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Welcome to the Matilda & Karl Pfeiffer Museum & Study Center. The Pfeiffer Foundation provides educational and cultural opportunities featuring an historical home and gardens, native botanical gardens, a world-class mineral collection, and a Native American artifact collection.   Mineral Collection More than 1400 mineral specimens and geodes were collected by Mrs. Matilda Pfeiffer from 1960 until 1988. The collection Read more...

The Museum of Discovery is Arkansas’s premier science and technology center, and our mission to ignite and fuel a passion for science, technology, engineering, arts and math through dynamic, interactive experiences. Our museum is the oldest in the state of Arkansas, founded in 1927. We became the Museum of Discovery in 1998 when we moved to our River Market location. Read more...

Features three decades of history, covering the 20s-50s.The most valuable exhibit is a more than $20,000 evening gown made of woven aluminum thread. Designed by Jean Desses of Paris, it is one of only two such garments in existence. Community section includes pictures, pen and inks of old landmarks; everyday items; mining section contains historic photos, various tools, hats and Read more...

Arkansas Geological Commission Geology Learning Center gives students of earth science of all ages direct exposure to rocks, minerals, fossils and fossil fuels; allows visitors to watch the geologists on hand work with these articles; tours are free but must be arranged through the Commission. Read more...

Retail store for mineral specimens, crystals fossils, cutting materials, lapidary and jewelers equipment and supplies at including these brands;                Lortone                Covington                Barranca Diamond                Diamond Pacific                Ameritool                Inland Lapidary                Crystalite                Eastwind                Gyroc                Graves Read more...

Hi this is Janis and Jeremy Smith operators of the Lucky Strike mines of which there is Lucky Strike mine and Valley View mine . We are a thunder egg mine that has been open to the public for over 55 years.The owner of the mine is my mother Cindy Kopcinski she runs a Museum and Rock shop located of Read more...

At the core of it all are the thundereggs from our famous Priday Agate Beds. Though we can no longer offer digging your own thundereggs, we of course continue to carry freshly dug thundereggs from the South Blue Bed, Red Bed, Pony Butte, Opal and Priday Moss and Old Beds 1 and 2. In our rock shop you will find Read more...

OPEN DAILY! MAY 15th – November 1st,9am – 5pm Spectrum Sunstone Mine, located near Plush, OR, in Lake County Oregon, is an  Oregon sunstone mine open to the public for mining Oregon  Sunstone. Visit Spectrum Mine and dig for Oregon sunstone gems from a  designated pile of fresh unprocessed ore for free all day and keep what  you find (mine personnel must Read more...

We are a nonprofit club that encourages legal hunting, collecting, and sharing of our finds of Kentucky agates, fossils, minerals, and the beautiful things that can be made from them. Read more...