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Field Trip: ISGS Field Trip on Thursday, April 27th, 2017 – “Viewing the Glacial Geology and Geomorphology in Western Champaign County”
Read more: Field Trip: ISGS Field Trip on Thursday, April 27th, 2017 – “Viewing the Glacial Geology and Geomorphology in Western Champaign County”Overview: This Illinois Geographical Society- sponsored tour explores the geological features as well as man’s impact on the landscape in this 4-hour excursion around western Champaign County. The tour is self-pay for all meals and will be led by a staff member(s) of the Illinois State Geological Survey. Meeting Point: Meet at JT Walker’s Restaurant and Brewery, 401 East Main Street, Mahomet, IL 61853, 217/586-1100, www.jtwalkers.com/ at 12:00 Noon on Thursday, April 27, 2017. We will have lunch (on your own) prior to the trip. Tour cost: Self-pay. Field guides [CITATION Gri16 \l 1033 ] are $15 cash and must…
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ESCONI Hats!
Read more: ESCONI Hats!They were available at the show last week and should be available at general meetings, maybe at MAPS this weekend. Get them while you can… they were a hot item at the show!
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Chocolate Megalodon Teeth
Read more: Chocolate Megalodon TeethFossilera has chocolate Megalodon teeth. There’s three flavors to choose from, milk, dark, and white chocolate. Get your sweet tooth satisfied in a MEGA way!
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Reminder: MAPS 2017 is Friday, March 31st thru Sunday, April 2nd, 2017
Read more: Reminder: MAPS 2017 is Friday, March 31st thru Sunday, April 2nd, 2017That’s this Friday! Don’t miss it. It’s always a great time! The MAPS National Fossil Expo #39 will be held from Friday, March 31st to Sunday, April 2nd, 2017. This years topic is “The Silurian Period”. The show’s informational newsletter is here. And, the keynote speaker is Dr. Carlton Brett, of the University of Cincinnati. The title of his talk is “Fossil Echinoderms of the Middle Silurian in North America: An Age of Crinoids and ‘Anachronistic’ Faunas”. It is scheduled for 6:00 PM on Saturday at the Clarion Hotel (AKA The Highlander). The schedule for daily events can be found…
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More ESCONI 2017 Show Pictures
Read more: More ESCONI 2017 Show PicturesVarious pictures from the vendors tables…
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Today and Tommorrow are the 2017 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show
Read more: Today and Tommorrow are the 2017 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil ShowCome out and enjoy! Saturday, March 25th – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Sunday, March 26th – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admittance and parking! Exploreyour interests Shop for jewelry, gems, fossils, minerals from world-class vendors! Mineral Miner KU Minerals Exclusive Inspiration Rock Stars Rib River Lavin’s Gems Circle of Stones Fossil Hut Southwest Treasures Jackangeline Pop Up Rock Shop Find unique and interesting books at the used book sale Learn from members of club demonstrating their hobbies and collections Bid and buy gems, minerals and fossils at the Silent Auction and Live Auctions(photos of some items will be…
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More ESCONI 2017 Show Preview Pictures
Read more: More ESCONI 2017 Show Preview PicturesHere are some more preview pictures for the ESCONI Show, which starts tomorrow.
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Tomorrow is the 2017 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show
Read more: Tomorrow is the 2017 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil ShowTomorrow is the day! Come out and enjoy! Saturday, March 25th – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Sunday, March 26th – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admittance and parking! Exploreyour interests Shop for jewelry, gems, fossils, minerals from world-class vendors List to Follow Soon, Stay tuned! Find unique and interesting books at the used book sale Learn from members of club demonstrating their hobbies and collections Bid and buy gems, minerals and fossils at the Silent Auction and Live Auctions(photos of some items will be posted on website a week before show) Enjoy amazing displays from the Field Museum…
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ESCONI 2017 Show Preview Pictures
Read more: ESCONI 2017 Show Preview PicturesHere is a preview of some of the mineral specimens available during the auctions this weekend.
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Donation of Material for the Junior Booth at the Upcoming Show
Read more: Donation of Material for the Junior Booth at the Upcoming ShowFor the junior booth, we need small specimens in large quantities that could go in grab bags. Small geodes, tumbled stones, brachiopods, or crinoid stems anything like that would do. Maybe, you’ve got small jars or bags of these things sitting in the basement coated with dust. Get rid of some clutter and drop it off at the annual show this weekend, March 25th and 26th.\ Thanks!
