This is Throwback Thursday #246.  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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25 Years Ago – January 2000

• The General Meeting saw Karl Everett P.E. and past ESCONI president discussing “Innovative Reclamation Alternatives for Mining Operations”.
• The Paleontology was identifying Mazon Creek critters.  I bet that was an interesting meeting!
• There was a field trip to and old Gypsum mine in Grand Rapids Michigan.  January can be very cold, but the mine was a comfortable 50 degrees.
• The Lapidary Study Group was starting its “Lamp Shade Project”.  Anyone out there have photos of what they made?
• “Dino News” was renamed to “Karen’s Komments” by Karen Nordquist.  It had much news of dinosaus, including notes on Herrerasaurus, discovery of a teenage T. rex, and an update on SUE, as she was getting ready for her unvieling at the Field Museum in May 2000.

50 Years Ago – January 1975

• The General meeting featured Mr. Hartland Klotz doing a presention on “Experiments in Electrocrysyallization and Crystal Growth”.
• Recent new members included Dan Behnke, who was an absolute giant in microminerals and micromounts!
• ESCONI past president and long-time ESCONI member Tony Sobolik did a presentation on the history of dinosaurs at the Lizzadro Museum.
• ESCONI had 508 members as of November 1974.
• The Micromount of the Month was Pyrite.

70 Years Ago – January 1955

• Jay Farr gave an illustrated lecture on “The Earth Is Born” for the Regular Meeting.  The lecture was based on the Life Magazine feature “The World We Live In“.  Jay used a colored strip film and a brand new projector!
• Silicon was the subject of the Riverside Junior Meeting.  The presentation was given by Roy Beghtol.
• The Archaeology Study Group discussed the artifacts found by Sanford Gates of Naperville.  Mr. Gates collected many Native American artifacts over the years.
• The ESCONI newsletter’s article “Fluorite” was reprinted in the December 1954 edition of “Gem and Minerals” magazine.