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Monday, February 22, 2010

states and their minerals

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_minerals,_rocks,_stones_and_gemstones

State Mineral Rock or Stone Gemstone
Alabama[1]
Hematite (1967)

Marble (1969)
Star Blue Quartz (1990)
Alaska[2]
Gold
Jade
Arizona[3]
Copper[4] (Arizona's nickname is "the Copper State")
Turquoise
Arkansas[5]
Quartz
Bauxite (1967)
Diamond
California[6]
Gold California's nickname is the Golden State
Serpentine (1965)
Benitoite (1985)
Colorado[7]
Rhodochrosite (2002)
Yule marble (2004)
Aquamarine (1971)
Connecticut[8]
Almandine Garnet (1977)
Connecticut's nickname is the Brownstone State
Delaware[9]
Sillimanite
Florida[10]
Agatized Coral (1979)
Moonstone (1970)
Georgia[11]
Staurolite (1976)
Quartz (1976)
Hawaiʻi
Black coral[12]
Idaho[13]
Star garnet (1967)
Illinois[14]
Fluorite (1965)
Indiana[15]
Salem Limestone (1971)
Iowa[16]
Geode (1967)
Kansas
Kentucky[17]
Coal (1998)
Kentucky Agate (2000)
Freshwater pearl (1986)
Louisiana[18]
Agate (1976)
Maine[19]
Tourmaline
Maryland[20]
Patuxent River Stone (2004)
Massachusetts[21]
Babingtonite (1971)
Roxbury Puddingstone (1983)
Rhodonite (1979)
Michigan[22]
Petoskey stone fossilized coral (1965)
Chlorastrolite (aka Isle Royale greenstone 1972)
Minnesota[23]
Lake Superior agate (1969)
Mississippi[24]
Petrified wood (1976)
Missouri[25]
Galena (1967) Missouri's nickname is the Lead State
Mozarkite (1967)
Montana[26]
Montana Sapphire
and


Montana Agate
Nebraska[27]
Prairie agate (1967)
Blue agate (1967)
Nevada[28]
Silver Nevada's nickname is the Silver State
Sandstone (1987)
Precious Gemstone: Black fire opal


Semiprecious Gemstone: Turquoise
New Hampshire[29]
Beryl (1985)
Granite (1985) New Hampshire's nickname is the Granite State
Smoky quartz (1985)
New Jersey[30]
New Mexico[31]
Turquoise (1967)
New York[32]
Garnet (1967)
North Carolina[33]
Granite (1979)
Emerald (1973)
North Dakota[34]
Ohio[35]
Ohio flint (1965)
Oklahoma[36]
Rose Rock (Barite)
Oregon[37]
Thunderegg (1965)
Oregon sunstone (1987)
Pennsylvania[38]
Rhode Island[39]
Bowenite (1966)
Cumberlandite (1966)
South Carolina[40]
Blue granite (1969)
Amethyst (1969)
South Dakota[41]
Rose quartz
Fairburn agate (1966)
Tennessee[42]
Limestone (1979)
and


Tennessee Paint Rock Agate (1969)
Tennessee River Pearl (1979)
Texas[43]
Precious Metal: Silver (2007)
Oligocene petrified palmwood (1969)
Gemstone: Texas blue topaz (1969)


Gem Cut: "Lone Star Cut" (1977)
Utah[44]
Copper (1994)
Coal (1991)
Topaz (1969)
Vermont[45]
Talc
Granite (1992)
and


Marble (1992)
and


Slate (1992)
Grossular garnet
Virginia[46]
Washington[47]
Petrified wood (1975)
West Virginia[48]
Bituminous Coal (2009)[49]
Mississippian Lithostrotionella fossil coral (1990)
Wisconsin[50]
Galena (1971)
Red granite (1971)
Wyoming[51]
Wyoming Nephrite Jade (1967)

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