http://www.amfed.org/sfms/index.html
The KYANA Geological Society video produced by member Dave Shuffett can also be found on KET EncyloMedia internet site: http://www.ket.org/itvvideos/offering/science/ksroc.htm
Electronic Edition of "LODESTAR" http://www.amfed.org/sfms/pdf/lodestar_may-june09.pdf
MEETING TIME: 3rd Tuesday of each month - Social/Swap at 7:00 p.m. Meeting Starts at 7:30.
Go To: http://www.kyanageo.org LOCATION: The Louisville Nature Center 3745 Illinois Avenue, Louisville, KY 40213 handicap accessible facility - visitors welcome http://www.louisvillenaturecenter.org
DIRECTIONS: From the Watterson Expressway (I-264) -Take Exit 14 to Poplar Level Road North. Take Poplar Level Road to Trevilian Way (1.0 mi). Turn Right on to Trevilian Way. Take Trevilian Way to Illinois Avenue (0.2 mile) (to your left, Illinois Avenue is the first intersecting KYANA’s mission is to provide educational, road just before the Zoo entrance). recreational and social opportunities to those Turn left on to Illinois Avenue. interested in geological sciences and lapidary arts. Take Illinois Avenue to the Louisville Nature Center parking lot on your right (0.2 mile).
Except for items specifically copyrighted by authors, other non-profit societies may use material in this newsletter. KYANA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Indiana and Kentucky / Volume 44, Number 9
THE GEMSCOOP c/o Sherry Lindle 6004 Highplace Dr Louisville, KY 40291
Revised July 7, 1999 at the AFMS Annual Meeting KYANA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Member of the The Southeast Federation of Mineralogical Societies, Inc. and American Federation of Mineralogical Societies “Code of Ethics”
I will respect both private and public property and will do no collecting I will cause no willful damage to collecting materials and will take home only on privately owned land without the owner’s permission. what I can reasonably use. I will keep informed on all laws, regulations or rules governing I will practice conservation and undertake to utilize fully and well the materials I collecting on public lands and will observe them. have collected and will recycle my surplus for the pleasure and benefit of others. I will to the best of my ability, ascertain the boundary lines of property I will support the Rockhound project H.E.L.P. (Help Eliminate Litter Please) and on which I plan to collect. will leave all collecting areas devoid of litter, regardless of how found. I will use no firearms or blasting material in collecting areas. I will cooperate with field trip leaders and those in designated authority in all I will cause no willful damage to property of any kind, such as fences, collecting areas. signs, buildings, etc. I will report to my club or federation officers, Bureau of Land Management or I will leave all gates as found. other authorities any deposit of petrified wood or other materials on public land I will build fires in designated or safe places only and will be certain which should be protected for the enjoyment of future generations for public they are completely extinguished before leaving the area. educational and scientific purposes. I will discard no burning material - matches, cigarettes, etc. I will appreciate and protect our heritage of natural resources. I will fill all excavation holes which may be dangerous to livestock. I will observe the “Golden Rule,” will use “Good Outdoor Manners” and will at I will not contaminate wells, creeks or other water supplies. all times conduct myself in a manner which will add to the stature and public image of Rockhounds everywhere.
2009 BOARD OR DIRECTORS
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President Past President Director Betty Hansel (451-6953) Maryann Collings (502-257-2412) Luther Peak (239-8656)
Vice-President Past President Director Herb Miracle (231-4154) Charlie Oldham (241-8755) Bill Beasy (245-5335)
Treasurer Director Show Chair Michael Popp (797-0255) Kenny Popp (812-256-4764) Mike Whitehouse (905-4988)
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THE KYANA GEMSCOOP Monthly newsletter of the KYANA Geological Society in Louisville, Kentucky http://www.kyanageo.org/
Volume 44, Number 9 September 2009 Page 1
NEXT MEETING Tuesday, September 15th, 7:00 Social/Swap & 7:30 Program
Program for September 15, 2009 by Herb Miracle, Vice-President
Speaker: Dr. Katherine Bulinski is a Professor of Earth Science at Bellarmine University, Louisville, Kentucky. She teaches an “Evolution and Creationism” class at Bellarmine. Topic: “The Nature of Creationism and Evolution in Our Society”
Message from the Prez. by Betty Hansel
Greetings, the Lapidary Arts, and other subjects related to the Well we are all entering the “Fall Season”. It is Earth Sciences. (KYANA Video, fieldtrips, monthly a busy time for “Rock hounds”. There is so much programs and Club Show) going on; we should all find plenty to do. By the time we hold our next KYANA meeting, Section II many of you will have tales to share about the To cooperate with educational and scientific Cumberland trip with Kenny Popp. Charlie and I institutions and other clubs engaged in increasing the (and hopefully some of you) will have enjoyed the knowledge and public interest in the Earth Sciences Greenfield show. and in the conservation of our natural resources The weekend after our meeting Sept. 19-20, will (KYANA Video, outreach at “Falls”, shared fieldtrips be the “Falls Fossil Festival”. I hope you are and Club Show.) planning to attend and to donate some of your time to work in the KYANA booth. Please let Maryann Section III Collings know if you can take a two hour shift or To provide a means for exhibiting collections at more or just help when you can. See page 6 for all public gatherings. (KYANA Club Show and the goings on and Festival times. This is a great time Louisville Nature Center) to share your enjoyment of KYANA with others. We always gain a number of new members at the “Falls I believe the strength of KYANA is our of the Ohio”. It is a wonderful opportunity. diversity. Our members are interested in many facets When I share my thoughts on KYANA I tend to of “Our Earth”. We have members talented and revert to our Constitution to help me sum up what expert in many areas. Our members have been KYANA is all about. generous in sharing their expertise, by presenting I hope you have all had time to read our programs for us. We have also had programs Constitution for yourselves. It is on our website presented by guest speakers, to enrich our various under “Members Only” section. Let me quote from interests. the purposes: While there are many clubs specializing in one area, I think KYANA does an excellent job of Section I meeting our member’s interests in Fossils, Minerals To provide educational, recreational, and social and Lapidary Arts. I personally am glad to have been opportunities to those interested in the subjects of introduced to KYANA almost two decades ago by Geology, Mineralogy, Archaeology, Paleontology, David Horn at the St. James Art Fair. I know many 2 of you have been brought into KYANA by a member Special Announcement: who spoke highly of our club. Word of mouth is Cosby Keys the FIRST PRESIDENT and Life probably our best recruiter. Please continue to share Member of KYANA has built a beautiful table for your enthusiasm about KYANA with your friends our KYANA Auction. He cut cabs from Flint and acquaintances. You are our best ambassadors. Ridge, Ohio material and placed them in the Speaking of experts in our club, Shevvy Baker center of the beautiful hand built table he has had another drawing published in “Jewelry constructed. This is an amazing donation to Artist” (Formally Lapidary Journal) and a photograph KYANA. We will ask Cosby to set a minimum bid of a pin she created from one of her previous for the table. See picture on page 4. drawings. Way to go Shevvy!!!! I received a call from a former student of Allen On behalf of KYANA I want to express our Jewell’s trying to reach him. He could not say sincere appreciation to Cosby for his incredible enough good things about his classes with Allen at generosity. I know it will be a treasure for some William Holland. Allen is among the best when it lucky person in our club. comes to teaching silversmithing. He has also done some great presentations for our club on lapidary arts I hope we have a great turn out for our October over the years. auction. I know I am looking forward to it. Look How nice to be able to brag on our members a forward to seeing you all at the Sept 15th meeting. little! Our Auction is coming up in October. I hope Betty you are saving all your good STUFF to bring in and saving your pennies to buy goodies for yourself. The The next board meeting is scheduled for auction is always a favorite program. Don’t miss it! October 5th at the Bon Air Library at 6:00 p.m.
