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Rock Shows in November and December
Read more: Rock Shows in November and DecemberVia Geology News from The Vug: Rock Shows of November and December.
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Scientist Zeresenay Alemseged: Someone to Know
Read more: Scientist Zeresenay Alemseged: Someone to KnowVia EthioBlog: Ethiopian scientist Zeresenay (Zeray) Alemseged, who discovered the 3.3 million year old girl fossil called Selam in Ethiopia, is featured on PBS’s “Becoming Human” documentary which is being shown this week. Zeresenay is currently curator and chair of anthropology at the California Academy of Sciences and a world renowned paleontologist….
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3-D Technology Preserves Dinosaur Footprint
Read more: 3-D Technology Preserves Dinosaur FootprintFrom Science Daily: Using portable 3D laser technology, scientists have electronically preserved a rare 110 million-year-old fossilized dinosaur footprint that was previously excavated and built into the wall of a bandstand at a Texas courthouse in the 1930s….
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Congratulations ESCONI – 60 Years!
Read more: Congratulations ESCONI – 60 Years!60 years ago today, the thirteen founding members came together for the first ESCONI meeting. You can read the minutes of their first meeting. As part of the celebrations, ESCONI will have a special 60th anniversary meeting and a special presentation on Friday, December 4th at College of Dupage, Room K-131, 8:00 pm. Before this special meeting, everyone is invited to attend the annual ESCONI holiday celebration, 5:30-7:30 pm, Greek Islands West, 300 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois, (630) 932-4545. The party is dutch – that is, you will pay your own check. Secret Santa grab bag (optional). Please RSVP…
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Pits of the World
Read more: Pits of the WorldVia Geology News from Environmental Grafitti descriptions of ten mining pits of the world. Photo of Diavik Mine, Canada: Johnbullas
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Event at Elgin Public Museum: Catherine Bird, “Digging Up The Past”
Read more: Event at Elgin Public Museum: Catherine Bird, “Digging Up The Past”“Digging Up the Past”, Catherine Bird, PhD, RPA, an archaeologist affiliated with Midwest Archaeological Research Services will speak on “Long’s 1823 Expedition through Elgin, an 1840 General Land Office Plat, and a Late Prehistoric Site in Sleepy Hollow” Her talk at the Elgin Public Museum will focus on the local natural history and archaeology right outside our door. Thursday, 11/12, 7:00 p.m., $5.00 fee.
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Ethiopian Rift Is Beginning of a New Sea
Read more: Ethiopian Rift Is Beginning of a New SeaVia Geology News from Science Daily: …scientists from several countries have confirmed that the volcanic processes at work beneath the Ethiopian rift are nearly identical to those at the bottom of the world’s oceans, and the rift is indeed likely the beginning of a new sea. The new study, published in the latest issue of Geophysical Research Letters, suggests…
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Meetings This Weekend
Read more: Meetings This WeekendFriday, 11/13, General Meeting, 8:00 pm, College of Dupage, Rm K 131, Speaker: Dr. David Malone speaking on Exploring for Manto-Style Pb-Zn-Ag Deposits in the Forty-Mile Range, East Central Alaska Saturday, 11/14, Mineralogy Meeting, 7:30 pm, College of Dupage, Building K – Rm 131. Micromineralogy of the Upper Pennisula, explanation of how to create a micro mineral specimen. Jeff Anderson, an agate expert attending.
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Meet the Lapidary Artist This Sunday: Sidney Mobell
Read more: Meet the Lapidary Artist This Sunday: Sidney MobellOne of the most famous jewelry designers of our time, Sidney Mobell, is known for making ordinary objects precious. He will present his creative inspirations and insights… Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, Elmhurst, IL, Sunday, November 8, 2:00 p.m. Reservations Recommended, Regular Museum Admission. (630) 833-1616.
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One Million Year Storage
Read more: One Million Year StorageInformative article about Yucca Mountain from Bldgblog: Abraham Van Luik is a geoscientist with the U.S. Department of Energy; he is currently based at the nuclear waste-entombment site proposed for Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Yucca Mountain, a massive landform created by an extinct supervolcano inside what is now Nellis Air Force Base’s Nevada Test and Training Range, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, is the controversial site chosen by Congress for the storage of nuclear waste. Its political fate remains uncertain… Photo: Wikipedia
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Do You Know Dave’s Down to Earth Rock Shop?
Read more: Do You Know Dave’s Down to Earth Rock Shop?The Daily Northwestern has written an informative article on Dave’s Down To Earth Rock Shop: … “You crack open a rock, and you’re the first person in the world to see what’s inside,” he said. Douglass started the shop in 1970 at a smaller location on Chicago Avenue. He met his wife two years later, and in 1981 they moved the shop to its present location on Main Street. The shop may be brimming with gems and stones, but the most precious items are beneath it, where Douglass’s public museum touts fossils — many of which he unearthed himself —…
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Field Museum Talk Tonight, Tues. 11/3
Read more: Field Museum Talk Tonight, Tues. 11/3Hear about global health efforts w/NG photographer Karen Kasmauski on 11/3 7:30pm. Tix avail @ the door at the Field Museum.
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Burpee Museum in News
Read more: Burpee Museum in NewsFrom today’s Science News: …researchers from Northern Illinois University and the Burpee Museum of Natural History in Rockford report that adolescent tyrannosaurs got into some serious scraps with their peers…
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3 Dinosaurs Are One
Read more: 3 Dinosaurs Are OneVia Science News: …Three dinosaurs that were thought to belong to very different groups are actually kids, teens and adults of the same genus, researchers say. “I made a brand new dinosaur hall at the museum three years ago, and now I have to change it,” says Jack Horner of the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana, an author of the study. “We’ve named twice as many dinosaurs as there probably are.” Horner and his colleagues report the findings in the October 28 PLoS ONE… Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis, Stygimoloch spinifer, Dracorex hogwartsia
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Ancient Fly with 3 Eyed Horn
Read more: Ancient Fly with 3 Eyed HornFrom Science News via Wired Science:
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2009 Calendar for Reference
Read more: 2009 Calendar for ReferenceJanuary 2009 Friday, 1/9 General Meeting, 8:00 pm in Room 131 of Building K at the College of Dupage. Scot Williams, Burpee Museum Collections Manager, will present “Burpee Museum Discoveries”. Saturday,1/10 Mineralogy Meeting, 7:30 pm at College of DuPage Bldg. K, Rm 131. We will be watching a video about minerals. Saturday, 1/17 Paleontology Study Group, 7:30, College of Dupage Building K – Room 131 “The Cambrian Era by Tom Williams” Wed. 1/21 – 5/5 Introduction to Jewelry Making, Harper Community College. Friday, 1/23 Board Meeting, 7:30, COD K-131 Saturday, 1/24 Archaeology Study Group, 7:30, Cllege of Dupage Building…
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Continuing Development of GeoScience Teachers
Read more: Continuing Development of GeoScience TeachersA professional development site for geoscience faculty.
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- Fossil of Pincer-Wielding Crawler Reveals Origins of Spiders, Scorpions and Others
The Trilobites column over at the New York Times has a interesting story about the origin of chelicerates – spiders, scorpions, mites, horseshoe crabs, and others. Chelicerates are a diverse group of arthropods that consists of more than 120,000 known species. Member of this group are classified by having a pair of appendages called chelicerae. These appendages are adapted for various purposes like snatching prey, injecting venom, and even spinning silk.
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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.” |
| No meeting this month | Mineralogy Study Group |
| No meeting this month | Junior Study Group |