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  2. List of minerals - Wikipedia

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    Amethyst crystals – a purple quartz Apophyllite crystals sitting right beside a cluster of peachy bowtie stilbite Aquamarine variety of beryl with tourmaline on orthoclase Arsenopyrite from Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico Aurichalcite needles spraying out within a protected pocket lined by bladed calcite crystals Austinite from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico Ametrine ...

  3. Ever gone rockhounding near the Tri-Cities area? You can find ...

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    Washington state is a hotbed for minerals, gemstones, crystals and fossils, making the Evergreen state a popular site for rockhounding. ... allows a reasonable collection of rocks and minerals for ...

  4. List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones

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    Leaders of states in the U.S. which have significant mineral deposits often create a state mineral, rock, stone or gemstone to promote interest in their natural resources, history, tourism, etc. Not every state has an official state mineral, rock, stone and/or gemstone, however.

  5. List of gemstones by species - Wikipedia

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    Some minerals made into gemstones may display a chatoyancy or cat's eye effect, ... Rock crystal (var.) Shocked quartz (var.) Smoky quartz (var.) Quartzite; R–Z.

  6. Mineralogy of the Pikes Peak Region - Wikipedia

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    Although good crystal occur within solid masses of rock, the most perfectly formed specimens usually come from miarolitic cavities. Because the intrusive centers were often circular and the cooling took place from the outside in, certain minerals were concentrated in ring-shaped zones around the edges of an intrusive center.

  7. Gemstone - Wikipedia

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    Group of precious and semiprecious stones—both uncut and faceted—including (clockwise from top left) diamond, uncut synthetic sapphire, ruby, uncut emerald, and amethyst crystal cluster. A gemstone (also called a fine gem , jewel , precious stone , semiprecious stone , or simply gem ) is a piece of mineral crystal which, when cut or ...

  8. List of rock types - Wikipedia

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    Phosphorite – Sedimentary rock containing large amounts of phosphate minerals – A non-detrital sedimentary rock that contains high amounts of phosphate minerals; Sandstone – Type of sedimentary rock; Shale – Fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock; Siltstone – Sedimentary rock which has a grain size in the silt range

  9. Ulexite - Wikipedia

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    Ulexite has been recognized as a valid mineral since 1840, after George Ludwig Ulex, for whom the mineral was named, provided the first chemical analysis of the mineral. [5] In a footnote on p. 51, the editor claimed that Ulex's mineral actually was the same mineral that the American chemist Augustus Allen Hayes had found in Chile in 1844:

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