHO ON OLD QUARRY WALLS CLIMBED ABOUT,
WHEN SPYING SOME GARNET,
SLIPPED RIGHT OFF, GOSH DARN IT,
NOW WE ALL DO WITHOUT STOUT ABOUT.

THERE WAS A YOUNG ROCKHOUND NAMED KENT,
WHOSE CHISELS WERE CROOKED AND BENT,
WHEN WORKING A VEIN,
HE SAW WITH DISDAIN,
THE CRYSTALS DIDN’T COME OUT, THEY WENT.