Mineral Madness
Sale and Family Fun
Saturday, January 21 and
Sunday, January 22, 2012
The annual Mineral Madness event at the Desert Museum is a chance for everyone, from the novice to the serious collector, to learn something new about minerals and rocks, and to find new treasures for their collection. Activities during the weekend include a mineral sale with thousands of specimens, ranging in price from 50 cents to hundreds of dollars. It is a great place to start a collection, with expert staff and docents to guide you. In addition, there will be activities for families and children all around the museum grounds, including viewing micro-minerals, creating crystal origami and learning about how animals and people use minerals. At each station, children can collect a free rock or mineral specimen in their own egg-carton collection box. Children should bring their own egg-carton if possible.
- Mineral Sale: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days (Baldwin Education Building)
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Collector's treasures (specimens from Arizona, Mexico and all over the world)
Start a collection (many specimens under $1)
Spruce up the yard with yard rocks (no watering!)
Also: Fossils, Gemstones, Jewelry Demonstrations - Family Mineral Activity Stations: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days
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Find Fossils
Seeing Double
Crystal Origami
Ride through the rock cycle
Discover micro-minerals
Minerals in my chocolate? matching game
Mineral Wheel of Fortune
Meteorites
And more…
Visit each station to complete your free egg-carton collection!
