Tag: minerals
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ESCONI Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show is Tomorrow! At the Dupage Fairgrounds
The ESCONI Gem, Mineral, & Fossil Show is tomorrow, March 21st and 22nd, 2015. There will be fun for the whole family… don’t miss it!
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Preview: 2015 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show, March 21-22, 2015
The 2015 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show will be held on March 21st and 22nd, 2015 at the DuPage County fairgrounds. There will be vendors, demonstrations, and both silent and live auctions. Don’t miss it, there will be fun for the whole family! Here is a sampling of the auction specimens. Amethyst Belotelson
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Theft at Johannesburg Geological Museum
We have to inform you that the Johannesburg Geological museum has suffered yet another recent theft of specimens and this has been a major theft. Most of the gemstones were stolen as well as some mineral specimens. Two of the mineral specimens are rhodochrosites from the Kalahari manganese field. There are two pictures attached of…
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Trip Report from Spirifer Minerals
Gorgeous and interesting photographs are included in this trip report about Morocco. Apatites with feldspars from a new find in Anomzy. T. Praszkier photo. Incredible faults with waterfall on the way to Tasraft. T. Praszkier photo.
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ESCONI Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show, March 16 & 17, 2013
New location!(Old location undergoing construction) Dupage County Fairgrounds Wheaton, IL Home Economics Buildingclick for directions View Larger Map Saturday, March 16 – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 17 – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admittance and parking ! Exploreyour interests Shop for jewelry, gems, fossils, minerals from world-class vendors Mineral…
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Italian Mineralogy
Last Saturday, the ESCONI Mineralogy Study Group discussed the gems and minerals of Italy. Here’s a blog about the topic, “The Best of Italian Mineralogy“
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A Very Good Collecting Day “We Hit The Jackpot”
Via ABC News, (hat tip Carrie Nelson) … The Barrieaults went to Hill’s mine on the group trip with the Mountain Area Gem and Mineral Association. They had only been in the mine for five minutes before Kevin flipped over a rock to find a 50.5-carat emerald… More
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2012 ESCONI Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show – March 17 & 18
Yea!!! It is time for the annual show!!! Articles in the Chicago Tribune. Come out to see new fossil and mineral finds being sold by vendors and at auction, one-of-a-kind hand-made jewelry, gorgeous and amazing mineral specimens and beads! Demonstrations of jewelry making and geode cracking and collections from private collectors as well as…
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Sneak Peek Of Some of the Minerals To Be Auctioned
Malachite: Calcite: Brochantite: Ruby: Apophylite: Fossils to be auctioned will be posted tomorrow!
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Lyme Disease Discussion
Anyone who collects fossils and minerals outside could be bitten by a tick and be infected by Lymes disease. So it is good to keep up to date on the subject matter. This informative radio show from Diane Rehm questions as to whether chronic Lyme disease exists, how to test for it, and how to treat…
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Tonight – Microphotograhy of Minerals from Clark Mines
Sat. 11/12 Mineralogy and Micromount Study Group. 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 161. Dan Behnke presents microphotography of specimens collected from Clark Mines. Promise – gorgeous photographs – will see minerals and rocks at their most beautiful. Will amaze.
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Million Dollar Rhodochrosites at Tucson
Reports of the Tuscson Gem & Mineral Show from Arizona Geology via geology.com: “… The public may be most dazzled by the 51 lb gold nugget from Australia, but the mineral community is agog over the “Emperor” and “Empress” rhodochrosites from China on display in the Collector’s Edge booth at the Tucson Gem and Mineral…
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World Faces Possible Shortage of Technology Minerals
Via the Telegraph: A draft report by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has called for a total ban on foreign shipments of terbium, dysprosium, yttrium, thulium, and lutetium. Other metals such as neodymium, europium, cerium, and lanthanum will be restricted to a combined export quota of 35,000 tonnes a year, far below global…
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A Rockhunting Trip to India
From the “Spirifer” Geological Society, great photos from a rockhound’s collecting trip to India. (via geology.com)
