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It is the state rock of Missouri. The name is a portmanteau, formed from Mo (Missouri), zark , and ite (meaning rock). [1] Mozarkite consists essentially of silica (quartz - SiO 2) with varying amounts of chalcedony. It has won distinction as a particular form or variety of chert because of its unique variation of colors and its ability to take ...
^ Florida's state gem, moonstone, was adopted to highlight Florida's role in the United States' Lunar program, which landed the first astronauts on the Moon. [81] ^ Since 1983, Massachusetts has had 3 other official state rocks: State Historical Rock (Plymouth Rock), State Explorer Rock (Dighton Rock), and State Building and Monument Stone . In ...
The following is a list of the officially designated symbols of the U.S. state of Missouri. State symbols. Type ... Rock: Mozarkite: 1967 [1] [26] Song "Missouri ...
The oldest rocks in Missouri are igneous and metamorphic crystalline basement rocks formed during the Proterozoic through the accretion of volcanic island arcs to the southern shore of the proto-North American continent of Laurentia. Rocks formed from 1.7 to 1.6 billion years ago are primarily known from deep boreholes in the north of the state ...
Elephant Rocks State Park is a geologic reserve and public recreation area encompassing an outcropping of Precambrian granite in the Saint Francois Mountains in the U.S. state of Missouri. The state park is named for a string of large granite boulders which resemble a train of pink circus elephants. [4] The park was created following the ...
Galena is the official state mineral of the U.S. states of Kansas, [15] Missouri, [16] and Wisconsin; [17] the former mining communities of Galena, Kansas, [18] [19] Galena, Illinois, [20] Galena, South Dakota and Galena, Alaska, [21] take their names from deposits of this mineral.
Missouri State football's early 2024 commitments. Jeron Askren, ATH (Maize South; Kansas) Elijah Leonard, QB (Lee's Summit North) Rylan Henry, P (Warrensburg) Logan Scrivner, OL (Francis Howell)
Ozark Trail on Goggins Mountain in Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park. Five Missouri state parks – Johnson's Shut-Ins, Taum Sauk Mountain, St. Joe, Sam A. Baker and Elephant Rocks – are located in this region. Public lands held by the Missouri Department of Conservation provide access for hiking, backpacking, hunting, fishing, canoeing, and boating.