This is Throwback Thursday #48. 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 sent them to [email protected]. Thanks!
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25 Years Ago – March 1996
- The General Meeting was titled "Plate Tectonics in the Andes, and a General Overview of Fossil Mammal Assemblages in the Miocene Volcanic Sediments in Chile, South America".
- The Paleontology Study group discussed Horses, while the Lapidary Study group talked about Sapphires.
- The ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil show was held on March 2nd and 3rd, with setup in the 1st.
- The Junior Group was looking for a new leader.
- Andrew Hay wrote an article about Meteors/Meteorites.
- Librarian Don Brazda had a library update. We added some new books and did some reorganization.
- An announcement from the MWF Newsletter told about the closing of the last existing underground fluorite/fluorspar lines in Southern Illinois. The mines were owned by Ozark Mahoning Company. They were called the Annabel Lee and the No. 1 Mines. The mines were sealed with a concrete cap.
- We published a thank you letter to the College of DuPage for the use of the Jewelry Lab for a previous meeting. (see below).
50 Years Ago – March 1971
- In the Presidents Message, Dick Ade mentioned the World Flower and Garden Show in Chicago's McCormick Place from March 20th - 28th, 1971. ESCONI displayed the "Plant Life Through The Ages" exhibit.
- The General Meeting featured micromounting. Mr. Horace A. Greene of Elmhurst was the speaker. He was a teacher of Physics in Elmhurst and at Roosevelt University. He showed slides of specimens from Pint's Quarry in Iowa.
- The Downers Grove Juniors were studying Pyrite-Gold-Quartz
- Lapidary had a presentation by Mr. David Kinney of the Lizzadro Museum. The title was "Gem Hunting on the Mississippi River"
- On March 6th, 1971, an indoor field trip to display your collections was held at Hummer Park.
- There was a report on a paper by Dr. Robert Bakker called "Habits of the Sauropod Dinosaurs".
