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Fossil Collecting Field Trip

  • August 18, 2018
  • 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, Elmhurst

August 18
Fossil Collecting Field Trip

 

Travel by motor coach to Mulford Quarry in Rockford, Illinois. There has been recent blasting at this quarry, revealing a new layer of collectable fossils. These dolomitic limestone rocks are Ordovician in age and contain abundant fossils including brachiopods, cephalopods, corals, crinoids, gastropods, and more.


Field Trip - 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Ages 8 years to adult
Fee: $45.00 per person
Museum Members $40.00

Reservations required.


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