General Meeting Minutes for August 18, 2009 by Blythe Collings, Secretary
PRESIDENT Betty called the meeting to order at STAMP PROGRAM CHAIR Leo will send in the 7:35 p.m. with 32 in attendance. She welcomed new stamps in the next week or two to the S.E. Federation member Terry H., a retired geologist, who joined tonight. (SFMS). As a first timer he selected a leaf fossil donated by LIBRARIAN Sandy wants us to complete the Michael P. questionnaire and wants us to return all previously Cosby Keys is donating a table he made to the Oct. borrowed books. She will make all new cards. KYANA auction. It is 18” tall and 30” in diameter; it will FIELDTRIP CHAIR Charlie reported that 14 have a minimum bid. All who want to volunteer to man members attended the IN fieldtrip last Thurs. This KYANA’S egg carton table at the Falls Festival, Sept. coming Fri. KYANA will return to an IN location 30 19th and 20th should sign up with Maryann. Please fill miles north of the previous site. The DMC field trip that out the library questionnaire tonight. KYANA is hosting will be on Sat Oct. 17th beginning at GUEST SPEAKER Judy Lundquist lectured on the 9:00 a.m. The picnic will be at 1:00 with our club is fossils of Florissant, a National Monument in Colorado. providing the meat. The DMC event will continue on A total of 1500 species of plants and insects are preserved Sun. the 18th with guided tours of the outer fossil bed at by silica in the ash from volcanic eruptions. They date to the “Falls of the Ohio.” Charlie asked for volunteers to the late Eocene just before a big change to colder weather. help with the picnic and the fossil bed tours. DOOR PRIZE WINNERS were Bob R and Judy L LAKE CUMBERLAND field trip will be Sept. TREASURER AND WEB MASTER Michael P. 12th leaving from the State Dock. Kenny P. has 2 boats prepared a written report and filed it with the secretary reserved; pay your deposit tonight. showing deposits, withdrawals, and balances. Paid PROGRAM CHAIR Herb said the Sept. program membership is now 85, a KYANA record, with 136 total will be given by Bellarmine’s Dr. Kate Bulinski on members. To date the website has had 10,313 visitors. creationism vs. evolution. CLUB SHOW CHAIR Mike W. asked for help in BUSINESS CARDS for KYANA are now printed manning the egg carton table and for help with placing reported Betty. advertising. (Blue O. volunteered to place the ads.) Other KYANA’S VIDEO master copy is with Dave S. volunteers needed to help with the children’s rubbings, Once Betty gets it from him, someone will burn 75 gem trees, and weather rocks. The electrical upgrade is copies. Each member family will get 1 free copy; extra ongoing. 60 tables are now sold. All who will attend the copies will have a charge. show committee meeting in Sept. or Oct. should call or ADJOURNED at 9:25 p.m. after a motion made by email Mike W. for details. Leo and a second made by Herb. 3 Field Trip Report by Charlie Oldham, Field Trip Coordinator
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Saturday August 15, Silurian Day attended by There was a lower formation exposed in a deep Mike and Sandy Haley, Luther and Jean Peak, Leo pit which was off limits and there were workmen Gallagher. I had five collection drawers of Waldron and machines running opening up a drainage system. Fossils laid out in the studio with a drawer of Above that was about 20 feet of fresh Waldron Shale material from the Napoleon Quarry. We talked exposes, most of which was pure shale, with few about what we had found at Napoleon and what a fossils. The lower algae, coral, bryzoan reef was not nice yard rock the 3-cephalopod boulder that Luther exposed. Above that was a 20 foot layer of brown and Jean had found would have made (if it wasn’t dolomitic limestone with large pockets of massive too big to move). calcite running along the upper part. This in turn Luther and I worked on my chain saw driven was covered with glacial out wash of 15-20 feet, the diamond saw but could not get it to start. The next cobbles were mostly 3 inches to 2 feet in size, morning it fired right up. enclosed in coarse sand. We had our traditional cookout and tomato Atop the eastern margin of the pit was an old feast. dump pile consisting mostly of Waldron Shale and ------glacial out wash. It is this pile that I concentrated Friday August 21 Met at the Quarry Office of on, looking for sections of the lower reef. After the St. Paul Stone Quarry and was delighted to learn several attempts I found what I was looking for, a that the other club scheduled to share the trip with 3x4 foot wide section of the reef which was highly KYANA was none other than the 500 Earth Science