{"id":895,"date":"2016-08-30T09:38:20","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T09:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpbeta.simple.biz\/mcintosh55\/?page_id=895"},"modified":"2018-07-03T22:50:20","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T15:50:20","slug":"official-state-fossils-gems-minerals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wpbeta.simple.biz\/mcintosh55\/official-state-fossils-gems-minerals\/","title":{"rendered":"Official State Fossils, Gems, Minerals"},"content":{"rendered":"
This is a list of official state fossils, minerals and gems.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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State<\/h6>\n<\/th>\n
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Official Fossil<\/h6>\n<\/th>\n
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Common Name<\/h6>\n<\/th>\n
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Official Gem<\/h6>\n<\/th>\n
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Official Mineral<\/h6>\n<\/th>\n
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Official Rock<\/h6>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
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Alabama<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Basilosaurus cetoides<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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whale<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Hematite<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Marble<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Alaska<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Mammuthus primigenius<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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woolly mammoth<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Jade<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Gold<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Arizona<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Araucarioxylon arizonicum<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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petrified wood<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Turquoise<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Fire Agate<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Petrified Wood<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Arkansas<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n
Diamond<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Quartz Crystal<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Bauxite<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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California<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Smilodon californicus<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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sabertooth cat<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Benitoite<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Native Gold<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Serpentine<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Colorado<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Stegosaurus stenops<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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plated dinosaur<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Aquamarine<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Rhodochrosite<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Connecticut<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Eubrontes giganteus<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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dinosaur track<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n\n
Garnet<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Delaware<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Belemnitella americana<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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belemnite<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n\n
Sillimantite<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Florida<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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agatized coral<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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coral<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Moonstone<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n\n
Agatized Coral<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Georgia<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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shark tooth<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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shark tooth<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Quartz<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Staurolite<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Hawaii<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n
Black coral<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Idaho<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Equus simplicidens<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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horse<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Star Garnet<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Illinois<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Tullimonstrum gregarium<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Tully Monster<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n\n
Fluorite<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Indiana<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n
Limestone<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Iowa<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n
Geode<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Kansas<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Kentucky<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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brachiopod<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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brachiopod<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Freshwater Pearl<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Coal<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Louisiana<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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petrified palm wood<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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petrified palm wood<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Agate<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n\n
Petrified Palm<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Maine<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Pertica quadrifaria<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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plant<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Tourmaline<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Maryland<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae<\/h6>\n
Astrodon johnstoni<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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snail<\/h6>\n
sauropod dinosaur<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Patuxent River Stone<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Massachusetts<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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dinosaur tracks<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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dinosaur tracks<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Rhodonite<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Babingtonite<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Roxbury Pudding stone (Jasper)<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Michigan<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Mamut americanum<\/h6>\n
Petoskey Stonei<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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mastodon<\/h6>\n
coralr<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Chlorastrolite (aka Isle Royale greenstone)<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n\n
Petosky Stone<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Minnesota<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n
Lake Superior agate<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Mississippi<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Basilosaurus and Zygorhiza<\/h6>\n
petrified wood<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
whales<\/h6>\n
petrified wood<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n
Petrified Wood<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Missouri<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Delocrinus missouriensis<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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crinoid<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n\n
Galena<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Mozarkite<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Montana<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Maiasaura peeblesorum<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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duckbilled dinosaur<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Yogo Sapphire<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Nebraska<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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mammoth<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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mammoth<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Blue Agate<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n\n
Prairie Agate<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Nevada<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Shonisaurus popularis<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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ichthyosaur<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Precious: Virgin Valley black fire opal; Semiprecious: Nevada turquoise<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Silver<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Sandstone<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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New Hampshire<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n
Smoky quartz<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Beryl<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Conway Granite<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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New Jersey<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Hadrosaurus foulkii<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
duckbilled dinosaur<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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New Mexico<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Coelophysis bauri<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
theropod dinosaur<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Turquoise<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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New York<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Eurypterus remipes<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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sea scorpion<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Garnet<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Hematite<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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North Carolina<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n
Emerald<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n\n
Granite\/Unakite<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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North Dakota<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Teredo petrified wood<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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shipworm-bored petrified wood<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n
Toredo Wood<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ohio<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Isotelus<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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trilobite<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Ohio Flint<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Oklahoma<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Saurophaganax maximus<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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theropod dinosaur<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n
Barite Rose<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Oregon<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Metasequoia<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
conifer leaf<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Oregon sunstone<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n\n
Thunderegg<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Pennsylvania<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Phacops rana<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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trilobite<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n
Trilobite<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Rhode Island<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n
Bowenite<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Cumberlandite<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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South Carolina<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n
Amethyst<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n\n
Blue Granite<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
South Dakota<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Triceratops<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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horned dinosaur<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Fairburn agate<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Rose Quartz<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Tennessee<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Pterotrigonia thoracica<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
bivalve<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Tennessee Pearl<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n\n
Agate, Tennessee Limestone<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Texas<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Pleurocoelus<\/h6>\n
petrified palm wood<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
sauropod dinosaur<\/h6>\n
petrified palm wood<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Texas blue topaz<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n\n
Petrified Palmwood<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Utah<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Allosaurus<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
theropod dinosaur<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Topaz<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n\n
Coal<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Vermont<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Delphinapterus leucas<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
beluga whale<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Grossular garnet<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Talc and Grossular Garnet<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Granite, Marble, Slate<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Virginia<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Chesapecten jeffersonius<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Pliocene, bivalve<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n
Chesapecten jeffersonius (Fossil)<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Washington<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Mammuthus columbi<\/h6>\n
petrified wood<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
mammoth<\/h6>\n
petrified wood<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Petrified wood<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
West Virginia<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
fossil coral<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
coral<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Silicified Mississippian fossil coral Lithostrotionella<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Wisconsin<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Calymene celebra<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Silurian, trilobite<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n\n
Galena<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Red Granite<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Wyoming<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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Knightia<\/h6>\n
Triceratops<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
fish<\/h6>\n
horned dinosaur<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Jade (Nephrite)<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
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This is a list of official state fossils, minerals and gems. State Official Fossil Common Name Official Gem Official Mineral Official Rock Alabama Basilosaurus cetoides whale Hematite Marble Alaska Mammuthus primigenius woolly mammoth Jade Gold Arizona Araucarioxylon arizonicum petrified wood Turquoise Fire Agate Petrified Wood Arkansas Diamond Quartz Crystal Bauxite California Smilodon californicus sabertooth cat …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-895","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpbeta.simple.biz\/mcintosh55\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpbeta.simple.biz\/mcintosh55\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpbeta.simple.biz\/mcintosh55\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpbeta.simple.biz\/mcintosh55\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpbeta.simple.biz\/mcintosh55\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpbeta.simple.biz\/mcintosh55\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpbeta.simple.biz\/mcintosh55\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}