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Self-Guided Tour
DUE: 11:59 PM, Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Worth Up To: 20 Points
Directions: West of Portland, off of Highway 26 West. Take Exit 61 North. Take first turn
West onto Groveland Drive. Proceed approx. 1 mile (you will pass by Groveland Rd. on
your right) and turn right into museum driveway.
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Assignment:
1. Locate and observe the features and characteristics of the rocks (boulder size)
that are outside and nearby the admissions/gift shop.
2. What is a meteorite? How often to they hit, or land, on Earth? Was one ever
found in the Willamette Valley?
5. Answer the following questions using the rocks on the shelving unit in the video
room.
Identify and name 3 metamorphic rocks, and list them in order from low- to high-
grade metamorphism.
6. In the fossil room, pick you favorite fossil, and briefly describe the
paleoenvironment (i.e., ancient environment) in which it lived, and how long ago
it lived. Include a sketch or photo.
7. Briefly describe how petrified wood and thunder eggs are formed.
8. In the mineral room, locate the safe with gold samples and rhodochrosite sample.
Do they have the same luster?
9. In the mineral room, pick out a mineral you think is really cool. But, it has to be
one we haven’t seen in lab or class. Briefly describe the color, crystal shape,
cleavage, include it’s chemical formula.
10. What are zeolites? Are there any in Oregon? If so, where? Include a sketch or
photo, and briefly describe how they’re formed.
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