weathered. I spent most of my time 9:00 AM to Club, out of Indianapolis, Indiana. This is the club 2:00 PM working this rock down to pebbles. I which hosts their annual show at Greenfield each extracted a gallon of round corals, large brachs, September and their show this year will be held on snails, crinoid cups, fragments of trilobites [perhaps September 11, 12, & 13. a whole one] and six complete crinoids calyxes We were met by the quarry manager who Eucalyptocrinus sp. the most I ever found in one welcomed us to his facility, and gave us a little day. introduction to their operations. He told us that this was the first day that they had had the mining A member of the 500 club found his first portion of the quarry open since last November, Waldron blastoid and four more. ! when they laid off their entire mining crew. Since then they had cut back their hours and were only I am not sure what else was found, but selling out of their stock piles. We were informed everyone had a good time. that we were the only collectors who were allowed to collect the quarry this year. While I was up on top Leo was investigating the brown dolomitic limestone and found a couple of That they had landed a contract for some small pockets of honey colored calcite and a 500 upgrading of county roads and repair of roads which pound block of massive cream to honey colored were impacted by the gas line which is transecting calcite. Most of which we took home. I used my Indiana. But all that would be internal processing 12" diamond saw to free the bigger mass from the and the front gates would be closed. enclosing boulder and Vic Hurm and David Treffinger helped Leo break it up with a sledge We were led down into the northeastern pit and hammer. About midway I cut the watermelon, sure pretty much given the run of the place with a few tasted good, thanks Mike and Sandy Haley! exceptions. We collected from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. There were seven members of KYANA in I found more calcite chunks along the ramp attendance and eight members of the 500 club. leading out of the quarry, and we filled the truck. When the quarry manager came down to fetch us he remarked that I might have to run across the scale. 4 ------State Park and the participants of the DMC are August 29, Sandy and Mike Haley and I visited invited to attend. The details are posted on the the Worthville, found a slab with two disarticulated SFMS DMC website. crinoids and a bunch of small brachiopods and two nice snails. After I got home I was looking at the Charlie bucket of slabs I picked up and took a closer look at a small shale nodule. As it turns out I may found something quite rare, three dimensional graptolite Kyana Events -- Members Only! rhabdosomes including the sicula and spinose thecae. Graptolites are those black marks on some October 24 (Saturday) the shales and mudstone of the Kope formation. Ordovician Fossils - Frankfort, Kentucky These on the other hand are jagged rods, which November 21(Saturday) Hazard, Kentucky resemble hacksaw teeth Pennsylvanian Plant & Marine Fossils
We had lunch and Mike and I went further up the road and visited a different road cut than had been previously visited. Found almost a dozen small Other Events -- Public Invited! hypostomes, a couple of sections of a really big Isotelus, sheets of clear Gypsum [Selenite] up to September 19 & 20, 2009 four inches square, crystal clear, thin as paper. A DETAILS ON PG 6 strange cephalopod, or what is attached to it! And a October 3, 2009 (10 am to 6 pm) and sheet of rock with over 20 rare hydrozoans. Oct 4 (12 – 5) Rockhounds of Central Kentucky (ROCK) are having their annual Another successful exploratory trip along the valley of the Kentucky River! show on at the Kentucky National Guard ------Armory in Lexington. The Armory is located Saturday October 3, we will be visiting the on Airport Road, off Man O’ War, behind quarry at Speed, Indiana along with The Evansville Bluegrass Field. Lapidary Society's Juniors. Admission is $1 for adults, ------50 cents for children 6 – 12. Parking is free. Saturday and Sunday October 17 & 18 KYANA will be hosting the SFMS Dixie Mineral November 13, 14, & 15, 2009 Council DMC on Field Trips to Taylorsville, the KYANA Mineral, Gem and Fossil Kentucky River Valley, and the Outer Fossil Beds at the Falls of the Ohio. On Saturday KYANA will Show GEM AND MINERAL SHOW hold our Annual Picnic at a shelter in Taylorsville
Please plan to attend KYANA’s Big Auction on October 20th, during regular meeting time. Cosby Keys’ beautiful table will be up for auction. It is adorned with Flint Ridge stone cabochons that he cut (see picture).
