For 21 years, the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals has quietly housed the family's incredible rock collection, but over the last two years it's seen a record number of visitors ...

Whatever the draw, growing interest in rocks is fueling ... Angela Piller of the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals in Hillsboro also sees a growing trend. “I definitely see more ...

Idaho's geology makes it a special place for finding many different kinds of rocks and minerals. Minerals are made from 92 chemical elements that join together in many different ways. A rock is a ...

There will be gem, jewelry and mineral dealers, silent auctions, drawings, demonstrations on ... cases featuring their expertise in working rocks and special rocks they have found.

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No bigger than a smartphone, this remarkable rock has layers that tell the story of the working lives and hardships of miners in the 1800s. A flawless blue topaz gemstone - the largest of its kind - ...