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If you have read my previous blogs (you can find them by clicking here), you know that I have been educating myself on petrified wood and sharing what I learn with you! Recently I read that Larimar wa

Washington's Petrified Woods are some of the finest in the nation. <

Fossils are a record of a past life. They are the remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago. A fossil can be a part of the animal; such as the shell or bone. It can be an egg,...

Nebraska is not a great state for finding gem grade rocks and minerals. Nebraska is a part of the Great Plains, with its plain sloping from northwest to southwest, including rich farmlands in the...

 

What is my state's official state rock, mineral, or fossil?   Alabama designated Hematite as the state mineral in 1967, Hematite as the state rock in 1969, and Star Blue Quartz as the state...

Though Alabama isn’t really known for its rocks, it actually is rich in pretty rocks!  About 190 different minerals have been found in Alabama. The southern half of Alabama is a coastal plain...

Texas produces a large variety of gemstones, rocks, minerals and fossils. Sandy sediments typical of the coastal plain make up southeastern Texas. Behind this lies the Llano uplift of central Texas...

  Louisiana is not known as a great place to find rocks and minerals. It is completely made up of sedimentary rocks. There are no outcrops of metamorphic or igneous rocks. Much of Louisiana...

West Virginia is, of course, famous for its coal, but not for its rocks and minerals. The western two-thirds of West Virginia is a rough area of hills and valleys cut in sedimentary rocks and...

For obvious reasons rockhounding is much harder in Alaska!  Much of the ground is frozen or hard to get to. But Alaska does have lots of rocks and minerals including agates, jaspers, and...