5 Finding Fossils in Paris, France by Michael Popp
If you visit Paris, France then consider a stop at the Muséum National D'Historie Naturelle, Jardin Des Plantes, Paléontologie et Anatomie Comparée. Anyone interested in fossils or zoology should visit this historic building. This article will discuss the Gallery of Paleontology located on the first and second floors. The Gallery of Comparative Anatomy is located on the ground floor. According to their English language brochure, the specimens there allow study to help with the classification of species and groups. It consists of approximately 1,000 mounted skeletons including the rare Norwhal ("sea unicorn") and the living fossil fish coclacanth. The first level contains the vertebrate fossils from the Cambrian, Mesozoic, Tertiary, and Quaternary Eras. One could see Some of the notable fossils to see were in the coral a Devonian Period armored fish Dunkleosleus from Ohio. section. A Siphonphrentis gigantea horn coral fragments I could not find any Devonian sharks though. Other from the Chutes de l'Ohio (Falls of the Ohio). In the First notable dinosaur skeletons found there were: Allosaurus, Fossil section, a display case contained 3 billion year old Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops, and Diplodocus. stromatolites from the African Sahara. These early life forms were the oxygen and lime producers for our planet allowing more advanced organisms to develop. Another interesting fossil was of huge dragonfly wings and body part impressions on shale. There were a number of Crawfordsville, Indiana crinoid calyx and stems. It appeared that large sections of their collection came from countries that France was associated with in the past: Algeria, Morocco, and Egypt.
Some fossils seen from this state and surrounding ones: Hallopora dalei (Covington, KY), Amplexopora petasiformia (Cincinnati, OH), Amplexopora filiosa (Cincinnati, OH), Hallopora ramosa (Cincinnati, OH), Bythopora gracilis (Cincinnati, OH), Heterotrypa frondosa (Cincinnati, OH), Constellaria constellata (Newport, KY), Byssonichia radiata (Waynesville, OH), Calymene niagarensis (Ohio), Flexicalymene senaria (Ohio),
Pentremites sulcatus (Chester, IL), Pentremites godoni My visit to the museum was mostly spent on the 2nd level (Monroe, IL), Nucleocrinus verneuili (Columbus, OH), with the invertebrate fossil collection. All of the displays Gilbertsocrinus tuberosus (Crawfordsville, IN), and posters are in French so it was difficult for an English Actinocrinus multiramosus (Indiana), Dizygocrinus speaker to understand. Fortunately, a lot of the French indianensis (Crawfordsville, IN), Dichocrinus polydactylus names are very similar to English or Latin nomenclature. (Crawfordsville, IN), Agaricocrinus splendens (Indiana), The second level is not a complete floor but an extended Glyptocrinus decadactylus (Cincinnati, OH), Glyptocrinus balcony that encompasses most of the huge building's decadactylus (Waynesville, OH), Platycrinites perimeter. A skylight spans almost the length of the roof hemisphaericus (Crawfordsville, IN), Halysites catenularia that provides natural lighting to the second and first (Kentucky), Zaphrentis cf. phrygia (Ohio), Streptelasma levels. The building was opened in 1898 and designed sp. (Richmond, IN), Phaulactis sp. (Falls of the Ohio), by architect Ferdinand Dutert. Invertebrate paleontology Arachnophyllum striatum (Kentucky), and Streptelasma was brought to the forefront in the middle 19th century by sp. (Madison, IN), Alcide d'Orbigny with a collection of 10,000 fossils. This famous naturalist/paleontologist has a “button” coral A visit to this museum is well worth your time. The Jardin named after him found in the Louisville area called Des Plantes also contains a mineral museum and Hadrophyllum orbigny. beautiful plant garden.
