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Falls of the Ohio Gift Shop Information

 

The Falls of the Ohio State Park gift shop has a variety on low-cost fossils and minerals, priced from 50 cents and up.The gift shop closes an hour before the Interpretive Center every day (4:00 PM).

This is a great place to buy local specimens - none from the park of course! Inventory varies. We strive to provide accurate labels as much as possible!

 Gift shop at the Falls   Gift shop at the Falls

October 2011 photos                   

Fossils

Ammonites**      Blastoids**       Brachiopods       Bryozoans       Cephalopods       Clams

Corals (Rugose & Tabulate)      Crinoids              Cystoids**        Echinoids             Graptolites**       Insects**             Ostracods**      Plants** (Callixylon wood and non-local fossil ferns) 

Snails                 Shark Teeth**  Sponges and Stromatoporoids  Trace fossils    Trilobites

**Availability is not guaranteed due to low numbers kept on hand.

box of crinoid cups

We currently have a large supply of Waldron Shale Eucalyptocrinites

crinoid cups and partial calices priced from $1 - $5.

Minerals*

Agate (Quartz)      Barite          Calcite    Celestine    Dolomite     Fluorite     Garnet   

Gypsum                 Hematite     Malachite    Mica        Pyrite          Quartz       Sphalerite

* Specimens from all over the world

We have bagged minerals as well as fossil & mineral collections mounted on cards.

Rocks

We do not keep a lot of rocks on hand, but occasionally we will have assorted igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. Call 812-280-9970 during business hours to inquire.

Handcrafted Items ($4 and up)

Art Cards

Earrings

Gourd bowls

Necklaces & Pendants

Stone sculptures

Walking Sticks

Kid's Items (most under $5)

Dino & Turtle Squishables

Dino Fossil Putty

Hatch & Grw Dino and Turtle Eggs

Mini-dino excavation kits

Mammoth excavation kits

Slime (Tar Pits)

Tee Shirts and Hats

A few styles are in stock.

Books

We have some nature books for children, Fandex nature ID books, a book on the 1937 flood and a few others. A limited inventory is in stock.

Information about Probing the Wonders of the Falls - an activity book geared for educators.

  Rotating display with low-cost fossils.   Gift shop at the Falls

  April 2010                                              October 2011 photos             

  Updated October 13, 2011