This is Throwback Thursday #268. 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! email:[email protected].
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25 Years Ago - June 2000
- The General Meeting featured Don Cronauer doing a presentation about "Ancient Historical Sites of England and Anglesey, North Wales".
- Dave Carlson had a paper published in the Journal of Paleontology "Suture modification by pectinirhomb growth in Lepadocystis decorus, a new species of callocystitid glyptocystitid rhombiferan (Echinodermata) from Illinois".
- "Karen's Komments" had pieces about SUE's Brain, Chinese Troodons, at the biggest (at the time) sauropod Sauroposeidon. There was also a piece about the controversy around dinosaur bone histology.
- The Lizzadro Museum had a couple events that month - "The Diamond Deception" and "Stone Hunt".
50 Years Ago - June 1975
- The General Meeting had Mrs. Olive Sherman discussing jewelry making in her presentation titled "Wire Twisting".
- The Mineralogy Study Group was discussing places to collect during the summer.
- Micro-mounting had a presentation about "Symmetry in Minerals". The presenter was Horace Greene.
- There was a field trip to Bowling Green, Missouri to collect "beautiful" crinoids.
- The Micromount of the Month was Boleites - a beautiful deep blue crystal.
70 Years Ago - June 1955
- The Regular Meeting was part 2 of Jay Farr's "The World We Live In".
- There was a field trip to the strip mines to collect Mazon Creek fossils. Can we come along?
- The Midwest Convention was held June 23rd, 24th, and 25th at the Hotel Tuler in Detroit, Michigan
- ESCONI had a display at the Midwest Convention. A bunch of members contributed to the display.
- There was a note about Acryloid, which (at the time) was painted on fossils to preserve them.
