"The Alma Rose" Jeff Scovil Photo

Our Collection

The Museum Collection includes an extensive variety of crystallized mineral species; world class specimens of common quartz and gypsum, colorful copper minerals, one of the two finest red rhodochrosite specimens in the world, rare and beautiful gem crystals of emerald, ruby, aquamarine, morganite, amethyst and thousands of other specimens from around the world. "Flowers of the mineral kingdom."

The collection also displays extraordinary lapidary works. Large cut and polished sections of petrified wood, fossil palm, and cycad; polished specimens of green variscite, pink rhodochrosite, rich green malachite, dark blue lapis lazuli, elegant turquoise, chrysocolla, rutillated quartz, and much more.

A northwest mineral museum would not be complete without agate. The Rices, began this exhibit in 1938 with a handful of Oregon beach agates and it now displays examples of agate from locations throughout the Americas, including the U.S.A., Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. Thundereggs from many of Oregon's classic localities are featured.