Official State Rocks from NETSTATE.COM (original) (raw)
| Official rocks listed by state. (List by state or year) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
State |
Name | Designated as | Year |
| Alabama | Marble | Official rock | 1969 |
| Alaska | [ None ] | ||
| Arizona | [ None ] | ||
| Arkansas | Bauxite | Official state rock | 1967 |
| California | Serpentine | Official State rock and lithologic emblem | 1965 |
| Colorado | Yule marble | State rock | 2004 |
| Connecticut | [ None ] | ||
| Delaware | [ None ] | ||
| Florida | [ None ] | ||
| Georgia | [ None ] | ||
| Hawaii | [ None ] | ||
| Idaho | [ None ] | ||
| Illinois | [ None ] | ||
| Indiana | [ None ] | ||
| Iowa | Geode | State rock | 1967 |
| Kansas | [ None ] | ||
| Kentucky | Kentucky agate | Official rock | 2000 |
| Louisiana | [ None ] | ||
| Maine | [ None ] | ||
| Maryland | [ None ] | ||
| Massachusetts | Dighton Rock | Explorer rock | 1983 |
| Massachusetts | Plymouth Rock | Historical rock | 1983 |
| Massachusetts | Roxbury Puddingstone (Roxbury Conglomerate) | Rock or rock emblem | 1983 |
| Michigan | [ None ] | ||
| Minnesota | [ None ] | ||
| Mississippi | [ None ] | ||
| Missouri | Mozarkite | Official rock and lithologic emblem | 1967 |
| Montana | [ None ] | ||
| Nebraska | Chalcedony stone, Prairie agate | State rock | 1943 |
| Nevada | Sandstone | Official state rock | 1987 |
| New Hampshire | Granite | Official state rock | 1985 |
| New Jersey | [ None ] | ||
| New Mexico | [ None ] | ||
| New York | [ None ] | ||
| North Carolina | Granite | Official State rock | 1979 |
| North Dakota | [ None ] | ||
| Ohio | [ None ] | ||
| Oklahoma | Barite Rose (Rose rock) | Official rock | 1968 |
| Oregon | Thunderegg | Official rock | 1965 |
| Pennsylvania | [ None ] | ||
| Rhode Island | Cumderlandite | Official state rock | 1966 |
| South Carolina | [ None ] | ||
| South Dakota | [ None ] | ||
| Tennessee | Calcium carbonate (Limestone) | Official state rock | 1979 |
| Texas | [ None ] | ||
| Utah | Coal | State rock | 1991 |
| Vermont | Marble | State rock | 1992 |
| Vermont | Granite | State rock | 1992 |
| Vermont | Slate | State rock | 1992 |
| Virginia | Neslsonite | Rock | 2016 |
| Washington | [ None ] | ||
| West Virginia | Bituminous coal | Official state rock | 2009 |
| Wisconsin | Red granite | State rock | 1971 |
| Wyoming | [ None ] | ||
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