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

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    ^ In 2009, West Virginia named bituminous coal as its official state rock, in a resolution that noted that the coal industry plays an "integral part of the economic and social fabric of the state". West Virginia joined Kentucky and Utah, which also recognize coal as a state mineral or rock.

  3. Geology of West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Geologic Map of West Virginia. West Virginia's geologic history stretches back into the Precambrian, and includes several periods of mountain building and erosion. At times, much of what is now West Virginia was covered by swamps, marshlands, and shallow seas, accounting for the wide variety of sedimentary rocks found in the state, as well as its wealth of coal and natural gas deposits.

  4. Paleontology in West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    West Virginia was home to graptolites at that time and they left their remains behind in what would later become dark colored shales. [5] At the same time, mountains were being uplifted in the eastern part of the state. [3] West Virginia's Silurian rocks preserve evidence for the mixing of both marine and non-marine environments. [2]

  5. Environment of West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    West Virginia is situated in the Appalachian Mountains of the Upper South region of the 48 contiguous states. Usually considered part of the South Eastern United States, West Virginia is bounded on the northeast by Pennsylvania and Maryland, on the southeast by Virginia, on the northwest by Ohio, and on the southwest by Kentucky.

  6. Champe Rocks - Wikipedia

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    Easily visible from West Virginia Route 28, they are situated within the Spruce Knob–Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area. They are — along with the nearby and more celebrated Seneca Rocks — the most imposing examples in eastern West Virginia of several formations of the white/gray Tuscarora quartzite and are a popular challenge for rock ...

  7. Seneca Rocks - Wikipedia

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    Seneca Rocks is a large crag and local landmark in Pendleton County in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, United States. The south peak is the only peak inaccessible except by technical rock climbing techniques on the East Coast of the United States.

  8. Category:Rock formations of West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Rock formations of West Virginia" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. ... Pinnacle Rock State Park; R. Raven Rocks (rock ...

  9. List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in West Virginia

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