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The colors in Petrified Wood come from minerals present during formation.  Petrified Wood may retain the details of the original wood, but often the bright colors are not common in the actual wo ...

Petrified Wood is found all over the world. Countries with well-known petrified wood deposits include: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, The Czech Republic, Germany, Ecuador, Egyp ...

Looking for mining industry resources? This is a list of government agencies and other organizations that are the best sources of mining and geological information. Many of these institutions may off ...

Everybody knows rocks are sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic.   But did you know there are scientist who actually specialize in each one of the 3 varieties? They spend their time studying and ...

The Green River Fossil Formation is one of the best known and most prolific fossil locations in the U.S. About 55 million years ago, during the Eocene period, the Rocky Mountains were formed. At that ...

Due to covid and the influx of live shows on social media, more and more people are getting into rocks and minerals. That’s great for those of us who make a living mining and selling rocks and ...

Washington's Petrified Woods are some of the finest in the nation. The Petrified Woods not only represent a broad range of colors and patterns, but also represent a wide range of identifiable spec ...

Tennessee has more mineral resources than any other state east of the Mississippi, except North Carolina. Limestone and dolomite, bituminous coal, lead, zinc, ball clay, sand and gravel, phosphate, ...

  Missouri's major mineral resources include lead ore, iron ore, zinc, barite, and limestone. Galena was named the official state mineral of Missouri in 1967. Galena is a major source of lead ...

Unakite is a granite composed of pink orthoclase feldspar, green epidote, and quartz. It exists in various shades of green and pink and is usually mottled in appearance. Unakite is also referred ...

Finding rocks and minerals in Maryland can be challenging. A lot of the good hunting areas, where rocks and minerals may be found, are heavily vegetated. The easternmost part of the state of Maryla ...

New Hampshire has a large variety of rocks and minerals. This is due mostly to the pegmatites that comprise a large portion of New Hampshire's surface. The igneous and metamorphic rocks were worn d ...