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Friday Night Lecture — Leslie Moclock, "Oregon’s Gems: The Geologic Stories Behind Beautiful Stones"

  • Cramer Hall, Portland State University 1721 Southwest Broadway Portland, OR, 97201 United States (map)
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Oregon’s volcanic history has given us more than mountains. Come learn how sunstones and opals feature in our state’s geologic past.

Leslie Moclock has been the curator at the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals since 2014. She holds a MS in Geology from University of California-Davis and a BA from Amherst College.

Geode photo by Jeff Scovil, courtesy Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals.