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Not every state has an official state mineral, rock, stone or gemstone. (Years, if listed in parentheses, are the years of the state's adoption.)
State Mineral Rock Stone Gemstone
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas (1967)
California Gold Jade
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida Agatized Coral (1979)
Georgia Quartz (1976)
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana Limestone
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
North Dakota Teredo Wood
Ohio Ohio Flint
Oklahoma Rose RockBarite crystal
Oregon Oregon sunstone (1987)
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina Amethyst Blue granite (1969) Amethyst (1969)
South Dakota Fairburn agate (1966)
Tennessee Limestone (1979) Agate Tennessee Pearl (1979)
Texas Oligocene
petrified palmwood
(1969)
Texas blue topaz (1969)
Utah Coal (1991)
Vermont Granite, marble and slate
(1992)
Virginia
Washington Petrified wood (1975)
West Virginia Silicified Mississippian
fossil coral Lithostrotionella (1990)
Wisconsin
Wyoming Jade (Nephrite) (1967)

Trivia

  • California was the first state to designate an official State Rock.
  • Colorado is the only state whose geological symbols are red (rhodochrosite), white (yule marble), and blue (aquamarine).
  • Massachusetts also has a state historical rock (Plymouth Rock), explorer rock (Dighton Rock), and building and monument stone (Granite)
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