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2. Sioux Quartzite - Wikipedia

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   Sioux Quartzite at Falls Park, Sioux Falls, South Dakota Cross-bedding in the Sioux Quartzite, Blue Mounds State Park, Minnesota, United States.. The Sioux Quartzite is a Proterozoic quartzite that is found in the region around the intersection of Minnesota, South Dakota, and Iowa, and correlates with other rock units throughout the upper midwestern and southwestern United States.

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

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

4. 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 ...

5. Pegmatite - Wikipedia

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   Pegmatite. A pegmatite is an igneous rock showing a very coarse texture, with large interlocking crystals usually greater in size than 1 cm (0.4 in) and sometimes greater than 1 meter (3 ft). Most pegmatites are composed of quartz, feldspar, and mica, having a similar silicic composition to granite.

6. Crystal healing - Wikipedia

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   Crystal healing is a pseudoscientific alternative-medicine practice that uses semiprecious stones and crystals such as quartz, agate, amethyst or opal. Adherents of the practice claim that these have healing powers, but there is no scientific basis for this claim. [1][2][3] Practitioners of crystal healing believe they can boost low energy ...

7. Spruce Pine Mining District - Wikipedia

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   Spruce Pine Mining District. The Spruce Pine Mining District is a swath of the valley of the North Toe River in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northwestern North Carolina. The area is mined for its mica, kaolin, quartz and feldspar. [1] Spruce Pine district is one of the largest suppliers of high-purity quartz, which is used in the manufacture of ...