Mineral Identification
Need help identifying rocks you’ve found or purchased? Coyote Short, Professional Geologist, can identify rocks, minerals, fossils and Native American artifacts. Bring in your specimens and she will help you […]
Need help identifying rocks you’ve found or purchased? Coyote Short, Professional Geologist, can identify rocks, minerals, fossils and Native American artifacts. Bring in your specimens and she will help you […]
Need help identifying rocks you’ve found or purchased? Coyote Short, Professional Geologist, can identify rocks, minerals, fossils and Native American artifacts. Bring in your specimens and she will help you […]
Join Geologist Mark Ferns for an incredible geologic journey through Succor Creek to Leslie Gulch. During this field trip we will be looking at the Mahogany Mountain Caldera, a large […]
The presentation will discuss Pegmatite, a textural term for igneous or metamorphic rock bodies with unusually large crystal sizes. 1:00 PM, Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology, 2455 Old Penitentiary […]
Learn what rocks are made of and how they are used every day. This is a fun event for kids. 1-2pm, Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology, 2455 Old Penitentiary […]
Idaho Gives runs from May 4- midnight May 7. Early donating begins about a week before. Please mark your calendar. This year our goal is to raise $5,000. The Idaho […]
Join Tom Frey for a popular field trip to the Shoofly Oolites, one of the largest outcrops of Oolites in North America—located 70 miles from Boise near Grand View. We […]
Join us in panning for gold! The Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology will set up this event in the courtyard of the Women's Prison at the Old Pen in […]
Join Dr. Terry Panhorst for a tour of some spectacular scenery and geology at the southern end of Boise National Forest. You’ll see granite, basalt, and rhyolite, plus learn interesting […]