The Rice NW Museum is one of the world’s finest collection of minerals from worldwide localities. There are colorful minerals and rocks, fluorescent minerals (glow in the dark), meteorite specimens, ornate carvings, petrified wood, ancient fossils, and rocks and minerals of the Pacific Northwest. They are located West of Portland off of HWY 26.
Below are some photos from our trip to the museum.
CORALYN CHECKING OUT ALL THE ROCKS
SLICES OF PETRIFIED WOOD
INTRICATELY CARVED CARNELIAN (an agate)
A BEAUTIFUL JADE CARVING
INSIDE THUNDEREGG. BEAUTIFUL CRYSTALS!
VERY THIN FIBROUS CRYSTALS – HOW THEY SURVIVE EXCAVATION IS BEYOND ME.
