If you want to look at pictures, most gemstones in list below are on the USA state symbols site. Some of the best photos I saw for USA rocks and minerals was on Wikipedia, where you may also find additional details about each. Links within the chart will go to blog posts where I have written about the particular stone.
American Gemstones and Rocks per State
| STATE (Abbreviation) | GEMSTONE | METAL/MINERAL | ROCK |
| Alabama (AL) | Star Blue Quartz | Hematite (Red Iron Ore) | Marble |
| Alaska (AK) | Nephrite Jade | Gold |
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| Arizona (AZ) | Turquoise | Copper or Wulfenite (Yellow Lead Ore) |
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| Arkansas(AR) | Diamond | Crystal Quartz | Bauxite |
| California (CA) | Benitoite | Gold | Serpentine |
| Colorado (CO) | Aquamarine | Rhodochrosite | Yule Marble |
| Connecticut (CT) | Garnet | Almandine Garnet |
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| Delaware (DE) |
| Sillimanite |
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| Florida (FL) | Moonstone | Agatized Coral |
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| Georgia (GA) | Quartz | Staurolite |
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| Hawaii (HI) | Black Coral |
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| Idaho (ID) | Star Garnet |
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| Illinois (IL) |
| Fluorite |
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| Indiana (IN) |
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| Salem Limestone |
| Iowa (IA) |
| Petrified Palmwood | Geode |
| Kansas (KS) | Jelenite Amber | Galena | Greenhorn Limestone |
| Kentucky (KY) | Freshwater Pearl | Coal | Kentucky Agate |
| Louisiana (LA) | Lapearlite (Oyster Shell) | Agate |
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| Maine (ME) | Tourmaline |
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| Maryland (MD) | Patuxent River Stone |
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| Massachusetts (MA) | Rhodonite | Babingtonite | Roxbury Puddingstone |
| Michigan (MI) | Chlorastrolite (Isle Royale Greenstone) |
| Petoskey Stone (Fossilized Coral) |
| Minnesota (MN) | Lake Superior Agate |
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| Mississippi (MS) |
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| Petrified Wood |
| Missouri (MO) |
| Galena |
This post first appeared on Organize This With Style! (aka Org This), please read the originial post: here
