- ROBERT W. JONES
- Bob Jones spent 32 years
teaching 8th grade science, but that's just the beginning! He
is the Author of "Luminescent Minerals of Connecticut",
Fluorescent minerals of Franklin, New Jersey", Nature's
Hidden Rainbows", "50 Year History of the Tucson Gem
and Mineral Show" and is currently working on a text "The
Frugal Collector, A science text on the mineraology of the world".
Bob is a free lance writer for over 700 titles on gem and mineral
subjects and has given hundreds of lectures to Gem and Mineral
Societities around the country. You may have read several of
his artiles in Rock and Gem Magazine! He has been a member of
several societies and foundations, and won many honors.
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- Some sites to read more
about Bob Jones:
- http://www.rockhounds.com/rockgem/articles/bob_jones.html
- http://www.minrec.org/labels.asp?colid=879
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- RICHARD WADE
Richard Wade, M.A. creator of www.sciencetalks.com leads an interactive
and fun demonstration of how the dinosaurs lived and died. Children
will discover how a fossil is created. Richard will explain the
geologic timescale from periods to eras to eons. His presentation
includes a full-scale model of a T-Rex skull, as well as a 7
foot model of a brachiosaurus leg bone! Don't let your child
miss out on this exciting visual and learning experience that
brings the Earth's ancient history to life!
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- www.sciencetalks.com
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DAVID LYNCH
David K. Lynch, PhD,
is an astronomer and planetary scientist living in Topanga, CA.
When not hanging around the fault or using the large telescopes
on Mauna Kea, he plays fiddle, collects rattlesnakes, gives public
lectures on rainbows and writes books (Color and Light in Nature,
Cambridge University Press) and essays. Dr. Lynch's latest book
is the Field Guide to the San Andreas Fault. The book contains
twelve one-day driving trips along different parts of the fault,
and includes mile-by-mile road logs and GPS coordinates for hundreds
of fault features. As it happens, Dave's house was destroyed
in 1994 by the magnitude 6.7 Northridge earthquake.
http://thulescientific.com
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- ALAN SCHAFFERT
Dr. Schaffert is a local
physician and amateur paleontologist with a passion for marine
fossils. He and his wife Cris have traveled extensively, and
as a result, have personally collected specimens from Michigan,
Colorado, Utah and California. A major focus of their vast collection
is Cretaceous ammonites which are ancient shellfish related to
the modern octopus and squid. This is the third year that we
have had the honor of the Schaffert's exhibit at our show. Dr.
Schaffert, his wife Cris, and his son Erik will be available
to discuss their collection. Also this year, Dr. Schaffert will
be talking about the visual systems in paleontology. Don't miss
this peek into the ocean's past!
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_/ai_n24314996 |
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- WALT WRIGHT
Walt Wright comes to
us from Brea, California and is a botanist and geologist with
a specialty in range management and field crops. He is also an
expert in the area of paleobotany, and leads seminars on petrified
wood identification. This year, Walt will share his expertise
in the area of plate tectonics (tectonic movement). Come and
learn about how Mother Earth was eons ago!
http://www.cfmsinc.org/photos/y2004/nocshow04/wright/wright.htm |
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For Pictures
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DINOSAURS!!
.........FOSSILS!!!