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Reminder: 2017 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show March 25th and March 26th
Read more: Reminder: 2017 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show March 25th and March 26thJust a little over a week away! Saturday, March 25th – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Sunday, March 26th – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admittance and parking! Exploreyour interests Shop for jewelry, gems, fossils, minerals from world-class vendors List to Follow Soon, Stay tuned! Find unique and interesting books at the used book sale Learn from members of club demonstrating their hobbies and collections Bid and buy gems, minerals and fossils at the Silent Auction and Live Auctions(photos of some items will be posted on website a week before show) Enjoy amazing displays from the Field Museum &…
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BBC: Legendary Dinosaurs That We All Imagine Completely Wrong
Read more: BBC: Legendary Dinosaurs That We All Imagine Completely WrongBBC earth has a post about common misconceptions of various popular dinosaurs. Velociraptor, Archaeopteryx, Triceratops, and yes, Tyrannosaurus rex are just a few of the ones listed. Like many children, I had a severe dinosaur phase. There was a period of my life when I cared more about prehistoric reptiles than pretty much anything else. However, it turns out that much of what I thought I knew is wrong. That is because the prevailing image of dinosaurs has always been a little slow in catching up with current scientific understanding. Until the “dinosaur renaissance” of the late 1960s, dinosaurs were…
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20 Things You Didn’t Know About “Inner Earth”
Read more: 20 Things You Didn’t Know About “Inner Earth”GeologyPage has a story about 20 things you didn’t know about the inner Earth. 1. In 1692 Edmond Halley (of comet fame) proposed that the Earth is hollow. Below the outer crust where we live, he pictured two concentric shells and a core about the size of Mercury, all floating in a luminous gas. 2. Helloooo down there: Halley even imagined that these shells might be inhabited. Jules Verne riffed on this idea in his classic Journey to the Center of the Earth. 3. Halley was right about the planet-size core, at least. At Earth’s center is an iron-rich orb…
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Field Trip: Vulcan DeKalb (aka Larson) Quarry, Monday, April 10, 2017
Read more: Field Trip: Vulcan DeKalb (aka Larson) Quarry, Monday, April 10, 2017There will be an ESCONI Field Trip to the Vulcan DeKalb (aka Larson) Quarry on Monday (!) April 10, 2017 from 1 PM to 3 PM. The quarry is located at 15622 Barber Green Road.This trip is combined with a visit from Dr. Reed Scherer’s Invert Paleo class from NIU. There are no trips to this quarry on weekends. The rules are shown below: You must be an ESCONI member as of April 3rd and at least 18 years old to attend this trip. That means you can pay your membership dues at the upcoming show, if you haven’t…
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MAPS Expo 2017 is Friday, March 31st to Sunday, April 2nd 2017
Read more: MAPS Expo 2017 is Friday, March 31st to Sunday, April 2nd 2017The MAPS National Fossil Expo #39 will be held from Friday, March 31st to Sunday, April 2nd, 2017. This years topic is “The Silurian Period”. The show’s informational newsletter is here. And, the keynote speaker is Dr. Carlton Brett. The title of his talk will be announced soon. The show will be held at Sharpless Auction facility just North of I-80 at exit 249 in Iowa City, IA. Don’t miss it, it’s always a great time!
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The Field Museum’s Response to the Recent Tully Monster Paper
Read more: The Field Museum’s Response to the Recent Tully Monster PaperThe Field Museum blog has a reply to the recent Tully Monster paper that disagreed with the determination of the Tully Monster as a vertebrate, which appeared in a couple papers published last year in Nature. Last year, two papers in the journal Nature sought to resolve what group of animals Tully Monster fossils belong to; both papers concluded the vertebrates. Last week, Dr. Lauren Sallan and colleagues published a paper in the journal Palaeontology, “The Tully Monster is Not a Vertebrate…” And that’s okay; it is part of how science works. It’s quite normal for new ideas, based on…
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ESCONI Events March 2017
Read more: ESCONI Events March 2017Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, March 11th ESCONI Minerology Study Group Meeting 7:30 PM College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: Annual Mineral Identification Contest; Bring 3 unlabeled specimens and 4 labels Sat, March 25th ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show! For info see this page Sun, March 26th ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show! For info see this page ESCONI Paleontology Study Group Meeting 7:30 PM College of Dupage – No Meeting ESCONI Archaeology Study Group Meeting – Open at this time, seeking a…
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Reminder: Burpee Museum: Paleofest 2017 March 4th and 5th, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Read more: Reminder: Burpee Museum: Paleofest 2017 March 4th and 5th, 9:00 am – 5:00 pmBurpee Museum’s annual PaleoFest 2017 will be held on March 4th and 5th this year. The keynote speaker is Matthew Lamanna PhD., from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. His talk is called “From Egypt to Antarctica: Discovering New Dinosaurs in the Southern Continents”. Roughly 150 million years ago, during the middle of the Mesozoic Era (the ‘Age of Dinosaurs’), the all-encompassing supercontinent of Pangaea split into a northern half, called Laurasia, and a southern half, called Gondwana. Gondwana itself ultimately separated into all the major Southern Hemisphere landmasses we know today—South America, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica—with several important events…
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| Friday, April 10th | General Meeting – 8:00 PM via Zoom. Jessica Hull will present “Life in the Devonian Period, The Age of Fishes.” |
| Saturday, April 11th | Junior Study Group Meeting – 2:00 PM, in person at the College of DuPage Technical Education Center (TEC) Building – Room 1038A (Map). Katherine Howard will present on Sand and Sediment Collecting. Specifics of this meeting are available from Scott Galloway, 630-670-2591, gallowayscottf@gmail.com. |
| Saturday, April 18th | Paleontology Study Group – 7:30 PM via Zoom and in person at the College of DuPage, TEC, Room 1038B (Map). Keith Robitschek will present “Digging the Marl of the Lance Formation.” |
| Friday, April 24th | MAPS Expo XLVII – Springfield, IL. |
| Saturday, April 25th | MAPS Expo XLVII – Springfield, IL. |
| Sunday, April 26th | MAPS Expo XLVII – Springfield, IL. |
| No meeting this month | Mineralogy Study Group |