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

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   Rose quartz (1966) Fairburn agate (1966) ... State Jewelry: Black Hills Gold: Tennessee [66] Agate (2009) Limestone (from 1979 to present) and formerly. Tennessee ...

3. Herkimer diamond - Wikipedia

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   Herkimer diamonds are double-terminated quartz crystals discovered within exposed outcrops of dolomite in and around Herkimer County, New York, and the Mohawk River Valley in the US. [1][2] They are not diamonds; the "diamond" in their name is due to both their clarity and well formed faces. Because the first discovery sites were in the village ...

4. Jewellery - Wikipedia

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   Jewellery. Jewellery (or jewelry in American English) consists of decorative items worn for personal adornment, such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks. Jewellery may be attached to the body or the clothes. From a western perspective, the term is restricted to durable ornaments, excluding flowers for ...

5. Amethyst - Wikipedia

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   Amethyst is a purple variety of quartz (SiO. 2) and owes its violet color to irradiation, impurities of iron (Fe3+. ) and in some cases other transition metals, and the presence of other trace elements, which result in complex crystal lattice substitutions. [2][3][4] The irradiation causes the iron Fe3+.

6. Quartz - Wikipedia

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   Quartz. Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide). The atoms are linked in a continuous framework of SiO 4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall chemical formula of SiO 2. Quartz is, therefore, classified structurally as a framework silicate mineral ...

7. 43 Really Odd Jobs That Actually Exist (And Actually Pay ...

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   1. Snake Milker. Pay: $2,800 per month. This isn't actually milking, but getting venom from the snake. It's a job that requires nerves of steel and an ability to move quickly should a snake decide ...