Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals - Hillsboro, OR
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dkestrel
N 45° 34.455 W 122° 56.904
10T E 504026 N 5046746
The Rice Museum has become nationally recognized as the finest rocks and minerals museum in the Pacific Northwest, and one of the best in the nation.
Waymark Code: WMJH6K
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 11/18/2013
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The Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals is home to many fascinating and beautiful galleries and displays. These galleries and displays cover an extremely wide range of geologic wonders, including Northwest stones such as thunder eggs and sunstones and a vast collection of semi-precious rocks, gems and crystals that include gold, emeralds, rubies, diamonds, sapphires and the famous "Alma Rose" rhodochrosite from Colorado
Type of Display: Geological
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