Tag: geodes
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ESCONI October 2024 Mineralogy Study Group Meeting – October 5th, 2024 – “Geodes from Around the World”
Just a reminder of our new Mineralogy Study Group’s first meeting later this week! Please join us for a great presentation about geodes! All are welcome – bring family and friends! They do not have to be ESCONI members to attend meetings. MINERALOGY STUDY GROUP MEETING Saturday, October 5, 2024 – 7:30 PM College of DuPage Technical Education…
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Throwback Thursday #226: Poem “Rockitis”
This is Throwback Thursday #226. 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! The author of the poem below was Winifred Reutter (1909 – 1998) of White River, South Dakota. She…
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ESCONI Field Trip to Hamilton, IL for Railroad Creek Geodes on August 10th, 2024
There will be a field trip to Vickers Geodes in Hamilton, IL on August 10, 2024. Hamilton IL is across the Mississippi River from Keokuk Iowa. The address is 511 South 9th St. The geodes at this location range from golf ball to basketball in size! They are in shale and need to be dug…
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Events In Last Half of July 2011
Sat., 7/23, Geodes and Gems, Elgin Public Museum, Noon-2 PM; Free Geodes are one of the coolest phenomena of geology; deceptively like a regular rock at first glance, when cracked open, geodes reveal beautiful quartz formations. Discover how they formed and even have a chance to crack open one for yourself. Museum representatives will be…
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Micro Meeting Cracks Geodes
Saturday night the Micromineral groups was busy cracking geodes using a pipe cutter. This method worked well because the pipe cutter cut the geode into two halves – instead of many pieces. Many of the geodes fluoresced – mostly the Mexican geode brought by Kathy. (see below)
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Micro-Mineral Meeting Tonight 9/12 7:30
MicroMineral Meeting, 7:30 pm, College of Dupage, Building K – Rm 131. The geode splitter will be back, plus a video and a show and tell.
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Mineral – Micromount Study Group Meeting on Geodes, June 13th
On Saturday, June 13, 7:30 p.m. at College of Dupage, Building K, Room 131, David Bergmann will bring his geodes splitter as part of the discussion of Illinois geodes.