Find out more at their website (www.mnhn.fr).
See more pictures of fossils from France at my blog:
louisvillefossils.blogspot.com.
6 Falls Fossil Festival Special Exhibits Located inside the Interpretive Center* Program and Schedule Green Planet: The History of Plants! September 19 & 20, 2009 Located in our Interpretive Center, this exhibit explores the rise of plants in Earth’s fossil record. When were the Outdoor activities are free with $2 parking. first forests? When did flowers become common? What is Regular admission applies for Interpretive Center: petrified wood? This exhibit is a partnership with paleo- $5 adults, $2 children botanist Dr. David W. Taylor, chair of the Department of Life Sciences at Indiana University Southeast. *Admission Inside the Resource Tent fee (good for the entire day) is required for indoors. Located behind the Interpretive Center, you can find information about the event, join a geology club, get rocks Saturday, September 19 and fossils identified and pick up brochures from fossil parks, earth science publications, and more. All activities and areas are open Falls of the Ohio Foundation 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. 9:30 —12:30 Hike on the outer fossil beds*, led by park Festival information is provided and questions are volunteer Paul Olliges. answered. In the library… Kyana Geological Society (KGS) Public Programs -everyone is welcome! This is the Louisville Metro area’s geology club. Create 1:30 Coal Age Fossils and Earth History your own collection (donation to the KGS required). Dan Phelps, Kentucky Paleontological Society, Members will be available to answer questions about the Lexington, Kentucky. group’s meetings and field trips. 2:30 Life in the Ordovician Indiana Society for Paleontology Dr. Kate Bulinski, Bellarmine University, Louisville. Members will be on-hand to identify your fossils, rocks, 3:30 Minerals from the Depths of the Earth and minerals. Club fossil sales at booth. Information Dr. George Lager, University of Louisville. about Indiana fossils and membership. 4:30 A History of Plants Kentucky Paleontological Society Dr. David Taylor, Indiana University Southeast, Members will be on-hand to identify your fossils and New Albany. rocks. Club fossil sales at booth, “spin the wheel fossil game.” Information about Kentucky fossils and Sunday, September 20 membership. Activities and areas are open Fossil Parks of North America 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Brochures are available for many of the 50+ parks in the 9:30 —12:30 Hike on the outer fossil beds, led by park U.S. and Canada that have significant fossil sites. volunteer Paul Olliges. * Outer fossil bed hikes are Other Information rugged. Sturdy foot wear is recommended and a walking Brochures about earth science publications, organizations stick will be helpful. You will get wet. This hike is not and fossil information can be found under the tent. suitable for children under 8 or 9. Children’s Activity Area Children’s Activity Tent closes at 4:00 on Sunday. The far side of the parking lot has two areas especially for In the library… children’s activities. 2:30 Fossil Collecting Tips Fossil Collecting Rock Piles Rick Schrantz, Kentucky Paleontological Society, (Adults welcome!) - Dig Silurian and Devonian Fossils in Lexington, Kentucky. two large rock piles supplied by Hanson America. You 3:30 Mineral Collecting Tips may keep anything you find. (Collecting at the Falls of the Steve Garza, Corydon, Indiana. Ohio is not allowed anywhere else!) Mineral Collecting Piles Weekend Fossil Bed Trucked in from southern Illinois, look for fluorite, barite, Hike Schedule calcite and sphalerite minerals in this pile. Hikes on the fossil beds along the Indiana shore are Children’s Activity Tent scheduled for these times on both days: 10:00 am, 1:00 The Kyana Geological Society offers a variety of activities pm, 2:00 pm 3:00 pm, and 4:00 pm. Meet on the deck each day. Bead stringing, weather rocks, dream catchers, beside the Interpretive Center. and more. Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana will provide a craft activity this year, too. Visit the tent regularly throughout the festival to see what is going on! Staffed in part by volunteers from Indiana Univ. SE School of Education.